Windows Weekly 933: Live From Build

Leo, Richard, and Paul recap this week’s news from Microsoft Build 2025, plus other Windows and Xbox gaming news.

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Build 2025

We need to discuss the protestors. We have stories. So many stories

Agentic AI is the theme of the show this year, and this time its multi-agent with orchestration

New Microsoft 365 Copilot features are rolling out now because it’s a day that ends in y

Tuning is the unexpected Build Bingo center square term – rolling out to agents

GitHub Copilot is open source in VS Code, more

Windows

• Win32 app support improvements, no more fees in Microsoft Store
• A shift in making Windows 11 the best place for developers – some things said, some left unsaid
• Edge gets new AI features too of course
• New native app capabilities in Windows App SDK, React Native

And, pre-Build, 50 million Visual Studio users

Related: Copilot for consumers does image generation now. Fun tip: You can Minecraft-ize photos

Related: OpenAI has a coding agent too, obviously

• And … OpenAI is buying Jony Ive!

Windows

Administrator Protection is coming soon – And not just for businesses. This feels very much like the firewall in XP SP2, it’s going to be disruptive

Windows Insider Program

• New 24H2 features in Release Preview: New text actions in Click to Do, a lot more
• New 24H2 features in Dev and Beta: AI actions in File Explorer, Advanced Settings, Search improvements, more
• New 23H2 features, Windows 10 features in Release Preview

Semi-related: Surface Laptop Studio RIP

Semi-related: Calendar companion app for Windows 11/M365

Semi-related: Microsoft may finally put the Teams antitrust issue in the EU behind

Xbox and games

Fortnite returns to the Apple App Store

• Apple blocked it first, Epic complained to judge
• And Microsoft files a legal motion against Apple and for Epic Games

Qualcomm job listing confirms Xbox plans to some degree

• What happens when you combine Qualcomm NPU with Nvidia GPU?

Xbox May Update arrives and it’s a big one

• Retro Classic Games for Xbox Game Pass
• Game Bar updates, Edge Game Assist, GeForce now etc. on PC
• Custom Xbox gift cards
• More streaming of your own games

Hellblade II is coming from Xbox to PS5

Many more games coming to Xbox Game Pass across platforms

Tips and picks

App pick of the week: You can try Microsoft’s command line editor now

Edit is a blast from the past. It’s also a blast.

Game pick of the week: Doom: The Dark Ages

Doom goes back to its roots but not really. It’s a nice change of pace, but also very expensive and a peek at the future of game pricing and marketing.

RunAs Radio this week: PowerShell 7.5 and DSC 3.0.0 with Jason Helmick

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/985

Brown liquor pick of the week: Tamnavulin Sherry Cask

https://www.tamnavulinwhisky.com/en-gb/our-whisky/core-collection/sherry-cask-edition/