Global Azure Outage, Ally.io Acquisition, Visual Studio 2022
- Yep, Microsoft is Updating Notepad for Windows 11 Too
- AMD-Based PCs Suffer a 3-15 Percent Performance Hit with Windows 11
- Microsoft makes Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 a separate app in the Microsoft Store
- It's Official: The PC Market Stalled in Q3
Azure & Cloud
- Global Azure outage knocked out virtual machines, other VM-dependent services
- Business as usual for Azure customers despite 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Blames Russia for Most Nation-State Cyberattacks
Microsoft 365
- EU regulators asking Teams rivals about Microsoft's bundling practices, per Slack's 2020 complaint
- Microsoft acquires objectives and key results vendor Ally.io and plans to add it to Viva
- Smooth Scrolling is Coming to Excel for Windows
- Amazon Embraces Hybrid Work
Developer
- Microsoft delivers near-final VS 2022 Release Candidate and designates November 8 as GA date
- Microsoft to Launch Visual Studio 2022 on November 8
Xbox
- Microsoft Embraces Right to Repair
- Microsoft Announces 20th Anniversary Xbox Hardware
- Quake Gets a Big Update for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5
Tips and picks
- App pick of the week: Start11 RC
- App pick of the week: Vivaldi 4.3
- Enterprise pick of the week: Ignite sessions are live now
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard
- Beer pick of the week: Allagash Ghoulschip
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