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Acquired's Microsoft series
Acquired's epic Microsoft series is worth the time. It's not podcast fluff: the information is dense but well delivered. It's well-researched, surveying multiple published histories of the company, plus new interviews with people who were there.
Power On: The Story of Xbox
It's a corporate hagiography, but it's still valuable to hear directly from its principals how Xbox was built. This is a perfect case study of how Microsoft plays its chess game.