Jan 6th 2021
Windows Weekly 706
Carpe Per Diem
Hackers Viewed MS Source Code, Azure Modular Datacenters, Xbox Shortages
New episodes every Wednesday.
SolarWinds hackers viewed MS source code, 21H1 and the future of Windows 10, and Xbox Series X|S shortages.
- The future of Windows 10 (and lack of information): Microsoft tests 'news and interests' feature in the taskbar, and rumor is testers should move soon if they want to keep testing 21H1.
- Microsoft mulligans: New 'Sun Valley' Windows 10 UX for version 2021, 'One Outlook' to unify desktop and web-based clients, and history/tabs sync is coming to Edge.
- Cloud: More on Microsoft's Azure-in-a-shipping-container MDC
- More SolarWinds fallout: Microsoft says hackers viewed some of its source code but didn't try to attack the corporate domain.
- Xbox: Microsoft to address Series X|S shortages, RIP Minecraft Earth, the first Game Pass titles of 2021, and Bloomberg's piece on Xbox's creation and 20-year history.
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Paul's OCD file management tips
- App pick of the week: Newsfeed apps The Old Reader and NewsBlur
- Developer pick of the week: Learn web dev on GitHub
- Enterprise pick of the week: Azure AD is going to four nines
- Beer pick of the week: Threes Brewing Volition
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Links
- How to manage documents
- Microsoft adds 'news and interests' feature to Windows 10 taskbar
- Microsoft Mulligans (Premium)
- Job Posting Confirms Windows 10 UX Overhaul
- Microsoft to replace its many mail variants with 'One Outlook'
- History and Open Tabs Sync is Coming to Microsoft Edge
- Microsofts Azure Modular Datacenter: What's 'special clouds' got to do with it?
- Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Viewed Some of its Source Code
- Microsoft is Trying to Address Xbox Series X|S Shortages
- Microsoft Will Fix Xbox Wireless Controller Issue
- Minecraft Earth is Shutting Down
- Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles of 2021
- Xbox: The Oral History of an American Video Game Empire
- News feeds
- Learn web dev with these 24 lessons on GitHub
- Learn web dev on GitHub
- Microsoft Promises To Raise Azure AD Uptime to 99.99 Percent
- VOLITION 4-PACK (BLACK LAGER)