Bringing our accessibility awareness game today and every day

Today we celebrate the seventh annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day and announce new technology and resources for people with disabilities. The goal of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about accessibility. For us, it’s also about digging deep into how technology can empower the 1 billion people worldwide who have disabilities. Not…

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Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day

At Microsoft, we want to empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We deeply believe everyone should have the opportunity to reach their potential and we can help by empowering all people, regardless of their abilities. Global Accessibility Awareness Day gives us the chance to celebrate our differences and reflect on the ways […] Continue reading Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Accessible Gaming with the Xbox Adaptive Controller

At Microsoft, we believe in empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our CEO, Satya Nadella, has spoken about how essential it is that we push the boundaries of what technology can do in a concerted effort to be inclusive of everyone around the world. These principles have the deepest impact in how we are building products that are designed for everyone. We have been on a journey of inclusive design, which celebrates and draws inspiration from people who are often overlooked in the typical design process. As I discussed at the annual DICE conference… Continue reading Accessible Gaming with the Xbox Adaptive Controller

We’re talkin’ Azure Low Priority VMs | Tuesdays With Corey

Corey Sanders, Corporate VP – Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Meagan McCrory, Senior PM on the Azure Compute Team to talk about the availability of Low Priority VMs.Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments… Continue reading We’re talkin’ Azure Low Priority VMs | Tuesdays With Corey

DC Universe Online Celebrates Superman’s 80th Anniversary with New Content

DC Universe Online, the free-to-play action combat MMO set in the iconic DC universe, is celebrating Action Comics #1000 and the 80th anniversary of Superman! How does a game celebrate? With new content of course! Starting May 16, The Death of Superman: Part I will be available to all Xbox One players level 10 and above, taking you to an updated area of Metropolis that shows a city under attack by Doomsday, the supervillain notoriously associated with Superman’s iconic death. Fight alongside Superman and others as you confront, and ultimately try to stop Doomsday and his destruction of Metropolis. On… Continue reading DC Universe Online Celebrates Superman’s 80th Anniversary with New Content

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring in addition to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. Microsoft Build 2018 Recap We’re still reeling from how awesome the Microsoft Build conference was this year. Our team and our friends from Deployment, […] Continue reading Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672