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Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17741 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s New in Build 17741 An easier way to get to Your Phone app Android phone users, check it out and keep the feedback coming. Your Phone app is intended for Windows insiders, we brought it first to you because we need you to help us test and perfect this app! Build 17723+ is highly recommended for the best experience. Your Phone app is also live for Insiders who are in Skip Ahead running 19H1 builds. Coming today for Build 17741, we’ve added a new entry point to Your Phone app. Notice a desktop pin? It’ll take you directly …

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18219 (19H1) to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 18219 Narrator Improvements We have made the following changes and improvements: Reliability: We have made improvements in Narrator reliability. Scan Mode: Reading and navigating while in Scan Mode has been improved. Selecting text in Scan Mode has also been improved. Selecting forward in Edge has some known issues that we are actively investigating. QuickStart: The link in settings to relaunch the QuickStart should now reliably be working and will launch from the very first Welcome page.…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are pleased to release a new build of the Windows Server vNext Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience and Server Core, as well as a new build of the next Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel release, Microsoft Hyper-V Server and Windows Admin Center 1808. In each preview release, there are two major areas that we would like you to try out: In-place OS Upgrade (from Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 or a previous preview build). Build-to-Build upgrade is also supported. Application compatibility – please let us know if any server roles or applications stops working or fails t…

Hello Windows Insiders! Thank you for your continued interest in the Windows Admin Center insider preview! If you are new to the preview, check out the previous posts for the 1806 and 1807 releases. Release Summary Much of the work in this release was under the hood – we are implementing new infrastructure to support future scenarios and improving the experience for the Azure Site Recovery and Azure Update Management hybrid scenarios. Server settings such as environment variables, remote desktop and RBAC settings are now available as a standalone tool at the bottom of the tool list in the Server Manager solution. Hyper-V host settings are also available on s…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17738 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC We fixed an issue where on Windows 10 in S Mode, launching Office in the Store might fail to launch with an error about a .dll not being designed to run on Windows. We fixed an issue where downloading a big file in Microsoft Edge would stop at the 4gb mark. We fixed an issue where clicking the “more” button in Microsoft Edge’s inline definition pop up when reading in recent flights would open a blank pane. We fixed an issue where items in Microsoft Edge’s Settings and More menu would…

If you like to express yourself with emojis, the Windows 10 April 2018 Update features updates to the Emoji Panel that includes support for more languages. Now, you can use Emoji Panel to insert multiple emoji at once. After opening up the panel by pressing hotkey Windows logo key + “.” or “;”, you can browse, search and then select more than one emoji. The panel won’t go away until you click close button or press the “Esc” key. More emoji will also now appear as you’re typing related words with the touch keyboard. Emoji search is now available for more languages. You can find an emoji by keyword in more than 150 locales, including English (Great Britain), French (F…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17735 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC We fixed an issue resulting in Reveal not working in Build 17733, for example in Start or Settings. We fixed an issue resulting in links that launched one app from another app not working in the last few flights for some Insiders. We fixed an issue in Windows Mixed Reality where the voice command, “Flashlight on,” would fail to activate the flashlight feature. We fixed an issue resulting in Notepad’s “Search with Bing” feature searching for “10 10” instead of “10 + 10” if that was th…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18214 (19H1) to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 18214 Your Phone app is now LIVE! Android phone users, check it out and keep the feedback coming. Build 17723+ is highly recommended for the best experience. Your Phone app is also live for Insiders who are in Skip Ahead running 19H1 builds. With Your Phone app, you get instant access to your Android’s most recent photos on your PC. Drag and drop that photo from your phone onto your PC. Copy, edit, or ink on that photo, right from your PC. Android 7.0+ are compatible with Your Phone app. For PC…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17733 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in Build 17733 Dark Theme in File Explorer With Build 17666 we started our journey bringing dark theme to File Explorer. Today’s build marks the turning point where we’ve finished what we set out to do for this release. Thank you to all Insiders that have shared feedback during this time! https://blogs.windows.com/uploads/mswbprod/sites/2/2018/08/7d09ed549c3b887426dff249c5bb91c4.gif General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC Thanks everyone for your feedback about the XAML shadows we added recently. We’r…

