Summary: <p>This week CJ & AC focus on Microsoft news! Earnings, Azure AD, Cortana and more! Oh and picks … always picks!</p><p>Notes:</p><p>News</p> <ul> <li>$MSFT <ul> <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2019-Q2/press-release-webcast">Microsoft Cloud Strength Fuels Second Quarter Results</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Microsoft Public Cloud Outages <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/MSFT365Status/status/1090374410467328000">Twitter: Microsoft 365 Status</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-365-suffers-massive-two-day-outage-outlook-and-exchange-down/">Microsoft 365 Suffers Massive Two Day Outage, Outlook and Exchange Down</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Cortana <ul> <li><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/with-cortanas-concession-speech-microsoft-abandons-another-platform-opportunity/">With Cortana’s concession speech, Microsoft abandons another platform opportunity</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>AzureAD <ul> <li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Azure-Active-Directory-Identity/Azure-AD-makes-sharing-and-collaboration-seamless-for-any-user/ba-p/325949">Azure AD makes sharing and collaboration seamless for any user with <g class="gr_ gr_52 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del" id="52">any</g> account</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Picks</p> <ul> <li>AC’s Pick <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/vas3k/btt-touchbar-presets">GitHub: BetterTouchTool Touch Bar Presets</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>CJ’s Pick <ul> <li><a href="https://www.stringify.com/">stringify</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Guest Pick: Jeroen Huylebroeck <ul> <li><a href="https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-7-and-hexen-will-receive-ai-enhanced-hd-texture-packs-first-screenshots">Final Fantasy 7 and Hexen will receive AI-enhanced HD Texture Packs, first screenshots</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>The Microsoft Cloud Show sponsored by: </strong></p> <p><a href="http://nintex.com?utm_source=mscloudshow&utm_medium=email"><img src="http://assets.microsoftcloudshow.com/media/mscloudshow/logos/nintex.png" border="0"></a><br>What if you could take any process your teams use to get work <g class="gr_ gr_54 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="54">done,</g> and make it happen automatically? 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