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Windows Weekly 908: Twenty-Six Boxes of Napoli

Windows Weekly 908: Twenty-Six Boxes of Napoli

Update: 2024-11-20
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It's Microsoft Ignite and we are totally not there


  • One word summary: Agentic

  • A wave two for Copilot, essentially

  • Agents that work on your behalf autonomously

  • The Snapdragon Dev Box was such a success that Microsoft is offering more hardware

  • Copilot+ PCs are getting new AI capabilities. Eventually

  • Copilot Actions brings, um, actions to Microsoft 365

Windows 11


  • Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 on Arm ISO - Here's some advice

  • When you think about Windows, we're guessing security and resiliency aren't what comes to mind. So why is Microsoft pushing this so hard at Ignite??

  • Google Drive is now available in Beta for Windows 11 on Arm. Paul's national nightmare is over!

  • Here's what's coming to Windows 11 SOON - a new Release Preview channel build shows that 24H2 was just the start of this coming year's updates

  • Canary: Mostly bug fixes, no clear vision for this channel we can see - new Canary build today with the new Hello experience, new Taskbar thumbnail previews

  • Beta: Jump list sharing and other features no one has ever, ever, ever asked for

  • Microsoft is shutting down Beta channel for Windows 10, just months after it revived it

  • Lenovo revenues surge, PC sales only up slightly but it sees big growth in the coming quarters

AI, antitrust, more


  • DOJ reportedly wants Google to sell off Chrome - How does this compare to the previous Microsoft breakup attempt?

  • Some thoughts about Uno Platform Studio and a re-do of last week's .NET news now that Richard is back

  • A WPF on .NET 9 update

Xbox


  • Phil Spencer speaks: Portable Xbox hardware, mobile store, more

  • Microsoft's new Xbox ad triggers PTSD or celebration, depending on your views

  • You can now play (50) games you own on Xbox Cloud Gaming!

  • It's been a while, but this is a killer month for Game Pass

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available

  • Avowed is an Xbox console exclusive and it's coming in February

  • Warcraft 1 and 2 Remasters arrive alongside Warcraft 3: Reforged 2.0 - celebrating the 20th anniversary

  • Valve celebrates the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2!

  • The OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free, and they run on modern PCs too

  • Sony PlayStation Portal can now stream some PS Plus games

Tips and Picks


  • Tip of the week: Get 1 TB of additional Xbox storage for just $99

  • App pick of the week: ChatGPT for Windows and Mac

  • RunAs Radio this week: Testing Databases with Dan Mallott

  • Brown liquor pick of the week: Haavaldsen Sledgehammer 2024

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell


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Windows Weekly 908: Twenty-Six Boxes of Napoli

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