https://blogs.windows.com/uploads/mswbprod/sites/2/2018/08/46345db0fde5b1985e4e2715ed59c1ac.jpg When you connect your Microsoft account with your Movies Anywhere account, you can enjoy all of your eligible movies from Microsoft across your favorite screens at no extra cost. This includes Xbox and Windows, iOS and Android, smart TVs and streaming devices. You’ll also be able to watch eligible movies you previously bought from other participating digital retailers through the Movies & TV app on Xbox and Windows 10. As part of this launch, you can add “X-Men: Days of Future Past” for free to your digital collection, for a limited time, if you connect your Micros…

https://blogs.windows.com/uploads/mswbprod/sites/2/2018/07/5a1649e50bae4b87defbf96d64b42e98.jpg “We are deeply committed to powering a secure and optimized shopping experience that consumers and merchants deserve. Integrating technologies like Microsoft Pay with Masterpass will help the industry move to standards-based payments. Microsoft is a great partner and we will continue to collaborate with Microsoft to make shopping a better experience on all devices,” says Raj Dhamodharan, senior vice president of Digital Solutions at Mastercard. Now U.S.-based consumers using the latest Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10 devices can sign in to their Microsoft account and…

If you want an additional layer of protection from ransomware, try saving your files in OneDrive. It’s part of the new experiences that arrived with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Here’s how it works: If a ransomware threat is found on a device, Windows Defender will notify you of the threat, help you remove the ransomware from your device, and give you options to recover your OneDrive files to the state they were in before the attack occurred. https://blogs.windows.com/uploads/mswbprod/sites/2/2018/08/f6c6ce2fb1b42c8cb5f9a07918ca9f61.gif Save your files to OneDrive For Office 365 Home subscribers, Office 365 Personal subscribers, and OneDrive for Busin…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17730 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: Our second RS5 Bug Bash continues to run through to August 5th, 2018. Keep doing all the Quests! What’s new in Build 17730 Your Phone app is now LIVE! Android phone users, you can finally stop emailing yourself photos. Drag and drop that photo from your phone onto your PC. Copy, edit, or ink on that photo, right from your PC. With Your Phone app, live today for Windows Insiders, you get instant access to your Android’s most recent photos on your PC. Try it out by opening Your Phone app. You will receive an app from M…

If you’ve been too busy enjoying the final moments of summer to search for the latest tech offers, we’ve got you covered with a number of great deals for last minute shoppers this month. And while you’re at the Microsoft Store, check out the new Surface Go. It’s available now and for students on the move, it’s the perfect mix of portability and power. Here are just some of the great deals you can find this month at Microsoft Stores, online and other partner retailers! https://blogs.windows.com/uploads/mswbprod/sites/2/2018/07/8e0af6d927f4027753d5ae0cb32bb2f9-1024x637.jpg Best Buy is offering $100 off Acer’s Nitro 5 gaming notebook (regularly $749) while suppli…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17728 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Our second RS5 Bug Bash officially kicked off last Friday and runs through to August 5th, 2018. You know the drill – do all the quests! Insiders in the Slow ring can also participate! AND we’ll be doing a Mixer webcast on Wednesday August 1st (tomorrow!) at 10am PDT. What’s new in Build 17728 You love your phone. So does your PC. https://blogs.windows.com/uploads/mswbprod/sites/2/2018/07/2e33736ba4acf17025b9260136ad561e-1024x576.png Coming soon, we’re bringing the first set of features to Your Phone app for Windows Insider…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are pleased to release a new build of the Windows Server vNext Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience and Server Core in all 18 server languages, as well as a new build of the next Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel release in English. In addition, the first preview of Microsoft Hyper-V Server is included with this build. In each preview release, there are two major areas that we would like you to try out: In-place OS Upgrade (from Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 or a previous preview build). Build-to-Build upgrade is also supported. Application compatibility – please le…

Good news for PC gamers: The Windows 10 April 2018 Update delivered a makeover to the Game bar so it’s even easier to find what you’re looking for. New buttons on the Game bar provide easy access to your captures, themes (dark, light, or your current Windows theme) and the time (thanks to a new clock). You can also use the bar to toggle your microphone and camera, start a Mixer stream without any extra hardware or software, and edit the title of your Mixer stream. Check out the improved Game bar: https://blogs.windows.com/uploads/mswbprod/sites/2/2018/07/dc46cc4baf13972989136ca81d5b90ae.gif If you like this, check out more Windows 10 Tips. The post Windo…

