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Hello Windows Insiders! We are releasing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 15240 to Insiders in the Fast ring. For this flight, it’ll be a bit of a staggered release and it might not show up for you until tomorrow morning. Please be patient while waiting for the build to show up. What’s New in […] Continue reading Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15240 for Mobile
If you’ve been holding back from storming the battlefields of For Honor, now’s your chance to take up arms as a noble Knight, brutal Viking, or skillful Samurai this weekend on Xbox One. Beginning Thursday, August 10 at 12:01 a.m. PDT, Xbox Live Gold members can download For Honor from the Xbox Store for free and try the innovative Art of Battle system, with full access to For Honor‘s campaign and multiplayer. The event runs until Sunday, August 13 at 11:59 p.m. PST, giving you four days to earn gear and build up any of the 14 Heroes, including two… Continue reading Play For Honor for Free August 10-13 with Xbox Live Gold
Today we’re announcing the public preview of Office 365 groups expiration for Azure Active Directory Premium customers. You can now manage the lifecycle of Office 365 groups, by setting an expiration duration for any group you choose. Once this is set,… Continue reading Office 365 groups expiration is now in public preview
The Xbox Insider Program is growing, and with that growth comes exciting new opportunities. Alongside our continual efforts to hear all feedback shared by the Xbox Insider community, we’re now simplifying entry into the Xbox One Update Preview rings and partnering with 1st and 3rd party studios to provide Xbox Insiders with early access to Alpha and closed Beta playtests of Xbox Live-enabled games on both Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs. This means Xbox gamers will now be able to easily opt into the Xbox Insider program and gain earlier access to the latest system updates and flighted games!… Continue reading You Asked, We Listened: Fans Can Now Opt into the Xbox Insider Program
This week, James is joined by friend of the show Donna Malayeri, Program Manager at Microsoft in Azure Functions, who introduces us to serverless compute with Azure Functions. We discuss what Azure Functions is, how they work, and why they ma… Continue reading Episode 28: Azure Functions for Mobile Apps with Donna Malayeri | The Xamarin Show
Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management on the Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Sean McKenna, Principal PM responsible for the newly launched Azure Container Instances – this time talking about the Kubernetes connector. C… Continue reading Tuesdays with Corey: Kubernetes Connector for Azure Container Instances! | Tuesdays With Corey
It’s now almost two months since we announced Life is Strange: Before the Storm on the Xbox stage at E3 2017, and we’re fast approaching Episode One‘s release date on August 31. Thinking back to our announce brings fond memories of the sheer excitement our community and the Xbox conference crowd demonstrated upon hearing the first chords of Daughter’s track “Numbers,” which played alongside our gradual reveal of Before the Storm. You may have heard yesterday that we announced that the very same English indie-folk band Daughter have composed the entire score for Life is Strange: Before the Storm. The score… Continue reading Creating the Score of Life is Strange: Before the Storm
When you play video games enough to consider making one yourself, hands-on is the best way to learn. At Microsoft, we’re about inspiring creators, and to empower the next new wave of gaming creativity, Microsoft Store is excited to announce Xbox Academy is back – this time class is in session at New York and Sydney flagship stores! Xbox Academy is a series of FREE, hands-on game development classes that aims to foster creativity and STEM education outside of the classroom. In partnership with the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) – an award-winning educator for the game development, 3D animation… Continue reading Join Xbox Academy at the Flagship Microsoft Store to Design and Create Your First Video Game