Windows Weekly 673

• Microsoft Build 2020!
• Microsoft is holding its first-ever virtual version of Build this week and there is a TON of news.
• And ScottGu is alive! And collecting stamps!
• Microsoft is finally unifying Win32/UWP development and decoupling it from specific Windows versions. Here's how it will work for new apps---let's call them Windows apps---and for existing apps that devs want to upgrade.
• Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, with GUI apps coming soon.
• Windows Terminal 1.0
• Windows Package Manager - Microsoft Store will eventually just be a front-end to this
• Microsoft Lists
• Microsoft Teams - new automations, plus template support
• Fluid Framework - open-source, end-user UX
• Project Cortex
• New consumer and work features coming…
• Collections is getting Pinterest and OneNote integration
• More new features: Sidebar search, new add-on store, automatic profile switching
• Microsoft now has the 5th-fastest supercomputer in the world.
• HoloLens 2 was quiet at Build, but it's getting 5G and is heading to more markets
• Microsoft is adding the ability to share running apps in Visual Studio Live Share, and it’s also adding built-in chat and calling functionality to the IDEs.
• Tip of the week: Get the Build 2020 (virtual) swag! Can't go to Build this year? Neither can anyone else. But be sure to get the swag!
• App pick of the week: Microsoft PowerToys 0.81. PowerToys is turning into a cool collection of utilities, with one gotta-have-it: PowerToys Run.
• Enterprise pick of the week: Learn TV. If you like geeky Microsoft developer and engineering content, you may want to check out Learn TV, its newest video content channel: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-adds-new-learn-tv-video-channel…
• Codename pick of the week: Odyssey. That new massive supercomputer work seems to be codenamed Odyssey (at least based on a job posting or two).

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Links

• Microsoft Build 2020, Summarised
• Five questions for Microsoft EVP of Cloud and AI Scott Guthrie
• Reunited and it Feels So Good (Premium)
• Understanding Project Reunion (Premium)
• Windows Subsytem for Linux to Support Linux GUI Apps
• Microsoft Releases Windows Terminal 1.0
• Windows 10 Is Getting Its Own Built-In Package Manager
• Microsoft Lists Revealed, and No, It’s Not a New To-Do List App
• Microsoft Teams Getting Templates Support, New Automations
• Microsoft to open source Fluid Framework; previews end-user experience
• Project Cortex
• Microsoft to bring sidebar search, new work-related search page to Chromium-based Edge
• Supercomputer
• HoloLens 2 Lands in More Parts of Europe and Asia
• Visual Studio Live Share Will Now Let You Share Running Apps
• Build2020_DigitalSwag
• PowerToys 0.81
• Microsoft adds new Learn TV video channel for daily technical content
• Finback Brewing Starship