Windows Weekly 789

MLX Team layoffs, Clipchamp Essentials plan, OneDrive turns 15

• Microsoft lays off its Modern Life Experiences teams, has perhaps halted almost all hiring. 

Windows

• New build (22621.382) for the Windows 11 Insider Preview Release Preview channel - 22H2 is still being refined. But there’s no blog post and the support page for this release 404s.
• New builds for Dev and Beta channels, and Devs get an ISO
• Windows Package Manager 1.3 arrives with support for portable apps
• Clipchamp has a single paid tier now but it’s still too much. 
• Microsoft is making its emoji library available on GitHub and Figma

Microsoft 365

• Microsoft Edge 104 arrives
• DuckDuckGo to block Microsoft trackers after embarrassment 
• OneDrive turns 15 and Microsoft is redesigning its home page

.NET/dev

• Visual Studio 2022 17.3 arrives with MAUI support, plus several .NET milestone releases

Xbox

• Microsoft is FINALLY testing an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Family plan
• Xbox Series S gets a memory boost
• Microsoft is returning to Gamescom for some reason
• A white Elite controller leaks and it is horrible
• Unity picks Azure for its cloud developer tools
• Nintendo has sold over 111 million Switch consoles

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Upgrading/Upgraded to Windows 11? You need to look at this OneDrive setting
• App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac
• Enterprise pick of the week: Revisiting the M365-Office connectivity warning
• Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Entra Verified ID now generally available
• Beer pick of the week: Trillium Brewing Congress Street IPA

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Links

• Microsoft adjusts its consumer-strategy priorities (yet again)
• Microsoft Ships New Windows 11 Insider Builds for the Dev and Beta Channels
• Microsoft Releases Windows Package Manager 1.3
• Clipchamp Moves to a Single Paid Tier
• Microsoft is making available more than 1,500 of its 3D emoji to creators via GitHub and Figma.
• Microsoft Edge Version 104 is Now Available
• In Wake of Controversy, DuckDuckGo to Block Microsoft Trackers
• OneDrive to Get a New Web App for its 15th Anniversary
• Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2022 17.3
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Family Plan Launches in Preview in Colombia and Ireland
• Microsoft’s Xbox Series S Gets a Memory Boost
• Xbox is Returning to Gamescom
• New White Version of Microsoft’s Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller Leaks
• Unity Picks Up Microsoft’s Azure Cloud to Improve its Developer Tools
• Nintendo Has Sold Over 111 Million Switch Consoles
• Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac Improves Windows 11 Support on Apple Silicon Macs
• Office 2016 and 2019 users won't be cut off from Microsoft 365 back-end services next year
• Microsoft Entra Verified ID now generally available
• Congress Street
• John Carmack talks about Keen, Doom, Quake, and more