Universal Windows Podcast

David and Colin are joined by "That Canadian Guy", Glen Foster for this trailer for the reboot of the Technology Distilled podcast after an eighteen month hiatus.

Introduction Colin and David are joined by Vesku Nopanen, MVP and expert in Microsoft Teams. You can contact Vesku at on twitter @vesanopanen and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/vesanopanen/ News New Windows 10 bug hits home working: Outlook, Office 365, Teams can't access the internet Whiskey may protect against Covid Zoom has major security issues Teams calls increase 1000% in March Teams What is Teams -> It is the hub of Microsoft 365 What is the value of teams How are your customer adapting Call for Help Your Favourite Soundbite Who would you like to be on the show? Tell a friend about the show! Visit our Website www.technologydistilled.com Whiskey of the Week

Introduction Alexa, Who do you see in the studio today? Pierre Roman Clearview AI app was reportedly used for fun by company's investors, friends Word of the Week Azure - please remember to drink your favorite beverage every time you hear the work Azure until you listen to our next podcast and are give the next word of the week Interview Pierre Roman @WiredCanuck What is Azure? Isn't it expensive? What if Ryan Reynolds referenced your website? Learn more about Azure @ ITOPSTalk.com Many tech events canceled due to Corona Microsoft MVP Event Ignite the Tour MWC Webex and Google giving away free services GiggleBytes Flat-Earth martyr or victim? ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes dies in DIY rocket crash On Being Round Call for Help Your Favourite Soundbite Who would you like to be on the show? Tell a friend about the show! Visit our Website www.technologydistilled.com Whiskey of the Week Glenfiddich Solera Reserve Cask Single Malt Whisky

Introduction Technology Distilled Podcast – Episode 111 Back after a 2-month break! Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says “Cumbersome” News Microsoft: Free unified Office app is now open to all Android users Windows 10X: Everything you need to know Install Windows 10x Emulator GiggleBytes Spotify launches playlists for dogs left home alone Call for Help Your Favourite Soundbite Who would you like to be on the show? Tell a friend about the show! Whiskey of the Week Redstar Wine – a little something brought back from China! Heat Map

Introduction Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says “Book” Microsoft Moment Microsoft to developers: Here's how you can start making apps for Surface Duo, Neo David’s China Trip Blue Skies and Flowers! Massive Surveillance Phone shopping? Youtube video worth $800 Audio Books of non-audio books  Book Review Learn Powershell in a month of lunches Interview with Jeffery Hicks Co-author Don Jones In it's 3rd edition How many copies sold? Co-Author - Don Jones - How do you know him? Who is the target audience for this book? What level of expertise will you achieve in a month? What's next? PowerShell and Azure? PowerShell vs CLI? Powershell Practice Primer The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book @Jeffhicks 40% off the book with the code poddistilled19  Call for Help Your Favourite Soundbite Who would you like to be on the show? Tell a friend about the show! Whiskey of the Week Dewar's "The Monarch" Blended Scotch Whisky"      

Introduction Technology Distilled Podcast – Episode 109 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Announcement" New of the Week David and Colin distill some of the announcements from Microsoft Ignite Microsoft: Here's why we just stored the whole Superman movie inside a bit of glass Microsoft makes its unified Office Mobile app available to Android and iOS users Microsoft's Hybrid 2.0 strategy: Azure Arc, Azure Stack Hub, Azure Stack Edge explained New Microsoft Endpoint Manager To Combine SCCM and Intune Power Platform (Power BI + Power Apps) - Flow is now PowerAutomate Microsoft Power Virtual Agents Project Cortex - KM for O365 Chromium Based Edge to ship in January and on Linux Microsoft starts embedding Cortana in Outlook Mobile Call for Help Your Favourite Soundbite Who would you like to be on the show? Tell a friend about the show! Whiskey of the Week Macallan 12 Drinking Buddy Chloe Vincent author of the book of the week

Introduction · Technology Distilled Podcast – Episode 108 Word of the Week · Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says “Tongue” Featured Interview · Dr Alasdair Clark, of the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering - Is the W for Whiskey? · The paper, titled ‘Whisky tasting using a bimetallic nanoplasmonic tongue -- nanoscale metal ‘tastebuds’, Stuff · Rare Whisky Estimated to be Worth $800,000 is Actually Fake GiggleBytes · Richmond University Trains Rats to Drive Cars! Announcements · Check out our new evolving website - https://technologydistilled.com Call for Help · Your Favourite Soundbite · Who would you like to be on the show? · Tell a friend about the show! Whiskey of the Week The Glenlivet 12 year old

