Month: April 2019

When designing new things for the ever-expansive world of Skyforge on Xbox One, we strive to observe all aspects of what we know in real life, to give it a much more personal touch. We want to give players a chance to, when logged in, feel awe and see expert detail in the things we create. With our latest free update, New Horizons, we explore new designs and ideas. A new beginning for everyone. In the update, we introduce a brand-new world: Terra. Many areas in Skyforge are densely populated and urbanized, such as the capital city of Aelion. The… Continue reading Creating New Horizons in the World of Skyforge→

Cluster Sets is a new feature in Windows Server 2019 that was first introduced at Ignite 2017 .  Cluster Sets is the new cloud scale-out technology that increases cluster node count in a single Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) cloud by orders… Continue reading Cluster Sets in Windows Server 2019 – Hyperscale for Hyperconverged !!→

Starting at 2:00 p.m. PST today, members of the Xbox One Preview Delta and Omega Rings will begin receiving the latest 1904 Xbox One system update (19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1904\18362.2018.190410-1845). Read on for more about the new features, fixes and known issues in the latest 1904 system update.   DETAILS: OS version released: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1904\18362.2018.190410-1845 Available: 6:00PM PDT 4/12/19 Mandatory Date/Time: 3:00 AM PDT 4/13/19   Fixes:   My Games and Apps Additional fixes for an issue in which switching from media apps such as Youtube/Hulu to a game or from a game to a media app would crash the console   Known Issues:… Continue reading April 12th : New Preview Delta & Omega Rings 1904 Update (1904.190410-1845)→

In this blog post we’ll share intelligent query processing (IQP) customer questions and answers.  This is intended to supplement the more in-depth coverage in the Books Online topic “Intelligent query processing in SQL databases”.
 
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Beginning today Xbox Insiders are invited to playtest Minion Masters! In Minion Masters there are many different Masters with unique hero abilities and you collect awesome minions ranging from: Fierce demons, cute creatures, devastating spells and much more. Utilize your minions to destroy the enemy Master! When a minion has been summoned they can no longer be controlled, so place them wisely to win! Engage in epic 1v1 or 2v2 battles in this fast-paced strategic minion brawler that’s easy to pick-up but hard to master. HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Sign-in and launch the Xbox Insider Hub on Xbox One (or install… Continue reading Playtest Minion Masters on Xbox One–Limited Space Available!→

This weekend, the crew from Rare will be dropping anchor in Berlin for TwitchCon Europe. We’d love to meet up with as many fellow pirates and streamers as possible, so if you’re heading to the Berlin City Cube be sure to visit stand number F25 to say hello! There are plenty of reasons to do so – the chance to meet the dev team (including members of our own weekly stream team), grab some swag and be among the first to watch and play The Arena, the new competitive game mode coming as part of our Anniversary Update on April… Continue reading Tune-In to Sea of Thieves at Twitchcon Europe→

This week Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams Rooms update 4.0.85.0, rolling out the change to use Skype for Business desktop app on Mac as our web-downloadable meetings client instead of Skype Meetings App (SMA), and Public endpoin… Continue reading The April 12th Weekly Roundup is Posted!→

Imagine you’ve been asked to write a crucial document for your company, perhaps a detailed outline of its long-term strategy. You’re excited, but don’t know when you’ll find the time to write it. As you sit in a meeting later that day, waiting for the person who arranged it, you envision the outline and the […]

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