Panos Panay leaves Microsoft after 19 years

 

Iconic Panos Panay announced today that he's leaving Microsoft after 19 years.
The Microsoft veteran and passionate manager that was in charge for Surface, and more recently Windows client leaves the company has announced by Rajesh Jha, Microsoft's EVP of Experiences & Devices in an internal email this morning:

"After nearly 20 years at the company, Panos Panay has decided to leave Microsoft. Panos has had an incredible impact on our products and culture as well as the broader devices ecosystem. Under Panos’ leadership, the team created the iconic Surface brand with loved products. More recently, as the leader of Windows, the team has brought amazing services and experiences to hundreds of millions with Windows 11 on innovative devices including those from our OEM partners. He will be missed, and I am personally very grateful for his many contributions over the years. Please join me in wishing him well. 

Moving forward, we will double down on our strategy. These changes will be effective immediately with Panos’ help in the transition. 

Build silicon, systems and devices that span Windows, client and cloud for an AI world. This team will be led by Pavan Davuluri, who will report directly to me. Brett Ostrum, Nino Storniolo, Linda Averett, Ken Pan, Ralf Groene, Aidan Marcuss, Carlos Picoto, Stevie Bathiche, Robin Seiler, Ruben Caballero and Anuj Gosalia will move to report to Pavan with their teams intact. Windows planning and release management will continue to be in this team. Our commitment to Surface and MR remains unchanged.

Build experiences that blend web, services and Windows for an AI world. To this end, Shilpa Ranganathan, Jeff Johnson and Ali Akgun will directly report to Mikhail Parakhin and form a new Windows and Web Experiences Team, moving with their teams intact. 

Yusuf Mehdi will take on the responsibility of leading the Windows and Surface businesses with our OEM and Retail partners. In addition, Charles Simonyi, Terri Chudzik and Erin Kolb will join the E+D management teams and Ralf Groene and Mike Davidson will work together on the best alignment on design teams. We will set up time for an AMA in the coming days to answer questions. Let’s continue to stay focused on executing on our existing plans. Thank you for all that you do, and the impact that you have for our customers and partners. "

With all is passion and charismatic presentations, Panos made Windows cool again. Let's hope that who substitutes him can deliver the same feeling.

[Tips & Tricks] Microsoft Surface Duo’s signature ringtone

Did you like Surface Duo’s presentation video? And what about its ringtone?
While we wait to get our hands on the new Microsoft phone, you can get it’s signature ringtone right now!

Get it right here:
Microsoft Surface Duo signature ringtone download

Microsoft Surface 2019 Lineup – Just mind-blowing!

So this post is just because Microsoft event yesterday was just…mind blowing. For the first time I must say that Microsoft completely delivered in every aspect of the event.

The perfect lineup adding exactly what fans asked for on the existing devices and than…it comes Surface Neo and of course…Surface Duo! A lot of things were said before the event but when you see the product, just couldn’t believe how perfect and consistent this product is.

And, after all of that we also have a glimpse of the new Windows OS (Windows 10X) aka Windows Core OS. This event was simply mind blowing!

So, here’s the complete lineup that was presented yesterday:

Surface Pro X

Surface Pro 7

Surface Laptop 3

Surface Neo and Surface Duo

You can view or review the full event here:

Microsoft’s October 2 Event – Save the Date!

Getting more and more hype, Microsoft’s October event can be the first time we see the new ‘Centaurus’ hardware and know a little bit more about the upcoming operating system.

Don’t miss the live stream and save the date on Microsoft’s dedicated event website:
Microsoft October Event - Tune in to see what's next!

Recovering your Surface with an image recovery

If your Microsoft Surface it's completely locked or crashed, and you cannot get to the usual system tools to recover the system, Microsoft has created a web site where you can download the recovery image so you can get your Surface back on track.

This recovery image applies to:
Surface RT, Surface 2, Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2, Surface Pro 3, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1.

Just to remind that this should be a last stand before using the usual tools.
To get the recovery image, go here:
Microsoft - Download a recovery image for your Surface

MacBook to Surface 3 - Making the Switch

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 was design and created with a lot of objectives, but one of them was put an end to the Apple's MacBook entry to the enterprises.

Because of the easy way that Surface 3 enter on your network (it's basically a Windows 8.1 notebook/tablet), Microsoft it's heavily committed to make Surface 3 the premium choice.

"Making the switch: MacBook to Surface Pro 3" it's a micro website from Microsoft created to allow MacBook users that switched to Surface, to easily do things like they were used to in a MacBook.

Take a look here:
Making the switch: MacBook to Surface Pro 3

Merry X-MAS Everyone! The Santa's Secret!

Well this post it's just to thanks everyone that follows my blog and to wish you all a Merry Christmas!

By the way...here's the Santa Claus secret to deliver every gift to everyone in the world!

Windows 10 - Presenting "Continuum" mode for hybrid tablet-notebook

Joe Belfiore showed this of on a press conference about Windows 10.
The idea of an operating system that automatically adapts to the device where it's running its one of the major goals with Windows 10.
This feature, that for now has been codenamed "Continuum" brings this idea a little further.
With "Continuum" depending of the device "state" the OS automatically adapts to it.

For example, if you're using Microsoft Surface has a tablet (without a cover) the OS will be presented and adapted to give the user a tablet experience. If the cover it's connects, the user will automatically receive an alert asking if it wants to change to a "desktop experience".
All this on-the-fly.

Take a look on this demo here: