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Metaparticle is an experimental, cloud-native development environment for democratizing and simplifying the development of reliable distributed applications. It uses a code-first approach, so developers can describe the composite nature of their applic… Continue reading Metaparticle – A standard library for cloud-native applications on Kubernetes | Azure Friday
Local gaming communities across North America are in for a special treat with the introduction today of Blizzard’s Overwatch: Flash Ops, a new series of in-person celebrations that brings together Overwatch fans of all ages, interests and skill levels. Microsoft Store will be hosting Overwatch: Flash Ops community nights every Thursday at all stores in North America as part of our ASUS ROG Arena program. Meet up with other players and spectators in your local community for Arcade format matches and win prizes. High-powered ASUS Republic of Gamers PCs will be provided, so all you have to do is show… Continue reading Overwatch: Flash Ops Comes to Microsoft Store!
Mocking a REST API With Model First Development Oscar Garcia is a Principal Software Architect who resides in Sunny South Florida. He is a Microsoft MVP and certified solutions developer with many years of experience building solutions using .Net framework and multiple open source frameworks. Currently, he specializes in building solutions using technologies like SharePoint, ASP.NET, NodeJS,… Continue reading How Minecraft Improves Social and Emotional Learning, And More On The Friday Five
Calling all wrestling and WWE fans! This weekend is WrestleMania 34, and Xbox is thrilled to join the excitement by having WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair and current NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon join Xbox Live Sessions to play WWE 2K18 prior to the big event in New Orleans. Xbox and WWE fans will not want to miss this interactive livestream hosted on the Mixer Xbox Channel Sunday, April 8, starting at 12:00 p.m. PT. Ric Flair, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest WWE competitors of all time, will join the show first, answering fan questions… Continue reading WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair and NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon Join Xbox Live Sessions on April 8 to Play WWE 2K18
Damian sits down with fellow Aussie and Microsoft Regional Director Troy Hunt to talk about dramatically improving performance for his new Pwned Passwords offering.Troy runs a popular high traffic site – https://haveibeenpwned.com – so amazing performa… Continue reading Improving Performance for Pwned Passwords | The DevOps Lab
We continue to build out some amazing capabilities in Microsoft Stream. Here is a quick summary of some notable updates already available or coming very soon.
Tier-C compliance – Stream is now certified to be a Tier-C compliant service in th… Continue reading New Stream Features – April 2018
Team Xbox was proud to host the 2nd annual LGBTQIA in Gaming reception during GDC 2018. This year we hosted over 200 industry professionals and the event continues to be a place where this vibrant community can come together, network, hear from their peers and celebrate their accomplishments. Held at the beautiful Minna Gallery, the reception featured fireside chats hosted by Xbox team members Clark Ly and M Rawlings and included industry veterans Gordon Bellamy, Leena van Deventer and Rebecca Heineman. Starting off the event, Clark and M chatted with Gordon Bellamy who has a long and impressive resume in… Continue reading 2nd Annual LGBTQIA in Gaming Reception at GDC Celebrates Industry Professionals
Master the promotion and performance of becoming a professional fighter, inside and outside the Octagon. From the walkout to the knockout, EA Sports UFC 3 delivers a deep, authentic, and exciting experience. Starting today, Thursday, April 5 at 10 a.m. PST to Monday, April 9 at 10 a.m. PST, Xbox Live Gold members will be able to enter the Octagon during the UFC 3 free trial on Xbox One. Get Hyped for the Women’s Strawweight Title Fight: Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2 Call the first match between Rose and Joanna what you want, but this is one of the most highly anticipated… Continue reading Get Ready for UFC 223 with the UFC 3 Free Trial on Xbox One