Windows Weekly 827: It Makes Me Fight

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

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