Month: February 2018

Season 3 of Fortnite Battle Royale has launched an all-new space-themed Battle Pass! We also released our massive v.3.0.0 update which includes a whole slew of new features and improvement that every Victory Royale seeker will appreciate. With v.3.0.0, all Xbox One and Xbox One X players will now be able to experience Fortnite at 60 fps! Players will now default to buttery smooth framerates and visuals tuned specifically for Xbox One and Xbox One X. If you want to play with an even higher level of graphics, you can toggle the 60 fps feature as a trade-off. Providing a… Continue reading Fortnite Battle Royale – Battle Pass Season 3 is Live on Xbox One→

During our February Windows Community Standup, we discussed three long-awaited features that add a new dimension to how you build UWP apps. Based on developer feedback these topics are top of mind – multi-instance support, UWP console applications and broader file system access. With the latest Insider build and SDK, we’re introducing some major new […] Continue reading Windows Community Standup discussing Multi-instancing, Console UWPs and Broader File-system Access→

Calling all Gun Gale Online Players! It’s been a long time coming, but Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is finally available on Xbox One. In the newest video game of Reki Kawahara’s fan-favorite franchise, you will venture into the futuristic world of Gun Gale Online, a dangerous landscape fraught with peril like supersonic flying bullets, quick photon swords, and powerful rocket launchers. With interactive environments and challenges to conquer, you’ll need to be tactful and strategic to complete your story. Let’s FullDive into the best parts of Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. Your Heroic Tale   Yup, that’s right Kirito… Continue reading Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Available Now on Xbox One→

After seven months working closely with the feedback of our dedicated Xbox Game Preview users, we’re excited to not only announce Fable Fortune is graduating with version 1.0 from Game Preview to a full release — and the game will be free starting today, February 22 for Xbox One and Windows 10. We’ve been celebrating amongst our established Founders with a little event we’ve called the Road to Release, but we’re very excited to welcome in new swathes of Heroes! To keep the festivities going, we have a packed line-up of special launch events extended out to everyone who logs… Continue reading Return to Albion for Free and Make Your Fable Fortune→

C# 7.2 : In Parameters  Jaliya Udagedara is from Sri Lanka and is currently working as a Technical Lead for a software company headquartered in Australia. He’s been a Microsoft MVP since January 2014, initially under Visual C# category, then .NET and now under Visual Studio & Development Technologies. He’s passionate about everything related to .NET. Jaliya is also a TechNet Wiki… Continue reading Learn How To Build A Mixed Cloud Model For Sharepoint, And More On This Week’s Friday Five→

Damian is joined by Abel Wang to walk through using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) to deploy applications to on-premises servers. As Cloud Developer Advocates, we focus so much on deploying to Azure – especially Platform as a Service (Paas) – but n… Continue reading Deploying to On-Premises Servers with VSTS | The DevOps Lab→

The community! This platform has a vibrant active community of technology partners and working professionals who are passionate and interested in the technology and many of whom we interact with on a daily basis as part of the Microsoft Support exper… Continue reading Welcome to the Global SPO Support Blog→

Join Kirill Gavrylyuk and Scott Hanselman to learn about native support for Apache Cassandra API in Azure Cosmos DB with wire protocol level compatibility. This support ensures you can continue using your existing application and OSS tools with no… Continue reading Cassandra API for Azure Cosmos DB | Azure Friday→