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Quick Look at the Surface Duo Android Emulator

Microsoft recently released their SDK and Emulator for developing dual screen applications for the Surface Duo ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dual-screen/introduction ) and being a bit curious about what the experience was going to be on a dual screen device I decided to give download it and give it a try.  First Impressions First and foremost there is the novelty of having two apps launched side by side. The Duo emulator is using Android Version 10 and to be API version 29, both are the latest versions of Android. There is no Play Store or Microsoft Store on the emulator, which is to be expected as its main purpose is app development. But beyond that it appears that most of the Google applications are not included in the device and the build is based off the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) more than anything else. What typically are the default applications on Android have been replaced with Microsoft Applications.  Launcher is the Microsoft Launcher: 

O365 Weekly Digest - 12/30/2019

Every week I'll be posting a quick summary of O365 updates included in the admin weekly digest email that you can sign up for via the admin Message Center:  https://admin.microsoft.com/AdminPortal/Home#/MessageCenter  - these emails include items posted to the message center over the last week and come out every Monday. Updates: Kaizala is getting and updated to its custom actions for Consent Flow ( Roadmap ID: 59705 ) Outlook for Android is getting a new discover office files feature ( Roadmap ID: 58733 ) Admin Updates: What's New Management can now be seen by the Office Apps admin role ( Roadmap ID: 60009 ) Dynamics 365 is deprecated some cipher suites in May New Kaizala Admin Role( Roadmap ID: 59706 ) Email Text Dec 27 Updated Feature: Consent flow for custom Kaizala Action Major Update:  Announcement started We’re updating Kaizala custom Actions to require user consent.We'll begin rolling this out to customers in late January 2020.The rollou