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Apurva Joshi (AJ) joins Scott Hanselman to talk about App Service providing built-in image support to ASP.NET Core, Node.js, PHP, and Ruby on Linux, as well as by enabling web developers to bring their own Docker-formatted container images, which in tu… Continue reading App Service on Linux | Azure Friday
This week at IFA and leading into PAX, Dell announced new gaming PCs powered by Windows 10, new curved gaming monitors, and the Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet – designed with the uncompromised performance, flexibility and reliability needed for the world’s toughest jobs and harshest environments. Let’s take a closer look at these devices: Dell […] Continue reading IFA 2017: Dell debuts new gaming rigs and rugged tablet powered by Windows 10
When we started working on Kentucky Route Zero, we thought we were making a pretty conservatively-scoped game — a short, moody, non-violent game about exploring a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky. As the three of us got deeper into the project, we kept finding new tunnels and stumbling over new ideas, and the game grew in scope & scale. We split it into five episodes (acts). Then we started making interludes, small standalone-but-related games, between each act. We wrote a play, set up an interactive phone line, recorded a pop album… And now here we are, approaching the… Continue reading Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition is Coming to Xbox One
Today we released a wave of updates for Immersive Reader across multiple platforms, as well as Learning Tools for Word Desktop improvement’s.
See the full blog here: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/08/learning-tools-word-desktop… Continue reading Learning Tools and Immersive Reader updated for OneNote, Word and Outlook
Outlook Customer Manager enables you to better track a business opportunity by creating a deal (see What’s the big deal). When navigating the business deal, you can view activity timeline related to the deal. Emails related to the deal are added to the… Continue reading Adding an email to a deal timeline
Today, the UWP Community Toolkit graduates to version 2.0 and sets the stage for future releases. There have been seven releases since the UWP Community Toolkit was first introduced exactly one year ago and version 2.0 is the first major and largest update to date. The developer community has worked enthusiastically to build something that […] Continue reading The UWP Community Toolkit v2.0
It’s almost time for gamers to descend upon downtown Seattle once again for PAX West! The convention, running from September 1 through September 4, is one of the largest gaming events in North America, and Xbox has something for everyone planned throughout the weekend. Read on for details on the gameplay and activities you’ll find in our booth, multiple panels, Mixer streams, and PAX West sweepstakes. Xbox Booth North Hall, 4th Floor, Booths 403, 411, 417 Experience Xbox One’s largest, most diverse games lineup in the Xbox booth! There will be 13 different titles available to play, including Forza Motorsport… Continue reading Xbox is at PAX West 2017
Mark Scurrell joins Scott Hanselman to talk about low-priority virtual machines (VMs) from Azure Batch, which you can use to reduce the cost of Batch workloads. Low-priority VMs make new types of Batch workloads possible by providing a large amount of … Continue reading Low-Priority Virtual Machines in Azure Batch | Azure Friday