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Today's special guest: Microsoft engineering GM for mixed reality apps, Lorraine Bardeen. • Let's talk more about what MS is doing with HoloLens, iOS, Android in mixed reality. News of the Week Google • Google announces Stadia, a cloud-based streaming game service that will compete with Microsoft's Project xCloud. • Microsoft will respond at E3. • Google has now been charged with three antitrust violations in the EU - Will it be hobbled like Microsoft was? • Google agrees to let Android users in EU choose their browser, shades of Microsoft's Browser Ballot. Windows 10 • 19H1 builds continue to be boring, the end is near. Plus this one. And then these two! • Microsoft kills OneDrive music streaming to the Groove app. Now what? • Huawei says it has made Windows and Android replacements just in case. • Related: Windows 7 users – it wasn't you, it was Microsoft – if your security scans were going crazy this week. • Also: We're all on Edgium/Chredge watch. More leaks (this time, the installer). This thing has to be close to public preview. Office • New logos! Paul has seen them in Windows (Office Insider). Outlook on iOS. And Your Phone on Android. • Microsoft Teams turns 2 (sort of). More new Teams features coming later this year: fake backgrounds, secure private channels, new camera tricks. Xbox • Microsoft should have spun off Xbox a long time ago. Good thing it didn't. • Microsoft brings Xbox Live to Android and iOS. Game Stack is the key. • Cuphead is coming to Nintendo Switch ... with Xbox Live. Windows Weekly Tips and picks • Tip of the Week: Join the Halo Insider Program • App pick of the Week: Castbox • Also: Firefox 66 Blocks ALL Auto-Play Content by Default • Enterprise Pick of the week: Windows Defender Application Guard Extensions for Chrome, Firefox • Also: A Little More Info on Windows 10 Removing Faulty Updates • Codename Pick of the Week: Zipline • Beer Pick of the Week: BFM 225th Anniversary BA Saison Hosts: Guest: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors:

Windows Microsoft is ready to start nagging users about Windows 7's end of support deadline. So here come the pop-ups. Luckily, you can turn them off completely. Plus: Microsoft brings DirectX 12 to Windows 7 ... for some reason. Windows 10 19H1 users start testing Android app-mirroring. Breaking: Windows 10 19H1 Home edition may allow you to defer updates by 35 days! (This is in A/B testing it seems) Windows 10 now on more than 800 million active devices. Right on schedule! Microsoft makes good on its year-old promise to give consumer app devs a 95% cut of revenues. Microsoft says it is now able to remove faulty Windows 10 updates without user intervention – but are they? A mysterious support article mentions this with no details Xbox + Gaming Microsoft demos xCloud game streaming service. There's a cool new controller, but it's not the Elite rev we all want Minecraft is FINALLY coming to Xbox Game Pass in April Master Chief Collection is FINALLY coming to Windows Plus: Microsoft announces 13 new ID@Xbox titles Plus: Xbox and PS gamers can now play Fornite together Plus: Google is about to announce some big gaming news. But first, their controller. Microsoft Microsoft cuts 200 jobs in commercial sales Microsoft sues Foxconn parent Hon Hai over 2013 patent-licensing deal Tips and picks Tip of the week: Crackdown 2 is now free on Xbox One Plus: Spotify Premium users can get free (ad-supported) Hulu App pick of the week: Google Chrome 73 Plus: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 is here, and you can get it on the Mac too! Plus: our favourite podcast app. Enterprise pick of the week: No more Semi-Annual Channel releases for System Center Developer pick of the week: DTrace is coming to Windows 10 19H1 Beer pick of the week: Two Roads Brewing Co. Irish Exit Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors:

