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Updates in Office 365 this month include new capabilities in Excel, features for commercial subscribers, and the expansion of the Microsoft Cloud with datacenters in new geographies.
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Hello from Hello Games! We’re a small indie team based in Guildford UK and I’m super excited to announce No Man’s Sky and its latest major feature content update Next are coming soon to Xbox One and will be enhanced for Xbox One X with support for HDR, 4K, and more. No Man’s Sky is inspired by the adventure and imagination that we love from classic science-fiction. We present players with an infinite procedural universe to explore, filled with unique planets and lifeforms, and constant danger and action. Your voyage through No Man’s Sky is up to you. Will you… Continue reading No Man’s Sky Coming Soon to Xbox One
Damian meets with Hamish Watson at the MVP Summit to talk about testing your database changes. Unit testing is vital in a good process but tests don’t often extend to the database. Can it be done at all? And do DBAs have to learn a new language? Hamish… Continue reading Unit Testing your Database Changes | The DevOps Lab
Hey, Robloxians! The time has come to experience the latest installment in the long-running Egg Hunt saga on Roblox. That’s right, Egg Hunt 2018: The Great Yolktales is now available on Xbox One! This year’s Egg Hunt game features new worlds, new enemies, and more eggs to collect than ever before (and that means even more virtual prizes to earn!). Plus, for a limited-time only, Xbox One players can get up to 50% off special in-game items for the duration of the event! Roblox’s annual Egg Hunt is one of the most anticipated events of the year. From March 28… Continue reading Join the Egg Hunt on Roblox for Limited-Time Virtual Prizes
Team Xbox was proud to once again host the annual Blacks in Gaming Green Room during Game Developers Conference 2018. More than 200 game developers and industry professionals attended for an evening of strengthening connections within the community of black game creators and highlighting & celebrating their successes. Held at the beautiful Minna Gallery, the event included fireside chats hosted by Kahlief Adams of the Spawn on Me podcast. Featured speakers included game streamer Simply Undrea; Jay Bobo and Latesha Williams, creators of the hit game Black Card Revoked; Dr. Kishonna L. Gray, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University; and… Continue reading 13th Annual Blacks in Gaming Green Room at GDC Highlights
Developers publishing to the Microsoft Store now have the ability to make an app visible to only few selected users. Jonathan Garrigues from the Dev Center team came by to demonstrate – https://aka.ms/ifdef-private-audienceQuestions, comments, suggesti… Continue reading #ifdef PRIVATE AUDIENCE // in the Microsoft Store | #ifdef WINDOWS
One of the consistent themes that the Dev Center Team hears from the Windows developer community is that first impressions are important. Before launching a new app or game, it’s important to validate that the experience is working perfectly in production. At the same time, many developers may have disclosure concerns and want to control […] Continue reading Private audience: A new way to test your apps and games in production
Introduction to GVFS: The Git version control system is popular because it enables efficient DevOps workflows. But it struggles to scale to very large repositories. Microsoft looked to solve this problem, and support large codebases like Wi… Continue reading Introduction to GVFS | Level Up