Month: August 2017

This Fall, enjoy playing games like Forza Motorsport 7, Crackdown 3, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, and more with the newest Xbox accessories. Today, we’re excited to announce three new Xbox Wireless Controllers, a new smaller Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows 10, and two new controller bundles for PC gamers. The new Wireless Controller designs include Green/Grey, Patrol Tech Special Edition, and Volcano Shadow Special Edition. Each controller pairs seamlessly with any Xbox One including the newest member of the Xbox family, Xbox One X, the world’s most powerful console delivering immersive, true 4K gaming, 4K UHD Blu-ray, 4K… Continue reading Score Style Points with New Xbox Wireless Controllers Featuring Sleek New Designs and Colors→

Git is a free, open source distributed version control system. It has become wildly popular as a way to not only manage source code, but also as a way of sharing code with others. In this episode, Robert demonstrates the basics of using Git. In the fir… Continue reading Git Fundamentals | Visual Studio Toolbox→

Welcome to week three of the Forza Motorsport 7 Garage, our weekly look at the 700+ cars coming to the game at launch. A huge part of any Forza game is the chance to express yourself – whether you love painting cars with gorgeous liveries or creating custom builds and tunes that can transform a good car into a great one. This week, in addition to announcing a massive collection of Japanese vehicles – 77 in total – we’re also turning the spotlight on the body customization options available to players in Forza Motorsport 7. For the first time in… Continue reading Build the Car of Your Dreams in the Forza Motorsport 7 Garage→

This week’s Data Exposed show welcomes Cathy Palmer into the Channel 9 studio to show how to connect an on-premises Hadoop cluster to Azure Data Lake Store in 3 easy steps![01:38] – Azure Data Lake Store at a Glance[04:50] – Find out More…[06:00] – D… Continue reading Connecting On-premises Hadoop to Azure Data Lake Store | Data Exposed→

Today, we’re announcing new programs and deals for students and teachers to take advantage of for back to school! Continue reading Get ready for back to school with Microsoft’s latest programs and deals→

Announcing Surface Plus and Surface Plus for Business, available for customers and businesses exclusively at U.S. Microsoft Stores and online at Microsoft.com. Continue reading Owning Surface just got easier with the new Surface Plus Program→

Mark your calendars for August 31, when Xbox and Taco Bell will give fans nationwide the first chance to win the newest member of the Xbox One family, the Xbox One X, when they pick up the new Steak Quesarito $5 box. Beginning August 31, each Taco Bell $5 Box will include a unique code for consumers to text in for a chance to win the new Xbox One X. Boxes will be available during the promotion from August 31 to October 4 at participating Taco Bell locations while supplies last. Throughout the duration of the promotion, a potential winner… Continue reading Xbox and Taco Bell Join Forces to Bring Xbox One X to Fans→