Windows Weekly 686

RIP Internet Explorer, Oracle wants to Buy TikTok, Flight Simulator 2020 

• A moment of silence, please…
•  Microsoft outlines the plan to kill off Internet Explorer and Legacy Edge, at least from Microsoft 365.
•  But there's still no actual end of life date for IE11... just lots of lead-ups to it

 

• Surface
• Mary Jo finally got 2004 on her Surface Laptop 3!
• Panos Panay joins the Sonos board of directors
• The press/blogger briefing for Surface Duo is now public
•  Surface Duo after the dust settles: Has anyone come up with a good use case?

 

• This week in TikTok
•  Now Oracle's joined the bidding
•  Is Oracle in it to win it? Could they actually manage to host TikTok in their cloud? (Maybe. See Zoom.) Or are they in it to pressure Microsoft boost their offer?

 

• Microsoft 365
•  The first Microsoft Teams Display is quite limited for now
• No new Dev Channel build of Windows 10 today (or likely this week) due to an unspecified bug Xbox

 

• Xbox is getting a new Dashboard … everywhere
• There are some great games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the next two weeks
• There are now over 2000 indie games on Xbox
• Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on PC

 

• Tip of the week: Can't get enough of MJF and Paul? (and who can't??) We recorded an episode of MJFChat that focuses on learning
• Enterprise pick of the week: Making Azure outage communications less terrible. Microsoft is trying.
• Codename pick of the week: Project Osaka. A blast from the MS codename past. Project Osaka, aka CollabDB, was supposed to be a list-sharing app for O365. MS killed it several years ago, but elements of it remain in the new M365 Lists app.
•  Beer pick of the week: Westbrook Lemon Meringue Pie. In my ongoing series of beers made to taste like desserts, I offer you Lemon Meringue Pie. Lemon Meringue Pie is a sour from the excellent Westbrook Brewing. It does include vanilla, lemon, milk sugar, graham crackers and cinnamon and clocks in at a modest 4 percent. You can have your pie and drink it, too!

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Links

• Microsoft outlines its IE, legacy Edge phase-out timetable
• It finally happened. Today, for the first time, my Surface Laptop 3 is being offered the May 2020/2004 update
• Panos Panay Is Joining the Board of Sonos [Updated]
• Microsoft Posts Surface Duo Briefing
• Even Microsoft is Still Trying to Figure Out Surface Duo (Premium)
• Now Oracle is Considering a TikTok Bid Too
• Zoom deploys its core videoconferencing service on Oracle Cloud
• Master 365: Getting Started with a Microsoft Teams Display (Premium)
• Microsoft Unveils Updated Xbox Dashboard Design and Functionality
• Microsoft Reveals Remaining Game Pass Titles for August
• Microsoft Celebrates Over 2000 Indie Titles on Xbox
• Microsoft Flight Simulator is Now Available
• MJFChat: Learn to Live: Navigating Choppy Career Waters
• Brave Completely Redesigned Browser Data Sync
• A Little Google Takeout (Premium)
• Microsoft has a plan to try to improve Azure outage assistance
• Microsoft drops its Office 365 'Project Osaka' app before it ever launched
• Microsoft Lists and the Curious Case of Project Osaka
• Lemon Meringue Pie