Here's the real reason Microsoft is already testing 20H1 Also: Windows Calculator is open-sourced for some reason. Could Notepad be next??? Microsoft Edgium screenshots leak. Surprise, it looks like Chrome, not Edge. But that could change. Microsoft Band was dead two years ago, but now it's really, really dead. A look back at Microsoft Band from its biggest fan It's interesting to watch Intel follow Microsoft down the same path to the future The USB Promoter Group needs to be stopped: It announced USB 3.2 and then USB4 within a week of each other. And in "better late than never" news, MJF got to try the HoloLens 2 -- and may have discovered an interesting bug. Microsoft will allegedly ship a "disc-less" Xbox One S in May Plus: Microsoft plans to announce a new Xbox One console at E3 in June. Expect NvME storage and 4K/60 fps. Tips and picks Tip of the week: Surface Pro 6 + Type Cover Bundle App pick of the week: Pocket Casts Plus: Grammarly Keyboard for iOS adds Dark theme, more. Enterprise pick of the week: Excel (mobile) can turn photos of table data into working spreadsheets Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft opens its first datacenters in Africa Beer pick of the week: Jack's Abby Barrel Aged Framinghammer Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors:

HoloLens 2 at MWC As expected, Microsoft announces HoloLens 2 at MWC 2019. Paul goes hands-on. Mary Jo says it's all about the cloud. Azure Remote Rendering, Azure Spatial Anchors, Dynamics 365 apps and subscription pricing. Paul sees how it fits perfectly into the new Microsoft under Satya Nadella, hitting all of the AACO ("Accessibility, AI, Cloud, and Open") bullet-points that products need to survive there. Accessibility - This one is a bit light, but it's more accessible in the sense that it can more easily be used by anyone and without training or complex setup AI - Poster-child for Microsoft's AI prowess Cloud - HoloLens 2 won't ever be a direct money maker, instead, it's a supporting piece for Microsoft's cloud subscriptions Open: Open stores, open app support (including Firefox). Even anti-Microsoft veteran Tim Sweeney is on board, and he's insane. (What do we make of Microsoft's comments about "an open store" for HoloLens?) Inside scoop: Sources have confirmed that Microsoft had no idea what developers would do with HoloLens. But the market has spoken, and the games focus we saw during the 1.0 announcements were nowhere to be seen for v2. One more thing: Oh, Microsoft also announced Azure Kinect because it uses some of the same elements as HL2. All the Rest Build 2019 registration is open. Mixed reality is on the agenda (but no mention of Windows/Microsoft 365) Lite, Centaurus, Pegasus, Santorini, oh my: There was nothing announced at MWC, but Microsoft's post-Windows client future is becoming clearer every day. There were two more Windows 10 Insider Preview builds this past week • Chromium-based Edge preview should be coming soon. Microsoft will detail next-gen consoles at E3 this year Microsoft to bring xCloud, Game Pass to Nintendo Switch Xbox Spring 2019 Update revealed Tip of the week: Games with Gold for March is up App pick of the week: Google Fi Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Defender ATP finally supports Windows 7, 8.1 Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Even more new Dynamics 365 apps are coming Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown Intersect Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors:

Microsoft is adopting the "Inner Source" methodology from the open source world. Where does the madness end? Microsoft releases a 20H1 build of Windows 10. Yes, you read that right. Microsoft brings Timeline to Chrome. You'll be able to browse your WSL file system with File Explorer in 19H1 Related: No word on Chromium-based Edge yet, but Google backed down on a poorly-received proposed change to Chromium Related: Google no longer considers Cortana a competitor Visual Studio 2019 launches on April 2 Tips and picks Tip of the week: Get 2 months of Xbox Game Pass for $1. App pick of the week: Greenshot App pick of the week 2: Zoho Suite is a free set of great web apps that can replace Office or Google Docs. Enterprise pick of the week: SAC-T gets sacked. Enterprise pick of the week No. 2: Windows 7, Server 2008 users – make sure you're patched for SH-2. Beer pick of the week: Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue Don't forget to tune in to watch Microsoft's Mobile World Congress press conference on Sunday, Feb. 24. Starts at 9 am PT/12 noon ET. Betting we'll see HoloLens Next! Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsor: