Month: May 2017

Summer is almost here and we can’t wait to spend some quality time indoors with the latest batch of Games with Gold titles for June. In addition to the two Xbox One and two Xbox 360 games that can be play through Backward Compatibility, Xbox Live Gold members will also get free DLC for Phantom Dust in June. Now for the games! On Xbox One we’ll have the competitive racing game Speedrunners available from June 1 – 30 followed by the open-world hacking adventure of Watch Dogs from June 16 – July 15. On Xbox 360, and on Xbox One… Continue reading Hackers, Superheroes, and Dragons Are Coming to June’s Games with Gold→

I’m here to invite you to a game of Gwent. As some of you may know, the original Gwent is a mini-game in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that you could enjoy during breaks from questing, slaying monsters, and saving the world. After The Witcher 3 launched, we received a lot of messages from gamers all around the world asking us to create a standalone version of Gwent so they could play with their friends. A lot of hard work later and here we are with the public beta of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. The core rules are simple… Continue reading How About a Round of Gwent? Public Beta Now Live on Xbox One→

From my early childhood, I looked for games to play like Hello Neighbor. I wanted to peak behind the curtain of game development: How’s the game world created? What does the non-player character do when he’s not being watched? Then as a teenager, I spent dozens of hours no-clipping through games, trying to understand how they work and searching for Easter Eggs. Now that I’m making games, it was important to me to have Hello Neighbor players experience the magic, a sense of wonder, to discover something you’re not supposed to. It’s mind-bending to imagine that a small idea I… Continue reading Stealth Horror Game Hello Neighbor Wants You to Spy on Your Neighbor→

Today, we’re introducing several updates to Microsoft Forms, including improvements to the Forms portal, more languages and right-to-left reading support.

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It’s time to start working on your Southie accent. This weekend we’re offering a trip to the Commonwealth, as Fallout 4 has its first-ever free weekend exclusive to Xbox Live Gold members starting at 12:01am on Thursday, May 25 and running to 11:59pm PST on Sunday, May 28. How do ya’ like them Dandy Boy Apples? In addition to the free weekend, you can get the standard edition of Fallout 4 for 67% off for a limited time! You can even extend your stay with the Season Pass and Digital Deluxe versions that are also on sale (please see the… Continue reading Take a Weekend Trip to the Commonwealth for Free This Weekend with Xbox Live Gold→

“This is it, baby. Hold me.” The newest leader for Halo Wars 2 is none other than Sergeant Johnson himself and this time he’s brought his “Green Machine” with him. Read on to learn more about the new units, abilities and tactics that ol’ Sarge will bring – available for Xbox Play Anywhere title Halo Wars 2 as part of the Season Pass or purchasable for $5.99 on Xbox One and Windows 10! From the halls of Installation 04 to the shores of Harvest, Sergeant Johnson represented the UNSC with distinction and honor his entire life, and is remembered as a… Continue reading Sgt. Johnson Fights Again in Halo Wars 2 on Xbox One and Windows 10→

Earlier this year, we announced Xbox Game Pass, a new digital gaming subscription service that gives you unlimited access to over 100 Xbox One and Backward Compatible Xbox 360 games for $9.99 USD per month. To ensure Xbox Game Pass provides the best experience possible for gamers, we rolled the service out first to the Xbox Insider Program, with a limited number of titles to test the features. Thanks to the positive feedback we received from the community, we’re thrilled to launch Xbox Game Pass broadly to the Xbox community in 31 markets and share the entire catalog of over… Continue reading Xbox Game Pass Launches June 1 with 100+ Games; Early Access for Gold Members Starts Today→

In this episode Dmitry is joined by Eric Kang, Program Manager for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) who is back on the show to talk about how Visual Studio 2017, SSDT and SQL Server 2016/SQL Database (on Azure) can be used in both migration and state based database development approaches. We’ll also show you how to make SQL development integrated into a Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) as part of your DevOps pipeline

This episode is part two of our series on SSDT, so if you missed it be sure to check out our previous introductory episode SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio.

Resources:

• DevOps – Shift Left: Brian Harry’s VS 2017 Launch Keynote at 1:30 mark
• All about SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) features
• Getting Started with SSDT and SQL Server on Linux and Docker
• Getting Started with Visual Studio Team Services
• Database CI & CD Tutorial
• MAC & Linux Developers – mssql extension for VS Code

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