Month: August 2017

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.  By helping people be more organized, more productive, and by enabling better collaboration, OneDrive is core to this mission.
 
I am v… Continue reading Happy 10th Birthday OneDrive!→

In this episode James conquers the subject of stage fright. You will discover that its cause is evolutionary (it’s not your fault and you are not broken) and can’t be wholly defeated, but your brain can be manipulated to make it work for you instead of… Continue reading How to Control Stage Fright | Answers from James→

Welcome to week four of the Forza Motorsport 7 Garage, where we are well on our way to revealing the more than 700+ vehicles that will be a part of Forza Motorsport 7 at launch. With hundreds of cars to race, customize, and explore, this week we’re focusing on the “exploration” part of the game. After all, every car in Forza Motorsport 7 features a full Forzavista experience, thereby allowing players to discover each car’s unique characteristics in exquisite detail. Nowhere is the Forzavista level of detail more apparent than with car engines. Consider two fan favorites: the 2017 Ford… Continue reading Explore Your Favorite Car in Stunning Detail in the Forza Motorsport 7 Garage→

Bob Ward and Parikshit Savjani (Parik) are in the Data Exposed Channel 9 studio today to talk about and show off the best built-in diagnostics in the industry. It’s Bob Ward, so of course we’re talking about SQL Server. And in this episode, we’re talking about SQL Server 2017.

[00:15] – Introductions, fun, and what the “T” on Bob’s shirt actually means.

[02:20] – Down to business. Built-in diagnostics and the telemetry that make SQL Server intelligent and makes you more efficient.

[07:00] – Intelligent Backups

[14:18] – Tuning Recommendations and automatic tuning. 

Continue reading SQL Server 2017 Built-in Diagnostics | Data Exposed→

Editor’s note: The following post was written by Office Servers and Services MVP Thuan Nguyen as part of our Technical Tuesday series. Security threats are very hard to detect and defend today. In one of my past blog articles, I pointed out security challenges that required complex machine learning algorithms to detect anomaly and suspicious activities in a… Continue reading Security Monitoring In Azure IaaS Resources→

New year, new MINECON! Continue reading Announcing exciting changes coming to MINECON!→

We continue to update the usage reports in the Office 365 admin center to provide you with a complete picture of how your organization is using Office 365.
You’ll start noticing the following enhancements over the coming weeks:
 
New Yammer group… Continue reading New Yammer groups usage report and updated Office 365 groups report→

It’s an exciting day at Team Xbox as Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Ring will get a first look at the latest Xbox update. This release is the next major update for gaming on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, and is designed to make the Xbox gaming experience more fun, personalized, and social than ever. We’ve heard feedback from our fans that they want the ability to customize Home the way they want. This new experience on Xbox One gives gamers more choice and delivers fun faster. Updates to Home, Guide and Community are available today, with updates to Avatars, Game Hubs, Profiles and more coming this fall. Windows 10 PCs will also receive updates to the Game bar and Gaming settings menu. Here’s a detailed look at some of the new features that will arrive for Xbox Insiders starting today and continuing throughout the next few months:

Customize Your Home: The first thing Insiders will notice is the new Home on Xbox One. This update is all about personalization; we’re putting the control in your hands, so that you can decide what to see when you turn on your console. The new look and feel is part of a design system called Microsoft Fluent Design; the look, feel, and movement of the dashboard has been updated to focus on speed, customization and expression—for you. Now, customize your Home screen to be uniquely yours, and view all the things you love at-a-glance. Have a favorite game or friend? Add them to Home! Select one, press the Menu button on your controller, and select “Add to Home.” This now creates an entire block of content that can be moved up or down—or removed altogether, should your interests or habits change. These blocks will evolve over time based on the things you like to do. For example, adding a game to your Home screen may pull in an Activity Feed post from the developer, show when your friends are playing that game online, suggest your next Achievement, and provide a quick shortcut to the Game Hub for that title. We’ll be adding additional types of content blocks in the coming months, so stay tuned for more. The team is always pushing to make the Xbox experience faster and faster. In this release, we’ve eliminated the wait between Home, Social, and My Games and Apps by consolidating them into one dashboard experience. No more splash screens means you get to fun even faster. Continue reading Latest Xbox Update Releases to Insiders Starting Today→