Microsoft and the NFL kick off new interactive in-game and fantasy experiences for Xbox One
May 21, 2013
Microsoft and the National Football League have changed the way you will watch the most popular sport in North America through a new multi-year partnership...
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VIDEO: Xbox One revealed
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May 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
May 17, 2013
For those who couldn’t attend the live webcast, today we’re publishing the May 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 13...
Security Response Center
Congratulations to the Imagine Cup 2012 Winners!
July 16, 2012
I wish I could be in two places at once, but it was physically impossible for me to be in Australia for the Worldwide Imagine Cup finals. More than 350...
Education Insights
Improving transparency by ending anonymous patents
Posted by Horacio GutierrezDeputy General Counsel & Corporate Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Recording ownership in the U.S. Patent and...
Microsoft on the Issues
A Simpler Approach to Packaging Receives 2013 Green Award
At Microsoft our supply chain is a sustainability imperative. In 2013, we began to require our suppliers to provide reports on their adherence to the...
Microsoft Green Blog
Ludus Windows 8 Game Starter Kit - Pleasing the Platformer in you...
May 13, 2013
Todays' project by Christer Kaitila is a kit that will help you quickly and easily build Windows 8 Platform games. Almost painfully easy to create games... If...
Channel 9
Hortonworks HDP -- Open Source Apache Hadoop Distribution is Enterprise-ready
Generally Available on Linux, Windows Server and Windows Azure. From: Gianugo Rabellino, Senior Director of Open Source Communities, Microsoft Open...
Interoperability @ Microsoft
Announcing availability of ISOs for Visual Studio Updates
May 3, 2013
Last month, we shipped Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2). We’re continuing to see good uptake of the Update releases, with the majority of Visual Studio...
Visual Studio
Streamlined accounting processes save Unwire three to four days a month
March 18, 2013
When thousands of Danes vote for their contestants on reality shows or buy bus tickets using their mobile phones, Unwire applications keep track of the huge...
The Edge - Microsoft Dyanmics ERP
How to check caller form in ax 2009 using X++?
Oct. 24, 2012
To check the caller form name you can use this code. if( element.args().parm()==formstr(FormName)) { // } Note: Form Name Must be Correct Name
Microsoft Dynamics Community
RELEASE: ALM for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: CRM Solution Lifecycle Management
On behalf of CRM Content Publishing, I am pleased to announce the release of the white paper, ALM for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: CRM Solution Lifecycle...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Xbox One and Used Games
We know there is some confusion around used games on Xbox One and wanted to provide a bit of clarification [...]
Xbox Live's Major Nelson
The gift of organization
Guest blogger Leticia Barr, founder of TechSavvyMama.com, shares the gift of technical assistance for the person who has everything. Read on to learn her...
The Microsoft Office Blog
Outlook.com now lets you chat with Google friends – one more reason to make the switch
May 14, 2013
We're excited to announce that you can chat with your Google friends directly from Outlook.com. With this feature, the next time you're reading an email from...
Outlook 2010 Team Blog
Download our free Office 2010 migration guides
Sept. 7, 2010
Over on the The Microsoft Office Blog there is a post that links to some migration guides for Microsoft Office 2010: “Whether you're coming from an older...
Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering
Travel Expert and Founder of Vagabondish, Mike Richard, Joins Us To Share Travel Tips!
May 20, 2013
Summer is right around the corner, and that means it’s time to hit the road! Summer travel plans can be hard to book, with overbooked flights, steep prices...
Bing Search Blog
An Update on Bing Ads and the Yahoo! Bing Network
This post has been cross-posted from the Bing Ads blog. As I get ready to head to Europe to for a series of customer meetings on the “state of the state”...
Microsoft Advertising
msnNOW for Firefox Now Available
Firefox users can now scan msnNOW within their browsers
MSN Blog
New Blog for Microsoft Tag, follow us!
Oct. 19, 2010
Tag community, I'm glad to announce that we’ve moved our official Microsoft Tag blog under our new website. You can now follow our latest news regarding...
Microsoft Tag
You’re invited to help us celebrate an unlikely pairing in open source
April 16, 2013
We are just days away from reaching a significant milestone for our team and the open source and open standards communities: the first anniversary of...
Port 25 - The Open Source Community at Microsoft
Forefront TMG Service Pack 2 Now Available
Oct. 11, 2011
We are happy to announce the availability of Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2). The service pack is available for download...
Forefront Team Blog
Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows is Generally Available
by STB Blogger Today, Hortonworks announced the general availability of the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) for Windows, the industry’s first 100 percent open...
STB News Bytes
Microsoft Virtual Academy: Windows 8 Security Insights: Module 10 - Boot Security | TechNet Video
May 9, 2013
Microsoft Virtual Academy: Windows 8 Security Insights: Module 10 - Boot Security
TechNet Edge
The Private Cloud Blog has combined its efforts with Building Clouds
Hey everyone, I wanted to give you an update on things since we have been a little quiet on the Windows Server Blog over the last couple of months. Clearly,...
Windows Server
Using Exchange Web Services to Apply a Personal Tag to a Custom Folder
In Exchange 2010, we introduced Retention Tags, a Messaging Records Management (MRM) feature that allows you to manage email lifecycle. You can use retention...
Exchange Team Blog
Looking at netbook sales
May 6, 2010
There is some interesting discussion happening today regarding netbook sales, namely that new devices may be negatively impacting sales and growth. Paul...
Windows 7 Team Blog
The next chapter for the Windows Live Messenger network
Nov. 6, 2012
More than 12 years ago we released the first version of Messenger to help people chat and keep in touch online in a more personal way. One of the unique...
Inside Windows Live
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Release Candidate is now available!
Aug. 30, 2012
As we recently announced on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials blog, the Release Candidate is now available for download. Windows Server 2012 Essentials has...
Windows Home Server
Love magazines? Get a $50 credit from Zinio for your Nokia Lumia
The popular digital magazine app Zinio arrived in the Windows Phone Store this week as an exclusive for Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 models. (Miss it? You can grab...
Windows phone Blog
IE Dev Center: Finding the resources you need, quickly
Last week we launched a remodeled Internet Explorer Developer Center (msdn.com/ie) to make it easier for developers to find the comprehensive documentation...
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