Windows Weekly 383: Office Sway

Paul Thurrott

October 9, 2014

Windows Weekly 383: Office Sway

In the latest episode of Windows Weekly, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss our first week with the Windows Technical Preview, unnecessary but appreciated evidence of Windows 8.1 Update 2, Intune loses the Windows branding, a Surface Pen update, Adobe embraces high-DPI displays, Office Sway, Outlook.com/OneDrive and OWA/ODB updates, Microsoft v. Samsung, and other news.

Running time: 1:51:45

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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