Windows Weekly 586

• Microsoft's 'Fall Event' on October 2: What to expect. This event is all about Microsoft's 'Modern Life Services' stuff, plus a Surface headset also is rumored, and there will be some refreshed Surfaces.
• Microsoft revamps its Windows as a Service strategy. Again. The good news for IT pros: You potentially can apply Windows 10 feature updates every other year. The bad news: The twice-yearly feature update pace will continue. And Home users remain testing guinea pigs.
• Meanwhile, in Windows 7 land... Microsoft is going to provide (again) a way to keep getting Windows 7 security updates. For a big fee.
• New Redstone 5 build actually has a new feature, sort of - actually, I'm confused about this feature.
• SMS/MMS integration comes to Your Phone. Related: Skype is getting SMS Connect too.
• Chromebooks will soon connect natively to Windows PCs on a home network
• Alexa support is coming to the Xbox One

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Xbox One S with two controllers bundle
• App pick of the week: Microsoft To-Do
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure DevOps
• Codename pick of the week: Kusto
• Beer pick of the week: Boulevard Brewing Tank 7

Events

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Links

• Microsoft's October 2 Fall Event: What to expect
• Microsoft permanently extends support for Windows 10 Enterprise and Education feature updates to 30 months
• Windows lifecycle fact sheet
• Microsoft to offer paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates
• Microsoft relents on Office support cutoff dates
• Microsoft Brings Windows Insider Preview Build 17758 to the Fast Ring
• Microsoft Flights New Windows 10 19H1 Build
• Hands-On with Your Phone for Windows 10, Take 2
• SMS Connect Comes to Skype Insider Preview
• Chromebooks Will Soon Have Native Network Connectivity with Windows PCs
• You Will Soon Be Able to Control Your Xbox With Alexa and Cortana
• You Can Now Get an Xbox One S With Two Controllers
• Microsoft To-Do Picks Up Faster Sync on Mobile
• Microsoft To-Do Gets a Redesigned Web App
• Microsoft rebrands, repositions Visual Studio Team Services as Azure DevOps
• GitHub Pull Requests in Visual Studio Code
• Kusto: A new query language for OMS Log Analytics
• Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale