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Every release of Visual Studio continues to add more features to help improve developer productivity.In this episode, we’re joined by Kasey Uhlenhuth (@kuhlenhuth) who shows some of the refactoring features available in Visual Studio 2017 and a few new… Continue reading Code refactoring support in Visual Studio 2017 | On .NET
Chacko Daniel joins Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Service Fabric Mesh, which offers the same reliability, mission-critical performance and scale customers get with Service Fabric, but no more overhead of cluster management and patching operations. S… Continue reading Azure Service Fabric Mesh preview | Azure Friday
Starting at 6:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha – Skip Ahead and Preview Alpha rings will begin receiving the latest Xbox One system update (1810.180713-2338). Learn more about the new features in development for 1810 here, and read on for a list of fixes and known issues in this 1810 system update. Fixes Games Fixed an issue where users are reporting that certain multiplayer titles cannot be played due to frequent disconnects. Groups Fixed an issue where Groups on the Home screen were not showing any content. Headsets We have fixed the issue with various… Continue reading New Preview Alpha and Alpha Skip Ahead 1810 Update – 7/16/18
If you prefer to ink instead of type, you can now use your digital pen to write directly in text fields for a more natural experience, thanks to the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Just tap a space, like a search box, and it expands to give you a comfortable area in which to write. […] Continue reading Windows 10 Tip: Windows Ink directly in textbox, new in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update
Today, we released another set of updates for Get & Transform — a powerful set of Excel 2016 features based on the Power Query technology, which provide fast, easy data gathering and shaping capabilities.
These updates are available as part of an O… Continue reading July 2018 update for Get & Transform in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-in
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox, where we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox One! Every week the team at Xbox aims to deliver quality gaming content for you to enjoy on your favorite gaming console. To find out what’s coming soon to Xbox One, read on below and click on each of the game profiles for pre-order details (dates are subject to change). Continue reading Next Week on Xbox: New Games for July 17 – 20
After months of hard work, we’re proud to have finally brought Chaos to the Xbox One with the release of Warhammer: Vermintide 2. It’s a 4-player co-op action game designed to be played together with friends in a fun and challenging setting. The game is set in a vast universe with rich history which has greatly influenced how the game looks and feels. Vermintide 2 takes place in and around the fortress town of Helmgart, nestled in the mountain range the Grey Mountains, situated on the border between the Empire and Bretonnia during the End Times, an age in which… Continue reading The Locations of Vermintide 2, Available Now on Xbox One and Xbox Game Pass
It’s the dog days of summer but that doesn’t mean we don’t still have dev news. Christina breaks down the biggest developer stories of the week, including:Host note: In the Java Maven section, I said the plugin would work with Java 9, it actually works… Continue reading TWC9: VS Code Updates, Microsoft Surface Go, Azure Static Websites Preview, Java News, and more | This Week On Channel 9