Build 2023 key(note) takeaways, Neeva shutting down, Leo updates to Moment 3 Microsoft Build 2023 Microsoft's keynotes are a combination of marketing and developer talk and that stands in sharp contrast to how Google and Apple handle their developer shows. It's good and bad, but Microsoft's keynotes must be mostly boring and/or pointless to mainstream users. Microsoft announces Windows Co-pilot, with yet another Taskbar button and a new sidebar Dev Home is a dashboard for developers with ReFS and winget configuration Qualcomm makes its case for local and hybrid AI AI is coming to the Microsoft Store Microsoft also talked up Moment 3 Microsoft Edge gets a major UI revamp, a business experience, and more Avatars are coming to Teams this week Microsoft 365 Co-pilot is getting plug-in support Bing becomes the default search engine for ChatGPT Microsoft's tsunami of AI for customers and developers ChatGPT comes to the iPhone Neeva shuts down its paid search service to focus on AI Chris Cap is unfairly raked over the coals for his comments to employees about getting raises Xbox China is the "37th country" to OK Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Microsoft snags a legal victory in ridiculous "gamers' lawsuit" Microsoft brings its first PC games to NVIDIA GeForce Now Sony sold 600,000 PSVR2 headsets in 6 weeks somehow Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Grateful Geek App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Beta RunAs Radio this week: Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz Brown liquor pick of the week: Woodinville Straight Rye Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: lookout.com Miro.com/podcast

Windows 11: We're having another moment! After hitting Release Preview last week, Moment 3 will arrive in preview form next week (Week D) or the following week and then head to stable on June 13 (Patch Tuesday). Now we have a better understanding of Microsoft's update schedule for Windows 11 Feature Updates - one per year in H2, deployed logically using best-known configurations first Moments - once per quarter Controlled Feature Releases (CFRs) - almost every month, deployed randomly App updates - can happen anytime based on readiness\ Continuous innovation isn't just for Windows. In fact, we can assume that mobile was the inspiration for this. Windows feels pressure from mobile. Does mobile feel pressure from web? When Moment 3 arrives, can people in Release Preview automatically exit Insider Preview? Phone Link support for iPhone goes to stable Windows 10 version 21H2 exits support next month, leaving 22H2 as the last version standing for non-managed businesses Bing/AI/cloud Bing chatbot gets contextual chat, a few changes on mobile EU begins an antitrust investigation of Azure Google barely mentioned Android 14 and didn't mention Google Assistant at IO keynote. This is by design: Like Microsoft marketing the cloud before it was ready for 10 years, Google is marketing AI Dev First Rust code shows up in the Windows kernel (in Insider) Visual Studio is getting its first visual refresh in over 10 years Build 2023 is next week! Any sessions stand out? (You can save sessions you want to see to your virtual backpack) Xbox EU regulators approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard UK CMA acts like a bunch of crybabies Microsoft announces more Game Pass titles for May Here comes another Windows-based gaming handheld Tips and Picks Tip of the week: There is a new Windows 11 ISO coming App pick of the week: Brave RunAs Radio this week: Dealing with Vulnerable Exchange Servers with Gareth Gudger Brown liquor pick of the week: Goodridge & Williams Northern Grain Whiskey Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: cachefly.com

Windows 11 Patch Tuesday: Windows 11 gets that one new feature that Microsoft was awfully quiet about. New builds last week across Canary, Dev, and Beta - Nothing in Canary, lots in Dev, two changes to Beta. Beta channel: Photos app gets new slideshow and spot fixing tool. Beta channel: No features for consumers, one feature for IT pros, a Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) fix. Widgets might be coming to the desktop because it's 2009 again. Related: Qualcomm revenues cough up a lung too. Microsoft 365 Bing chatbot is available to all, Edge is about to get a makeover. Microsoft 365 Copilot launches in early access. Microsoft is partnering with AMD on Project Athena, no it isn't. Microsoft starts throttling traffic from legacy Exchange servers. Xbox Report: EU will approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard soon - it worked for the UK! Phil Spencer does what Phil Spencer does and speaks plainly about AB and Redfall troubles. Redfall proves that Xbox Game Pass makes sense. The Xbox May update brings Discord integration. Halo Infinite May update adds Super Fiesta Mode because seriously WTF. Xbox storage expansion cards finally get a price reduction. Nintendo Switch sales are officially on the decline, but 125m sold so far. Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Know your screenshot keyboard shortcuts. And then get a real screenshot program. I recommend Greenshot. Stardock Groupy 2 is now in beta, adds tabs to almost any app, groups them on the taskbar, $6.99 on sale. Firefox 113 fixes a million-year-old bug! RunAs Radio this week: Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator with Jen Sheerin. Brown liquor pick of the week: Bus Whisky. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: CDW.com/LenovoClient kolide.com/ww AWS Insiders - WW

