Aug 25th 2021
Windows Weekly 739
Panos Paint
Windows 11 fork in the road, Microsoft 365 for business price hike
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Microsoft 365
- Microsoft 365 commercial is getting a price hike in March 2022
- Power Apps portal misconfiguration exposed data for 38 million users. But it's fixed now.
- Microsoft Ignite 2021 Part II: The Quickening is in November again, but still virtual.
- Microsoft Teams for Education gets a Reading Progress app
- Microsoft is ending support for the Android apps on Chrome OS next month
Windows 11
- WWMJFD? Windows 11 Dev channel builds are about to get less reliable/stable. Here's what to do.
- New Windows 11 build (Dev and Beta) adds focus sessions. Plus there's our first ISO!
- Microsoft teases updated Paint app
Xbox
- Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Xbox Series/One this holiday
- Microsoft introduces a new wired Xbox headset
- Halo Infinite will not include co-op single-player, Forge at launch. And you thought the disappointment was behind us.
- Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting World Update VI, new aircraft, and more
- Quake, Quake II, and Quake III Arena come to Game Pass! But it's complicated.
- Here comes a new Call of Duty! What's old is old again.
Listener Q&A
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Get to know your Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts
- There are some new and different shortcuts in Windows 11.
- App pick of the week: Quake for Xbox
- The Xbox version of Quake is a delight and it delivers an incredible amount of content. And it's just $9.99.
- Plus: Momentum New Tab browser add-on
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 2022 is here!
- Lucky we found it since Microsoft hasn't said almost anything about it so far. A very odd "launch"
- Codename pick of the week: Pinebrook
- Xbox console cloud gaming had/has a codename, according to the Xbox fairies. That codename is Pinebrook.
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Links
- Microsoft to increase Microsoft 365, Office 365 commercial prices in March 2022
- Misconfigured Power Apps Portals Exposed Data for 38 Million Users
- Next Microsoft Ignite is Coming (Virtually) in November
- Microsoft Brings Reading Progress to Teams
- Microsoft Will No Longer Support Office Apps for Android on Chrome OS
- Microsoft delivers new Windows 11 test build and first Windows 11 ISOs
- Microsoft Teases Updated Paint App for Windows 11
- Xbox Cloud Gaming is Coming to Xbox Consoles
- Microsoft Announces a Wired Xbox Headset
- Halo Infinite Will Not Include Co-Op, Forge at Launch
- Flight Simulator Update is Adding Germany, Switzerland, and Austria Locations
- OG Quake, Quake II, and Quake III Arena Come to Xbox Game Pass
- Activision Announces Call of Duty: Vanguard
- What’s Old is Old Again (Premium)
- Windows 11 Tip: Know Your Keyboard Shortcuts
- Momentum Plus Adds Soundscapes
- Microsoft's Windows Server 2022 is rolling out to mainstream users
- Dogs and Boats
- Cat Hand