Sort of Live From Ignite - Windows Weekly 646

All the News from Microsoft Ignite
We're at Ignite in Orlando, Florida this week, and there's a lot going on!
Azure goes to the edge


-- Microsoft's new hybrid 2.0 strategy includes other clouds
Power Platform


--  Microsoft rebrands Flow to Power Automate, adds no-code virtual agents
--  Related: Microsoft relents on Power Platform self-servicing purchase changes
Microsoft 365/Office 365


--  Microsoft announces Project Cortex
--  Microsoft puts Cortana in Outlook Mobile (and other mobile apps, plus a new male voice)
--  Related: Microsoft is killing the standalone Cortana app on mobile(!)
--  Microsoft Office app is going to Android and iOS
--  Excel gets natural language queries
--  Outlook gets a modern new look everywhere but Windows
--  Teams heads to Linux, gets major features update
Microsoft Edge


--  The new Edge will be the only Edge starting January 15
--  Microsoft reveals new Edge logo over the past weekend and then ships it in a new build
--  Here's how to get it immediately if you're already using Edge
--  Here's how Microsoft will refer to old Edge and new Edge
Surface


--  Surface heads into businesses with a three-pronged strategy
--  Related: New Surface PC experience updates - Paul - Mary Jo
Dev


-- WinUI 3.0 goes into alpha preview
Windows 10


-- New Windows 10 20H1 build adds a new feature, finally: It's called Quick Searches
--  Skip Ahead Ring is going away
Tips and picks


--  Tip of the week: Get ready for Black Friday!
--  App pick of the week: OneNote 2016
--  Enterprise pick of the week: Is the Azure cloud full?
--  Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft Managed Rooms
--  Beverage pick of the week: Writers' Tears Irish Whiskey 

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