Month: November 2017

Our latest system update (1711.171118-1659), which becomes available to Alpha and Beta Insiders at 2 p.m. PST today, continues to focus in on fixes and adjustments. With this update, we’re focusing on Looking for Group (LFG) and general console performance. The update can be manually taken today at 2 p.m. PST and becomes mandatory for all Alpha and Beta Insiders at 1 a.m. tomorrow, Nov. 22. Read on for more information about the fixes introduced with this update and check in on the Known Issues here. FIXES: Looking for Group (LFG): Fixes Users being unable to see the details of… Continue reading New Preview Alpha and Beta Build – 11/21/17→

A picturesque lake nestled in the middle of the French countryside, log cabins, picnic areas and swims for multiple people to fish at one time. Sounds good, right? These are just some of the features you will find in the new Euro Fishing add-on lake: Le Lac d’Or (The Golden Lake). Set in the French countryside, this 25-acre lake contains over 700 fish ranging from small Roach right up to a monstrous 126lb Catfish that will be guaranteed to put up a fight. For the first time, Ghost Carp are not exclusive to boss fish and they are all joined… Continue reading Dovetail Games Euro Fishing’s Le Lac d’Or Available Now on Xbox One→

Nine Parchments is a type of game that we like to call a blast’em up, where you play as a bunch of wizarding students on a quest to find powerful spell parchments. All the apprentice students use magic and therefore the game centers on spellcasting and using your wizard powers. Your goal in Nine Parchments is to blast your way through foes and to keep your teammates alive. You can play in single-player or with up to four players in co-op, both locally and online! Co-op is of course the go-to mode to experience the full magical chaos, as friendly… Continue reading Co-op Spellcasting Adventure Nine Parchments Coming Soon to Xbox One→

Kevin Gallo is hosting the next Windows Community Standup on November 29th, 2017 at 10:00am PST on Channel 9 with Seth Juarez! Kevin will be answering questions we didn’t get to from the Windows Developer Day on October 10th. While we’re going through the list, we will be taking live questions too. Windows community standup is a […] Continue reading Windows Community Standup on November 29th, 2017→

This blog series is written by Cyril Belikoff, Senior Director of Office Marketing
 
This is the third post from our blog series on the four success factors for driving Microsoft 365 adoption. Check out the other posts part of this series:
Part 1… Continue reading Part 3: Identify business needs and prioritize Microsoft 365 scenarios→

In this episode, Dmitry is joined by Jeremy Likness for a discussion of Azure Functions, which provide the powerful capability to merge events and code to quickly deploy micro services directly from Visual Studio or as part of a DevOps pipeline. With a… Continue reading Azure Functions: Less-Server and More Code | Visual Studio Toolbox→

Hello, fellow gamers! Welcome to your action-packed December Xbox Game Pass update. In addition to over 100 great games already included in your Xbox Game Pass membership, we’re excited to share the addition of yet another seven games starting December 1. Titles including Gears of War 4, Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter and more! Plus, tune in to Mixer on December 1 and watch our favorite streamers get hands-on with the latest additions to the Xbox Game Pass catalog. But first, stop the press! For a limited time between November 17 – 27, you can start your… Continue reading December’s Xbox Game Pass Update Brings Gears of War 4, Darksiders, Mass Effect and $1 Game Pass for Limited Time→

The new web modeling experience for Azure Analysis Service can supersize the models that you have built for Power BI. In this episode, Josh Caplan will show how you can take data models that were built inside the Power BI desktop and easily convert the… Continue reading Azure Analysis Services: Desktop PowerBI to the Cloud | Azure Friday→