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Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 107 – Hybrid Episode Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Autonomous" Microsoft Moment Microsoft is now releasing Windows 10 19H2. What to expect from Windows 10 November 2019 Update: A pleasant surprise      Discussion - Cars Convergence of Ride Sharing, Electric Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles Volvo unveils its first electric car, the XC40 Recharge Volvo will launch a new electric vehicle every year through 2025 Volvo clarifies electrification plan, aims for 50% of sales to be 'fully electric' by 2025 Washington Post: Autonomous shuttles in Northern Virginia suburb show why the future of robot cars might be slow Washington Post: Backup driver in fatal self-driving Uber crash was streaming Hulu Washington Post: 'Raising the bar': Uber details shortcomings in self-driving car that killed pedestrian A key internal recommendation cited the need for "improving the overall software system design," which is ak

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 106 - The Last Episode Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "New" News of the Week Dona Sarkar is leaving Microsoft Insider Program. She will be joining the Microsoft Developer Relations team to lead advocacy for Citizen Developers, especially how they use the Power Platform (Microsoft Flow, PowerApps and Power BI). Surface Event Recap Surface X Keyboard not compatible $999 US + Keyboard and Pen Almost $1,600 CDN with keyboard, pen 8/128 - too $$$ Surface Duo Surface Neo Surface Laptop $1,199 and up! Surface Pro 7 $1399 1400 / 1,300 at CostCo.ca Announcements This is the last episode of the Universal Windows Podcast We are starting a new show called "Technology Distilled" Check out our new evolving website – Once complete it will be moved to www.technologydistilled.com Call for Help Your Favourite Soundbite Who would you like to be on the show? Tell a friend about the show!   Whiskey of the

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 105 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Event" News of the Week Windows Insider Program - 5 years old Windows 7 Extended Support - widely available Surface Event Predictions No Phone Folding Device Colin No David Yes ARM Based Surface Tablet Usb C New Hub New Studio New Surfacebook Announcements Surface Laptop 3 AMD and Intel 15 and 13" USB C 999 & 1199 starting prices (US$) Surface Pro 7 USB C Starts at $749 (US$) Surface Earbuds 24 hours of battery life Latter this year Starting at $249 Surface Pro X 1.86 lbs Same case as Surface Pro - but larger screen SQ1 Chipset 3x more power per watt Full Windows Available Early November Future of Products Available Fall 2020 Surface Neo Folding Tablet Intel not ARM Pen Keyboard folds over one of the screens - 2 9" screens Keyboard and pen magnetically attach to the tablet Windows 10 built for Dual Screens Windows 10 X Surface Duo

Introduction Featuring guest host Ian Dixon from the Digital Lifestyle Podcast Word of the week is “Device” Feature of the Week This week we discuss three free Apps that rock the Surface CollaBoard is a collaboration workspace that takes advantage of Ink and Touch Xodo PDF Reader & Editor is a simple PDF reader that supports ink markup Bamboo Paper is the closest thing to actual paper for the Surface News of the Week The Windows 10 May 2019 Update is now available Microsoft has started rolling out its new option for controlling feature updates. Microsoft releases a Windows XP Security Patch Microsoft brings PowerToys back to let anyone improve Windows 10 for power users Windows 10 now on 825 million devices Alexa is now hands-free on every Windows 10 device - except Canada! Microsoft will ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows Windows 10's Your Phone app can now view and send MMS messages Microsoft Solitaire inducted

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 103 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Build" News of the Week Microsoft Build 2019: Microsoft launches election security service, SDK Cosmos DB, Azure Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse all see significant updates. Build Keynote - Four platform Opportunities Azure - Intelligent Cloud/Edge 54 DC Regions 90 Compliance certifications 95% Fortune 500 penetration AI Speech Service Virtual Assistants BOT Framework Mixed Reality Autonomous Systems IOT Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Common Data Model   M365 CREDGE Recently used corporate resources Organization searches Built in support for IE / IE Mode Privacy - 3rd party tracking Collections Fluid Framework Cross app collaboration Simultaneous translation Teams Cc Background Brady bunch streams Straighten whiteboard Transparent people Spatial - 3D meeting Gaming 63 Million xbox live users mobile Playfab Rant of the We

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 102 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Fatigued" Discussion of the Week What should you do with your Windows 2008 Servers / Windows 7 that you won't upgrade by the deadline? Windows 2008 Scenarios Not enough time to upgrade all our apps Application only runs on Windows 2008 Windows 7 Don't have the budget for new laptops Management was hoping Microsoft would extend support Application only runs on Windows 2008 Feature of the Week Windows 10 May 2019 Update: The new features that matter most News of the Week 5G will make iPhone and Android phones better. Then it may kill them   Gartner: 30 million foldable phones will be sold in 2023  5 Surface Pro keyboards that cost less than Microsoft's Type Covers Army's version of Microsoft's HoloLens AR goggles likened to Call of Duty Pengwin: A Linux specifically for Windows Subsystem for Linux Edge and Firefox for Qualcomm PCs also on the wa

