Windows Weekly 646

We're at Ignite in Orlando, Florida this week, and there's a lot going on!

Azure goes to the edge

• Microsoft's new hybrid 2.0 strategy includes other clouds

Power Platform

•  Microsoft rebrands Flow to Power Automate, adds no-code virtual agents
•  Related: Microsoft relents on Power Platform self-servicing purchase changes

Microsoft 365/Office 365

•  Microsoft announces Project Cortex
•  Microsoft puts Cortana in Outlook Mobile (and other mobile apps, plus a new male voice)
•  Related: Microsoft is killing the standalone Cortana app on mobile(!)
•  Microsoft Office app is going to Android and iOS
•  Excel gets natural language queries
•  Outlook gets a modern new look everywhere but Windows
•  Teams heads to Linux, gets major features update

Microsoft Edge

•  The new Edge will be the only Edge starting January 15
•  Microsoft reveals new Edge logo over the past weekend and then ships it in a new build
•  Here's how to get it immediately if you're already using Edge
•  Here's how Microsoft will refer to old Edge and new Edge

Surface

•  Surface heads into businesses with a three-pronged strategy
•  Related: New Surface PC experience updates - Paul - Mary Jo

Dev

• WinUI 3.0 goes into alpha preview

Windows 10

• New Windows 10 20H1 build adds a new feature, finally: It's called Quick Searches
•  Skip Ahead Ring is going away

Tips and picks

•  Tip of the week: Get ready for Black Friday!
•  App pick of the week: OneNote 2016
•  Enterprise pick of the week: Is the Azure cloud full?
•  Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft Managed Rooms
•  Beverage pick of the week: Writers' Tears Irish Whiskey 

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Links

• Microsoft's Hybrid 2.0 strategy: Azure Arc, Azure Stack Hub, Azure Stack Edge explained
• Microsoft rebrands Flow to 'Power Automate'; adds no-code Power Platform virtual agents
• Microsoft makes its unified Office Mobile app available to Android and iOS users
• Microsoft Ignite 2019: Meet Project Cortex, Office 365 knowledge-management service
• Microsoft Edge’s New Logo Ships in Insider Builds
• Cortana Gets Deep New Outlook Integrations and a Male Voice
• Microsoft Is Adding Natural Language Queries to Excel
• Microsoft Continues to Modernize Outlook Everywhere but on Windows
• Microsoft Teams Gets Private Channels, New Linux App, Outlook Integration
• Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser to be generally available January 15, 2020
• Microsoft Reveals New Logo for Microsoft Edge
• Business Calls, Surface Answers
• Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Review
• Microsoft to release an alpha of WinUI 3.0 next week
• Windows 10 Gets Updated With New Quick Searches Feature
• Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19018
• Microsoft Previews Some Black Friday Deals
• Xbox is Previewing (Some) Black Friday Deals Too
• Microsoft Azure customers reporting hitting virtual machine limits in U.S. East regions
• Microsoft wants to manage your meeting rooms
• Writers’ Tears Copper Pot