Play gamescom’s Best Xbox Game of 2020: Tell Me Why Chapter 1 now available

The first chapter of three-part series Tell Me Why – just named gamescom’s Best Microsoft Xbox Game of 2020 – is now available with Xbox Game Pass and on PC f

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New in DirectX— Feature Level 12_2

What’s a feature level?

If you’re a game developer who has spent any amount of time with computer hardware, or perhaps a computer game which simulates working with it, you will know that graphics cards are not all the same. There’s differentiation.

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Pre-order Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, which launches Oct. 15

At Gamescom, the debut trailer for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition kicked off pre-orders for the game, which will launch on Oct. 15.

Players can expect 4K graphics, rebuilt 3D assets, modernized UI, cross-play multiplayer and a fully enhanced

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Automatically find latent bugs in your code with .NET 5

It’s an exciting time to be writing code! Especially for .NET developers as the platform keeps getting smarter. We now include rich diagnostics and code suggestions in the .NET SDK by default. Before you would need to install NuGet packages or other stand-alone tools to get more code analysis. Now, you will automatically get these in

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Stopping Active Directory attacks and other post-exploitation behavior with AMSI and machine learning

Microsoft Defender ATP leverages AMSI’s visibility into scripts and harnesses the power of machine learning to detect and stop post-exploitation activities that largely rely on scripts.
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Introducing a simpler way to secure your Windows 10 computers with Microsoft 365 Business Premium

Applying security policies to the computers in your organization is a foundational security practice.  It’s especially important now that more employees are using these devices away from the office.  To make it easier for you to protect your … Continue reading Introducing a simpler way to secure your Windows 10 computers with Microsoft 365 Business Premium