Month: November 2018

To celebrate the release of “Incredibles 2,” Disney/Pixar and Xbox are excited to announce the Xbox One X Incredibles 2 Custom Console Sweepstakes. In “Incredibles 2,” Helen is called on to lead a campaign to bring Supers back, while Bob navigates the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life at home with Violet, Dash, and baby Jack-Jack – whose superpowers are about to be discovered. Their mission is derailed, however, when a new villain emerges with a brilliant and dangerous plot that threatens everything. But the Parrs don’t shy away from a challenge, especially with Frozone by their side. That’s what makes this… Continue reading Celebrate the Release of “Incredibles 2” in 4K Ultra HD on Xbox One→

This week, James is joined by friend of the show Jordan Matthiesen, Visual Studio for Mac program manager, who shows us all of the new and fancy features in Visual Studio for Mac. He shows off how to create and deploy Azure Functions, new IntelliS… Continue reading Visual Studio for Mac 7.6 & 7.7 Updates! | The Xamarin Show→

We’re starting our world tour of the eight maps available in Battlefield V at launch with a detailed look at the first four. From close-quarters urban warfare to expansive vehicle-focused combat, the maps set in Holland (Rotterdam and Devastation) and North Africa (Hamada and Aerodrome) offer players a wide range of experiences. Make sure your passport’s up to date, then get ready to start your tour of some of the unseen battlefields of WWII you’ll be facing by getting some advanced intel below before you jump into battle. Welcome to Devastation Our second Dutch map is Devastation, the charred remains of… Continue reading A Soldier’s Guide to the Maps of Battlefield V: Holland and North Africa→

For the latest Team Xbox Q&A, I chatted with Harrison from the Xbox Console Experiences team who worked on the new Alexa and Cortana Voice Skills for Xbox One! Hi, Harrison! Really excited to chat with you about Voice Skills; thanks for making time for us and the Xbox Insider community. Can we start by having you state what you do for Team Xbox and how long you’ve been with the company? For sure! I’ve been at Microsoft for 8 years and I’m currently a Senior Program Manager for Xbox Console Experiences. Basically, that means that myself and the team… Continue reading Team Xbox Q&A: Harrison, from the Xbox Console Experiences Team→

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a global holiday that originated in Mexico where friends and family gather to celebrate the lives of their loved ones and to support their spiritual journeys. To pay tribute to the holiday, the Forza Horizon 4 team partnered with three artists, Sam Rodriguez, Juan Puente, and Axis, to share their unique interpretations and to help bring their art to life in-game. Below, learn more about each artist’s creation, their gaming connection, and how you can also celebrate the holiday by downloading new in-game content now available through November 8th. Sam… Continue reading Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Forza Horizon 4→

SRSv2 4.0.31.0 is comprised of quality and reliability fixes.  Release notes have been updated on docs.microsoft.com here.
 
November 1st Note: There has been an issue reported with script and 4.0.31.0 msi package compatibility.  We reve… Continue reading Skype Room Systems v2 4.0.31.0 hotfix update released October 16, 2018→

SSSSSSSSSSSSSingle Page Applications – they’re applications with a single page (sometimes) and we build a lot of them in 2018. In this episode, Burke sits down with Asim Hussain to go over Five Super-Secret Special Services for Single Page Applications… Continue reading Five Super-Secret Special Services for Building SPAs | Five Things→

This is the second of a four part series where Robert is joined by Phil Japikse to discuss unit testing. This series expands on the 2017 Unit Testing episode. In this episode, Robert and Phil cover the xUnit testing framework. After explaining the… Continue reading Unit Testing: xUnit | Visual Studio Toolbox→