Ask Paul: December 21 (Premium)

Happy holidays! Here's the final "Ask Paul" for 2018, with another great set of reader questions.
Outlook.com and Go Daddy: Microsoft responds
Two weeks ago, SherlockHolmes asked:
Hi Paul, could you ask around if it will be possible to use outlook.com Domains without have to move to GoDaddy? Thanks.
At the time, I explained that that was not possible and that people who had previously configured a custom domain for Outlook.com Premium could still use that domain with whatever registrar. But I said I'd ask Microsoft whether it planned to offer more choices in the future.

They've responded with:
Existing Outlook.com Premium customers can connect to a domain they own from any registrar, not just GoDaddy. Customers using custom domains via the new Office 365 Home/Personal experience can connect only to GoDaddy.
Which is almost identical to what I wrote. So, unfortunately, it appears that you'll need to use GoDaddy for whatever domain you wish to use with Outlook.com.
Sets, the new Edge, and you
smackfu asks:
How do you think the changes to Edge impact the Sets feature? We have not really heard anything about that feature for 19H1 so far.
It is perhaps not coincidental that Microsoft has not started testing Sets again in the next Windows 10 version (19H1) despite having released many builds. If you're wondering whether the move to a Chromium-based Edge is part of the reason why, I'm inclined to agree. But as you note, we've heard literally nothing about this feature in 19H1 so far.
Windows Sandbox and the future
Nic asks:
How far do you think sandboxing will go? It seems that limiting it to Pro/Enterprise editions pushes it out of the hands of the general public (arguably the people who need it most). Do you think that adoption will be strong among those that can use it?
Windows Sandbox requires the hypervisor functionality that makes Hyper-V Client possible, and that explains why it's not available in Windows 10 Home. The hypervisor is only accessible in Windows 10 Pro or newer.

I didn't write this in my post about Sandbox, but I am wondering if Microsoft will further differentiate Windows 10 Home in the future, or simply replace it with Windows 10 Lite. And that this more consumer/simplicity-focused version will drift further from "traditional" Win32 desktop computing.

But theories aside, Windows Sandbox as currently implemented is really only for app testing purposes. And that is a very limited use case, one that would make sense only to IT or developers, both of which would be using Windows 10 Pro or better. If Sandbox does evolve, it is possible that it could simply be made available on Windows 10 Home too. (Since the hypervisor limitation is an arbitrary differentiator that Microsoft decided on and not some technical limitation.)
New Years resolutions
RawkFox asks:
Since this is the last Ask Paul for this year, what are your New Year's resolutions (if any)?
I have many things I'd like to fix. I'm still wrestling...

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