Windows Weekly 278

Windows Weekly Episode 278

Guests

• Peter Bright (aka Dr. Pizza), Ars Technica
  • @drpizza

Topics

• iPhone 5: Any upside for Microsoft?
  • It's a little bigger and has more icons and a better camera. Does the "meh" (to quote the WSJ) phone give MS and the Win Phone 8 handset makers a bigger door crack to sneak in through?
• Windows Phone 8 News
  • Still no Win Phone 8 SDK, though you can now sign an NDA to get one
  • Windows Phone Marketplace renamed to Windows Phone Store
• MS goes public with list of 32 holiday pop-up stores Link
• Office News
  • Office 2013 upgrade program provides clues on SKUs, timing of new Office Link
  • Office 365 Home Premium will be a "subscription" (renewable yearly) for up to 5 PCs and/or Macs; Office 2013 is just for one PC
  • Guarantee goes live in mid-October, ends in April 2013
  • Office 2013 rumored RTM is November/December of this year; general availability in February 2013
  • What we now know about Office 2013 RT Link
• The "Metro" name game continues
  • "Metro-Style" apps are (officially) called Windows Store apps
  • "Modern Apps" are something different and more generic: connected clients hooked up to continuous services
  • Why is this so complicated?
• Windows Store now open to all developers in 120 markets. 1,000 Windows Store apps and counting
• Windows RT
  • The Windows RT manage your own device game continues, too
  • (v 4) is the way to manage Windows RT PCs -- and WP8 phones -- (coupled with System Center 2012 SP1)
  • Why was/is this a big secret?
• Visual Studio
  • MS to crank up the VS delivery pace (like it's doing with Windows)
  • Update 1 is coming this year. It's not a SP. It's more like a feature pack or a Service Update
  • What's in VS Update 1?
  • VS Express 2012 for Desktop Apps ships
    • Those writing non-Windows-Store apps rejoice

Tips and Picks of the Week

• Software pick of the week: iTunes 11
• Enterprise pick of the week: Forefront (RIP)
• Codename pick of the week #1: Brooklyn (as in bridge)
• Codename pick of the week #2: Windows Azure Virtual Networks gets a codename. It's still in preview, but it's all about bridging enterprise networks and the public cloud

Sponsors

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