Windows 10

Because I heard you missed me, I’m back, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s mea culpa on open-source, a cute return to the Microsoft of the 1990s, Microsoft Teams vs. Windows, Microsoft Teams vs. Slack, the future of command lines, and much, much, more.

Microsoft has announced today that Windows 10, version 2004 is now generally available

Microsoft announces GPU hardware acceleration and GUI app support for WSL 2 at Build 2020.

Microsoft Windows and Windows Server support a variety of different VPN technologies. The most advanced are DirectAccess and Windows 10 Always On VPN. In this article, I look at the advantages of Always On VPN over DirectAccess, and outline the infrastructure required to deploy Always On VPN.

Microsoft issues fixes for 111 vulnerabilities, making this month the third biggest set of patches in Microsoft’s history.

Microsoft releases Windows Terminal version 1.0 at Build 2020.

Microsoft announced that it is delaying disabling legacy TLS protocols by default in all its supported browsers.

Microsoft announces support for protection against Return-Oriented Programming based control flow attacks in Windows 10 Insider builds on the Fast Ring.

Microsoft announces that it will pause Windows 10 optional updates starting in May and extend security updates for some Windows 10 version 1709 SKUs to October. There are also details on new features coming to Edge, an update to Microsoft Emulator for Windows 10X, and news that Microsoft Search integration with Windows 10 is being delayed until Q4 2020. Additionally, I provide some tips on working at home.

Because it’s such a great time to be alive, this edition of Short Takes looks at a ton of Coronavirus-related news, including Azure capacity issues, Microsoft/Office 365 service throttling, certification retirement extensions, unprecedented Xbox Live demand, and much, much, more.