Month: October 2017

You might think, that given its age and the rise of VR, that no one is doing any Kinect development.Taking a quick look at GitHub seems to prove that wrong…Kinect on GitHubProject Information URL: https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=kinect+cre… Continue reading No one’s doing Kinect Dev? Not so fast…→

We have major version update for Excel for Mac (in preview right now). We’ve just released the new version to Insider Fast participants. You can try it out by going to Help menu > Check for Updates, and then opt into the Insiders program and choose … Continue reading Office for Mac preview released!→

Let me start by saying this was no normal Ignite presentation – this was a full production complete with script, costumes and makeup.The team of Melanie Hohertz & Sara Krajewski from Cargill and Simon Denton from Mott McDonald really spared no effo… Continue reading Ignite Live Blog: Microsoft Teams and Yammer – Velocity meets community→

In this episode, Donovan is joined by Charles Taylor, to show the Visual Studio Team Services Work Item Rules. Using these rules, you can customize the behavior of your work items in VSTS. Continue reading VSTS Work Item Rules | Visual Studio Toolbox→

Xbox, Gears of War Esports, and The Coalition are proud to announce Season 2 of the Gears Pro Circuit for Gears of War 4. Gears players from around the world can compete in marquee live open events for a starting $1,000,000 in cash prizes. With the addition of new regional events and grassroots tournaments, plus crowdfunding through Esports Supporter Packs, the total prize pool for Season 2 is expected to reach $2,000,000. Players in North America, Latin America, and Europe can earn “Gears Pro Points” by competing in regional MLG GameBattles.com online ladders and in weekly tournaments. Players can also… Continue reading Gears of War Pro Circuit Season 2 Announced with new expected prize pool of $2,000,000!→

Earlier this year, we shared an update on some key milestones achieved for Node-ChakraCore like cross-platform support, community participation for N-API, Node-ChakraCore on iOS and more. Today, as Node.js enthusiasts from all over the world gather in Vancouver, Canada for Node.js Interactive, we’d like to share an update on Node-ChakraCore – from its progress in […] Continue reading Node-ChakraCore update from Node.js Interactive 2017→

Like no other game in the series so far, Assassin’s Creed Origins will push you to use every tool and tactic at your disposal as you hunt for the secret society known as the Order of the Ancients. In our case, this was something we realized during a quest in the latest preview demo, set in the Giza Plateau and in the Nile Delta — both of which looked beautiful running on Xbox One X, with huge sweeping vistas and intricately detailed architecture that was mesmerizing in 4K. Our task was to free an old man named Ghupa, who’d been… Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Origins: Using All of Bayek’s Tricks in the Nile Delta→

Gentle reminder: As communicated earlier, several Office 2007 apps will reach end of support on October 10, 2017.
 
Office 2007, like all Microsoft products, has a support lifecycle during which we provide new features, bug fixes, security fixes, … Continue reading Reminder: Office 2007 End of Extended Support→