WW 933: Live from Build - Protestors, AI agents, Edit, Doom: The Dark Ages

May 22, 2025

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Agentic AI is the theme of the show this year, and this time its multi-agent with orchestration! But first, we need to discuss the protestors. Paul and Richard have stories. So many stories!

Build 2025

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
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
Copilot for consumers does image generation now. Fun tip: You can Minecraft-ize photos
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
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
Surface Laptop Studio RIP
Calendar companion app for Windows 11/M365
Microsoft may finally put the Teams antitrust issue in the EU behind

Xbox

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
Game pick of the week: Doom: The Dark Ages
RunAs Radio this week: PowerShell 7.5 and DSC 3.0.0 with Jason Helmick
Brown liquor pick of the week: Tamnavulin Sherry Cask

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