Windows 11 LTSC, PC peripheral consolidation, CFRs WE GOT ROADMAPS Microsoft updated the Windows roadmap. And there are two takeaways Windows 11 LTSC will finally arrive in the second half of 2024 Windows 10 version 22H2 is the final version of Windows 10, and it will be supported with only security updates until October 14, 2025 Windows 11 Last week, we talked about Week D monthly preview updates. This week, we need to talk about Controlled Feature Rollouts (CFRs). This is what happened with that Search "pill" late last year, not that Microsoft ever announced that, and it's all about testing new features first in stable. Is the Insider Program in trouble? Microsoft is adding Rust to the Windows kernel Insider Program: Microsoft is testing new Widget board improvements Web usage statistics show us how Edge has failed where Safari has succeeded Oops! A stupid new feature in Edge is causing Microsoft to report all your web browsing to Bing Intel revenues are circling the drain, but it promises a brighter future. And AMD fell hard too, with the same guidance Microsoft 365 One domain to rule them all and in the darkness bind them Microsoft Loop Preview now supports personal accounts Microsoft Designer arrives in open preview, offers DALL-E-powered AI graphics designs Links in Teams and (the new) Outlook will soon open in Edge no matter which browser you chose Microsoft is overhauling OneDrive for work and school on the web. You know, eventually Microsoft brings payments to SMBs in Teams with PayPal, Stripe, and... GoDaddy? Surface Is Surface Duo dead? Was it ever not dead? Microsoft consolidates all of its keyboards and other PC peripherals under the Surface brand Xbox Microsoft signs yet another 10-year Xbox deal, this time with an EU cloud streaming company Microsoft "fixes" the Xbox Dashboard. Again Here are the (two) Games with Gold titles for May Redfall and other titles are heading to Xbox Game Pass in May Xbox launches a Game Pass friend referral program Sony has now sold 38.5 PlayStation 5 consoles Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Afraid of command lines? Use WingetUI App pick of the week: Brave Search RunAs this week: Large Language Models and Windows with Paul Thurrott Brown liquor pick of the week: Redbreast 12 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: Melissa.com/twit

CMA blocks Activision Blizzard deal, FY23 Q3 earnings, Mad Dogs Hot Dogs Microsoft earnings Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $18.3 billion on revenues of $52.9 billion for the quarter ending March 31. Those figures represent gains of 9 and 7 percent, respectively, year-over-year. Intelligent Cloud, the home of Azure and Server, was once again the software giant's biggest business, with $22.1 billion in revenues, up 16 percent YOY. Productivity and Business Processes, which houses Office, delivered $17.5 billion in revenues, up 11 percent YOY. Windows, Xbox, and Surface once again tripped over themselves, with $13.3 billion in revenues, down 9 percent. Analysis of Microsoft's F23Q3 Yet another AI theory: After years of 70 percent-ish growth in Azure revenues driving its stock price and market cap, Microsoft needed something exciting for Wall Street. (Azure grew "just" 27 percent in this quarter) Windows revenues from PC makers fell 28 percent in the quarter. Windows Commercial products and cloud services increased 14 percent YOY, "driven by strong renewal execution and an increase in agreements that carried higher in-period revenue recognition." Surface was a no-show: Devices revenues fell by 30 percent. Xbox: Xbox console sales and other hardware revenues fell 30 percent in the quarter while gaming revenue, overall, declined 4 percent and Xbox content and services revenue grew 3 percent. But revenue from Xbox subscriptions reached nearly $1 billion in the quarter. Teams: over 300 million MAUs. Microsoft 365: Office commercial revenue grew 13 percent in the quarter. Paid Office 365 commercial seats were up 11 percent YOY to 382 million. Office consumer revenues were up, sort of, by 1 percent, while the Microsoft 365 consumer user base grew 12 percent to 65.4 million. Windows 11 A new monthly preview update to think about Phone Link for iOS is now rolling out to everyone New Beta channel builds: new Live Caption languages Leak: Microsoft will bring (back) app labels and grouping to the Windows 11 Taskbar Microsoft 365 Microsoft rumored to unbundle Teams from Office to appease regulators Does Microsoft have an antitrust problem? Xbox UK CMA blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard... because of cloud streaming?? Microsoft Flight Simulator has a new World Update Atari just acquired over 100 classic games from the 80s and 90s ASUS ROG Ally is a new Windows gaming handheld Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Bulk-install apps with Winget and Winstall App pick of the week: Google Authenticator On RunAs this week: Building your Data Analytics Team at SQLBits! Brown liquor pick of the week: Ohishi Whisky Sherry Cask Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT lookout.com kolide.com/ww