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WW 697: Think of the TikTok-ers - Big Tech's Big Earnings Week, "Sun Valley" UI Refresh

November 04, 2020

Big Tech's Big Earnings Week, "Sun Valley" UI Refresh
Windows
Microsoft moves the Windows Insider Dev channel to a new build branch. What does this mean?
Another build for Dev Channel today from the Fe branch
Any reports of problems with 20H2?

More earnings learnings
In the wake of Microsoft's earnings announcement, Amazon, Apple, and Google all announced their own earnings. Key takeaways: Amazon earnings are more than Microsoft and Google combined. And Google outpaced Microsoft.
Also: IT on-premises spending is showing cracks

Microsoft 365
Teams is getting multi-user sign-in.
Microsoft is giving Excel database-like capabilities. What's next?
Microsoft's Cloud for Healthcare builds on Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and the Power Platform.

Xbox
New Xbox reviews are coming soon.
New Xbox consoles are arriving early for some customers
Apple is going to hold a virtual Mac event on the day the Xbox Series X|S launches... but you can watch the Xbox launch instead!
343 botched the launch of Halo Infinite.

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Download any version of Windows 10
App pick of the week: Xbox app for Android and iOS
Enterprise pick of the week: Get a year free of basic call-in conferencing for Teams
Codename pick of the week: Aquila
Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin's "IT'S 'BAILEY'S IRISH CREAM COFFEE' NOT 'BAILEY'S, IRISH CREAM, & COFFEE'"

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