Jul 13th 2022
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Mid-Year Predictions, Dev Channel Build 25158, Search Highlights
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Mid-Year Predictions, Dev Channel Build 25158, Search Highlights
- Microsoft layoffs. Ahead of Q4 earnings on July 26
- What will happen with Windows 10 and 11 for the rest of this year?
- EdgeOS vs. ChromeOS?
- Where is Fluid?? Where is Teams 2.0?
Windows
- New Dev Channel build 25158 out today that adds notification badging with widgets
- A closer look at the new Rufus 3.19 Windows 11 ISO capabilities
- Patch Tuesday arrives. Gentlemen and ladies, start your updates
- Windows Autopatch is now GA and (maybe) here to help
- PC sales to fall in 2022 … and for a LOT of reasons
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft plays rope-a-dope with Office VBA macro blocking
Dev
- Microsoft announces EOL date for .NET Core 3.1
Surface
- Surface Duo 2 gets camera improvements in the July update
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Back-to-school sale
- App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.60
- Enterprise pick of the week: Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Wave 2 plans for 2022
- Codename pick of the week: Salus
- Beer pick of the week: A Deal With the Devil
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Links
- Microsoft Kicks Off New Fiscal Year with Some Layoffs
- Microsoft Starts Testing New Search Entry on the Windows 11 Taskbar
- Microsoft Releases July Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10
- Microsoft knows its Autopatch service for Windows will make admins nervous over control, but argues it delivers a better outcome
- Gartner Confirms PC Sales Fall in 2022
- Microsoft Backtracks on Blocking Office VBA Macros by Default
- Surface Duo 2 July Update Brings Camera Improvements
- Microsoft Launches a Back-to-School Sale
- PowerToys 0.60 Arrives with Windows 11 Features
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog
- emPOWER everyone
- Microsoft open sources Salus software bill of materials (SBOM) generation tool
- The UK is Investigating Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Beer of the Week