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 101 Today we have a studio audience – I'd put in their twitter accounts, but they are millennials …   Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Edge" Feature of the Week Microsoft changes how Windows 10 disconnects USB storage devices News of the Week   Microsoft Edge Windows 10's new Edge with Chromium browser preview builds drop today Chromium-based Microsoft Edge will be able to stream videos in 4K Will Windows 10 users flock to Chromium Edge for its exclusive 4K Netflix streaming? Microsoft's File Explorer learns a trick from Google Chrome   Insider News Android Mirroring available in latest insider builds Microsoft is making big Windows 10 update changes starting with the May 2019 release   Surface Microsoft adds new Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2 configurations for business users Microsoft Releases updated Firmware for many Surface models Surface Pro 5/6 Surface Laptop /LTP2/ Studio Surfa

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 100 With special guests…. Dona Sarkar @donasarkar Jeremiah Marble @jeremiahmarble … and about 50 Windows Insiders @WindowsInsiders at the Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond This is the second time we had Dona and Jeremiah on our podcast. Listen to our interview witht hem in 2016 from our archive: Surface Smiths - Episode 42 Surface Smiths – Episode 43 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Summit" News of the Week Now Windows 10 users can set up a call with Microsoft to chat directly with its engineers about features. Windows 10 Servicing 18/30 Microsoft to start nagging users in April about the January 2020 Windows 7 end-of-support deadline Microsoft is working on and will release it .   Jerimiah introduced the Microsoft DevCollective, will come to Ottawa … and the rest of the world! Dona introduced #WindowsUp helping Insiders everywhere increase their technical skills for free.   Whisky of th

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 99 – Gretzky – The Great One With special guests…. Joel Rushworth @gwydionjhr Richard Hay @WinObs Eric Leonard @erleonard   Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Space"   News of the Week Microsoft announce HoloLense 2   Samsung and Huawei announce folding phones at MWC Folding phone Stop using IE - please! Windows for robots: Microsoft reveals new Windows Server IoT 2019   Cool Things MVPs Do Richard – Space Program Joel – Photography Eric – Family and Azure MVP Summit What to expect with MVP Summit? This year's expectations How to become a MVP Specifically, a Windows Insider MVP Episode 100 of Surface Smiths @ Summit Need Whiskey for 50 people?   Whisky of the Week Robert Burns Scotch Whisky     Transcript Courtesy of Wit.ai [0:00] Hello i'm cortana welcome to the universal windows podcast the show about everything windows suggest service x box phones and the windows insider

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 98 – Countdown Countdown Less than a month to Microsoft MVP Summit March 17-22 Almost at our 100th podcast – which we will record at the Microsoft MVP Summit David has a new contract – SCCM! Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Countdown" Feature of the Week Back in Episode 005 we talked about the "Super Sucker" – a method of locking a Microsoft Surface In this Episode we talk about the Kensington Cable Lock for Surface Pro and Surface Go. News of the Week Microsoft fixes connection problems with Windows Update  Galaxy Fold 3 screens Thick $2,000 US$   Galaxy 10 Fingerprint reader on the front Bigger display Wireless power sharing Still has a headphone jack! Windows Insider Build 20H1 - Skip Ahead Microsoft Says Windows 10 Will Commandeer Storage For Upgrade Office as a Progressive Web App   Whisky of the Week Hellyers Road Distillery Tasmania Transcript provided by Wit.ai 2018

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 97 – No Excuses Excuses for no new episodes include Christmas Funerals Australia ACLs Cuba CES Weddings New Years Microsoft MVP Summit March 17-22 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Excuses" News of the Week All About assistants CES - Where mediocre ideas go to??? Tips for attending CES and survive Qualcomm aims straight at Intel with 8cx chip, its first CPU for PCs Worst of CES Bendable screen Another freaky kids robot Suitcases Victrola Record Players Polaroid Amazon makes clear it's now competing with shippers like FedEx and UPS in its annual filing Whisky of the Week Benromach 10 – yummy Transcript Courtesy of Wit.AI Episode 097 - No More Excuses Transcript [0:00] Hello i'm cortana welcome to the universal windows podcast the show about everything windows such a service x box phones and the windows insider program, who are your hosts the surface smiths on gold smith and we're the surface smith

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 96 Special guest Brad Sams @BDSAMS Brad has nearly a decade of writing and publishing experience under his belt. From breaking news about Microsoft to pushing publications to new heights, he has significant experience as a journalist as well as growing web-based brands. Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Windows" Interview of the Week Introduction to the book Beneath a SURFACE is available on Amazon in Kindle format and will soon be available on paper! A retrospective of all Microsoft Surface Devices from the Surface Table to the Surface Headphones and lots of insight into Windows 8 / 10 Meets Talk about the personalities that made it all possible from Steven Sinofsky @stevesi to Joe Belfiore @JoeBelfiore The "Good Old Days" at Microsoft Microsoft really hated the press Early Surface Pro Mockup      Lapable - I thought Colin had invented the word Lapable (June 4 2015) SkyDrive -> OneDrive - i