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Severity Rating: CriticalRevision Note: V3.0 (May 9, 2017): Microsoft has re-released security update 4017018 for affected editions of Windows Server 2008. The re-release has been re-classified as a security update. Microsoft recommends that customers … Continue reading MS17-013 – Critical: Security Update for Microsoft Graphics Component (4013075) – Version: 3.0
It’s time to make your Hot Wheels fantasies come true! Forza Horizon 3’s Hot Wheels expansion will be available today exclusively on both Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs (Xbox Play Anywhere). You can get the expansion as either as part of the Forza Horizon 3 Expansion Pass or as a standalone purchase for $19.99 in the Microsoft Store. Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels will transport you to a new Australian locale, where orange tracks spiral and loop into the air and iconic Hot Wheels cars come to life. To celebrate this launch, we’re streaming Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels… Continue reading Forza Horizon 3’s Hot Wheels Expansion Is Here!
Another short but awesome all-demo video! In this week’s episode Casey Karst, a PM in the SQL Server team, is back in the studio to show how to use Polybase to load data into Azure SQL Data Warehouse. Casey spends the first few minutes e… Continue reading Loading Data into Azure SQL DW using Polybase | Data Exposed
Lace up your shoes, chalk up your controllers, and jump back onto the arcade basketball court today with NBA Playgrounds, a fast-paced 2-on-2 NBA game for Xbox One featuring a roster of legendary and current players. With support for both local and online play, gather your friends for a nostalgic arcade experience. Not only is the game of basketball well represented here, featuring all current NBA teams and a massive roster of players to choose from, including many superstars the sport has produced throughout its history, there’s also the fine attention to the detail in the player models to appreciate…. Continue reading NBA Playgrounds Available Now on Xbox One
Today we are announcing a new Channel 9 preview app for Xbox One! Watch Dunni and Golnaz from the Channel 9 team, demoing the preview app and going through the features that it has.Don’t forget to tune in for Microsoft Build and watch it Live… Continue reading Channel 9 Xbox One App
Building accessibility into your apps opens them up to a much wider audience. Watch the video to learn the basics of how to make your app more accessible through:Programmatic AccessKeyboard NavigationColor and ContrastThen learn more at http://ak… Continue reading Developing Apps for Accessibility
Quentin here, founding member of Honor Code, game director on Narcosis, and – above all – gamer. Narcosis released on PC and Mac about a month ago, but now that it’s hit the Xbox marketplace, we can finally say “Narcosis has shipped!” This has been a long run. Narcosis actually started in 2011, when we were only video game students. Benjamin (Narcosis’ lead artist) and I wanted to make a game set at the depths of the ocean. Our previous student project, Mycelium, was a real-time strategy game in which you control a mushroom colony. After tackling the gloomy underwood,… Continue reading Narcosis is Available Now for Xbox One
In this session, learn why the Angular team uses Typescript to develop at scale inside Google, and how Typescript and Angular work together to provide a powerful platform for your developers and great experiences for your users. Continue reading Angular and TypeScript | Build 2017