Episode 445 | Is 2022 the Year of Gaming Consolidation or the Metaverse Burn Pit

It’s true… this is the last Microsoft Cloud Show episode. In this last episode, 450, hear from co-hosts Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson why they’ve decided to wrap the podcast up.

In this episode, AC & CJ sit down to look back at the evolution of Microsoft 365, evaluate the current state of it, predictions, & some hopes for the future of the platform.Picks AC’s Pick Node.js Notebooks (REPL) CJ’s Pick SavvyCal

Microsoft Azure is over 13 years old and AC and CJ sit down to discuss the state of the Azure nation, where it stands in the cloud wars, and where they would like to see it improve. Picks AC’s Pick Whoa dude! CJ’s Pick thereandbuckagain

In this episode, AC and CJ cover some recent updates and releases in the Microsoft 365 world, get cheeky with Microsoft 365’s offer to customers that will lose their G Suite legacy free edition, more news!Banter Debut of the Voitanos Podcast + relaunch of YouTube channel Voitanos on YouTube Voitanos Podcast News A special offer for small businesses using Google’s legacy G Suite Teams JS SDK v2 Public Preview Update: Teams Apps in Office.com & Office App for Windows SharePoint Framework v1.14 - What’s in the latest Update of SPFx? SharePoint Framework v1.14 - What’s in the latest update of SPFx? Announcing SharePoint Framework 1.14 – with updates for Viva Connections, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint A new ShareGate experience LIVE & FREE WEBINAR – FEBRUARY 22, 11AM EST: A new ShareGate experience for 2022! A first look at Microsoft’s new Windows 11 Android apps support Windows 11 is getting new touch gestures, Start menu folders, and much more Picks AC’s Pick Inside the Chess Match That Led the Feds to $3.6 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin CJ’s Pick Shelly

Microsoft is trying to stave off the wrath of the FTC regarding its latest large acquisition, Microsoft Teams is doing its part to try and help your laptop from exploding & AC and CJ discuss some .NET development with Microsoft Graph.News In a bid to appease regulators, Microsoft announces new app store principles What’s New in Microsoft Teams | January 2022 Microsoft Teams performance improvements reduce power consumption in meetings by up to 50% Microsoft Graph Mailbag – Using LargeFileUploadTask with Microsoft Graph SDKs Helping users stay safe: Blocking internet macros by default in Office Rider Picks AC’s Pick Exposed documents reveal how the powerful clean up their digital past using a reputation laundering firm CJ’s Pick Live Las Vegas airport camera with flight tracking and ATC | Harry Reid Airport | Plane Spotting

Is 2022 the year of gaming acquisitions after we’ve seen over $80 billion spent in the first 5 weeks? Or will it be the metaverse burn pit after Meta has already blown through $10 billion & Microsoft cans Hololens creating turmoil in the halls of Redmond? Tune into episode 445 and hear what AC & CJ have to say!Banter Andrew Connell’s Website Black Creek Outfitters The ‘End of an Era’ for Black Creek Outfitters Black Creek Outfitters closing after 39 years of helping people explore, enjoy the wild Black Creek Outfitters on Facebook News Try Microsoft Lists with your Microsoft account (Preview) Take-Two Interactive to buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7 billion Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion YouTube Q2 Ad Revenue Hits Record $7 Billion as Alphabet Trounces Estimates Meta estimates Apple’s iOS changes will cost it $10B in 2022 Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ business lost more than $10 billion last year, and the losses keep growing Inside Microsoft’s mixed reality mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy Picks AC’s Pick Arecibo Observatory Movie - The Biggest Dream TRAILER CJ’s Pick North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet

AC and CJ discuss Microsoft’s incredible growth shown in their Q2 financial results and talk about some of the trends it shows. They dive off into talking about mainframes and the cloud & finish up with some Microsoft Teams and Azure news.News Log4J: Microsoft discovers attackers targeting undisclosed SolarWinds vulnerability Windows 11 is getting Android apps, taskbar improvements, and more next month Introducing Windows 11 SE and devices to support K-8 classrooms Microsoft Cloud Strength Fuels Second Quarter Results LanzaJet Secures $50M in Funding from Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund MicrosoftTeams surpassed 270 million monthly active users. Azure DDoS Protection—2021 Q3 and Q4 DDoS attack trends 7 reasons to attend Azure Open Source Day Picks AC’s Picks The James Webb Space Telescope glides to its deep-space parking spot today! How to follow it online. After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon CJ’s Pick Adam Savage Checks Out the Apollo 11 Command Module!

This week Microsoft dropped the news of its biggest acquisition to date and AC and CJ dive in to dissect it from their points of view. News Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device Microsoft deal to buy Activision Blizzard will likely go through, says MKM’s Handler Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion Sony reminds Microsoft of contractual obligations to make Activision games cross-platform Generally available: Azure Kubernetes support for upgrade events Generally available: Containerd support for Windows in AKS General availability: FIPS enabled node pool in Azure Kubernetes General availability: Ultra disks support on AKS Public preview: Kubernetes version alias support in AKS Public preview: Support for managed identity in Azure Cache for Redis Azure Machine Learning Announcements – January 2022 General Availability Announcement Picks AC’s Pick We Booped the Sun CJ’s Pick Hark back to the late 1990s with this re-creation of the dialup Internet experience

Tune in to episode 442 and hear Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson cover the latest news related to Microsoft Azure products & services, Microsoft Teams, and what’s new from Microsoft 365!What’s New With Microsoft 365 MC306666: Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders MC306669: Self-service trials for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio MC309911: Automatically Detect Music MC312490: Yammer Cross-geo external collaboration support on External Networks for the EU News Azure Storage TLS: Critical changes are almost here! (…and why you should care) Accelerate your websites with Azure Static Web Apps enterprise-edge Updates to Azure Files: NFS v4.1, higher performance limits, and reserved instance pricing Introducing the new Azure SDK management libraries for JavaScript/TypeScript 3 ways technology can help rebuild your frontline workforce Microsoft Teams: Chat with Teams personal account users First Microsoft Pluton-powered Windows 11 PCs to start rolling out this year Microsoft should sell Office and Windows to boost cloud business, former executive says Best CEO of 2021 goes to… Qualcomm Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Expand and Accelerate AR to Usher in New Gateways to the Metaverse Ask HN: Are Microsoft development stack and Azure a dead-end career path? Picks AC’s Pick An Unanswered Question at the Heart of the U.S.’s Nuclear Arsenal CJ’s Pick Looking for a Apartment to Share: Seattle(Redmond) Area

2022 has to be better than 2021 right? Surely! This week AC and CJ look forward and discuss their hopes, dreams, wishes, and goals for 2022 and what they would like to see happen in tech, and more.Picks AC’s Pick Decoding James Webb Space Telescope CJ’s Pick How Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original Playstation | War Stories | Ars Technica