When Alex Thomopoulos says “Get down, rise up,” she’s asking you what you’re passionate about and what makes you get up every day to pursue it. It’s a motto she reinforces as a Burton Girls Ambassador. The program encourages strength, independence and creativity for young women. Food is one thing that makes Thomopoulos get down and rise up. As a chef and entrepreneur, Thomopoulos can tell you how to make a gluten-free Meyer lemon cake, but she admits making videos that will take her business to the next level is not her forte. “I know how to cook, but I don’t understand technology at all,” she says. Fortunately, she gets help from Ashlie Little, a Microsoft pr…

Today, I’m proud to announce that Microsoft’s corporate venture fund, M12, is joining forces with EQT Ventures and SVB Financial Group to launch the Female Founders Competition, a global startup contest to identify top female talent and accelerate access to capital for women entrepreneurs. We’ve all heard the long odds facing women founders in tech. Last year, female founders received just 2.2 percent of total global venture capital funding, and only 17 percent of all startups have at least one female founder, despite the fact that gender diversity on executive teams correlates with greater profitability and value creation. I’ve experienced this painful data up clos…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and Build 18204 (19H1) to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead. Going forward, RS5 builds will come from the RS5_RELEASE branch. For Insiders who chose to “skip ahead”, 19H1 builds will continue to come from the RS_PRERELEASE branch. Insiders can see the branch name in the watermark at the lower right of their desktop. Right now, the builds from these branches are largely the same which is why we’re only doing a single blog post for both of today’s new builds. However, in the future we will be doing separate blog posts for eac…

https://blogs.microsoft.com/uploads/prod/2018/07/Satya_1-5b58b5054bddc.jpg Satya Nadella with the smartARM team members, winners of the 2018 Imagine Cup, along with Chloe Kim, special guest and Olympic snowboarding gold medalist. At its heart, the Imagine Cup is all about bringing students together from across the globe, inspiring them to usher in our collective future using cloud-based technologies of today and tomorrow, including artificial intelligence (AI), big data, mixed reality and more. Since its inception 16 years ago, the Imagine Cup has motivated nearly 2 million students from over 190 countries around the world to bring their biggest, boldest ideas to life…

Packaging can be annoying for any consumer (see: wrap rage). But for people with disabilities, it often creates yet another challenge in a world riddled with them, an unnecessary obstacle that leads to frustration and a delay getting to the object inside. Recognizing that reality, Microsoft’s Packaging Design team faced a unique challenge in creating a box for the new Xbox Adaptive Controller, designed to accommodate gamers with limited mobility. The box for the device, which will be available for $99.99 in September through the Microsoft Store, needed to be as accessible as what was inside. It had to enable gamers with limited dexterity, who might be using just o…

YouTube Video Take a look around your house, office or even the next store you visit, and you’ll start to notice that internet-connected devices are bringing us closer than ever before to a world of ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence. As these Internet of Things (IoT) devices become increasingly commonplace, people will start to expect computing to be more integrated into their lives, to anticipate, understand and seamlessly meet their needs. They will expect software to respond to spoken natural language, gestures, body language and emotion, and for it to understand the physical world and the rich context surrounding each user as they navigate their perso…

Want to focus on a new book, report or story? But having a hard time because of the many other things vying for your attention on your computer screen? With the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, you can take books, PDFs and Reading view pages full-screen, for a distraction-free reading experience in Microsoft Edge. To do this, click on the double-arrow icon in the reading bar, or in the More menu, or hit F11 on your keyboard. Here’s how to do it: https://blogs.windows.com/uploads/mswbprod/sites/2/2018/07/977935a425933195c61a956e83309209.gif Take your reading to a full screen for a distraction free experience. If you like this, check out more Windows 10 Tips.…

Ultimate Game Sale* is back! Now is the perfect time to save big and upgrade your slowing gaming PC, stock up top-rated PC games, or pick up that new gaming keyboard and mouse at Microsoft Store. While Ultimate Game Sale is our biggest ever, you need to jump all over these deals now because the sale ends July 30. 1. Save up to 50 percent on more than 100 top-rated games for Windows Save big on select Windows 10 games such as “State of Decay 2,” “Sea of Thieves,” “Middle Earth: Shadow of War,” “Forza Motorsport 7,” “Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection” and more. There’s more than 100 popular PC games on sale during Ultimate Game Sale and many support Xbox Play A…