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Today, we’re kicking off a series of videos and blog posts to introduce you to the best of Microsoft Edge – the faster, safer browser designed for Windows 10. We’ll be publishing a new video and blog post every day this week to share tips and tricks for making the most out of your browsing experience with Microsoft Edge. First up, we’re introducing you to Microsoft Edge and sharing tips on how to get started. Since the release of Microsoft Edge in 2015, Microsoft Edge has been steadily improving to offer competitive performance, security, and expanded functionality. Just last week, we began to roll out the latest version of Windows 10: the Windows 10 Creators U…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16176 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. We’re continuing work to refine OneCore with some code refactoring so that teams can start checking in new code. So, you still won’t see any noticeable changes or new features in new builds just yet. We are also releasing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 15204 to Insiders in the Fast ring. As we release new builds from our Development Branch for PC, we will also be doing the same for Windows 10 Mobile just like we have been in the past. However, Windows Insiders will likely notice some minor differences. The biggest …

Creativity fuels the world, inspiring inventive teachers, budding DJs and visionary manufactures who harness clean power through household appliances. Stoke your imagination with a dose of Weekend Reading. To feed the innovator in everyone, the Windows 10 Creators Update is rolling out to Windows 10 customers everywhere. With this free update, artists can sample the new Paint 3D app, turning 2D images into vibrant 3D visuals. Gaming fans become game broadcasters with the release of built-in Beam game streaming. And aspiring DJs can scratch, scrub and loop inside their music library via creativity apps now available for Surface Dial. In Texas, teacher Jason Holt…

We hope you enjoyed our special edition of This Week on Windows, where we’re talking about what’s new with the Windows 10 Creators Update! Head over here to learn more about the all-new Minecraft Marketplace, check out the app you can use to see everything that’s new with Windows – or keep reading to catch up on this week’s news. In case you missed it: Beam Theme Week https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/0e6717fed4ca31aa008c2f1ab0c05f1e.jpg The five days of festivities and themed streaming to celebrate Beam on Xbox One officially wrapped up last week. But, lucky for us, Beam broadcasting through the Game bar just launched on Windows 10 as …

The partnership kicks off today with open registration for Porsche’s esports sponsorship debut in Forza Racing Championship Season 3: The Porsche Cup – the most inclusive racing esports program and home to the largest online racing community in gaming. Today also brings the release of the Forza Horizon 3 Porsche Car Pack, featuring an exciting lineup of Porsche cars for 2016’s best-selling racing game Forza Horizon 3, exclusively on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs. Kicking off ForzaRC this year is the Forza Racing Championship 2017 New York Invitational Presented by Porsche on April 15-16 at Microsoft’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue, showcasing 18 of ForzaRC’s Elite playe…

https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/fd0a4eccbef6b7ab63df239322098936.gif Please join us on May 2, 2017. Save the date to watch the livestream of our #MicrosoftEDU event in New York City at 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time / 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The post Save the date and learn what’s next appeared first on The Official Microsoft Blog. Continue reading...

https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/4cab276a94f44449ffa77c43990def2e.jpg We’re ushering in the new season with fresh deals in the Windows Store, with more than 100 special offers on top games, movies & TV, apps and music. Hop into the Windows Store now through April 17* for big savings! Below are 10 of our favorite Spring Sale deals for Windows 10 devices: Up to 50% off great games https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/6f9d06185b471a695594eb43ca8abdc8.png Forza Horizon 3: Ultimate Edition – 40% off Take to the open roads of Australia, then connect them into the wildest, most far-ranging Forza game yet. Halo Wars 2: …

We believe that everyone is a creator at heart and that creativity is an essential human trait. And, no matter who you are, Windows 10 is built to empower the creator in all of us. To show you some of the great new features coming in the Creators Update, we’ve got a special episode of This Week on Windows just for you. New innovations in the Windows 10 Creators Update include 3D in Windows 10, built-in game broadcasting, new tab management features and more in Microsoft Edge, and enhanced security features such as a new Microsoft privacy dashboard. You can get the Creators Update in a few different ways. If you already have a Windows 10 PC and have automatic updates en…

A key part of our phased approach is to listen closely to all available feedback and make the appropriate product updates during the rollout. This allows us to provide high-quality experiences for the broadest set of users, while also continually increasing the quality and security of Windows 10. Just today we released a cumulative update based on insider and early adopter feedback that includes fixes for such issues as driver compatibility for connecting to specific printers. Please continue to give us feedback about your experience via the Feedback Hub app. For the optimal experience, we recommend you wait until Windows 10 is automatically offered to you on your devi…

https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/d071168485f2e1ec5c63287e023f99e0.jpg Minecraft has partnered with heroic ‘crafters well-known to the community to build up a launch catalogue of amazing adventure maps, texture packs, minigames and more. Noxcrew, BlockWorks, Qwertyuiop The Pie, Blockception, Sphax, Eneija, Imagiverse, Polymaps and Razzleberry Fox are the folk on board at launch, but we’re opening up submissions to anyone with a registered business. For more info on how to apply, go here. The idea is to give Minecraft creators another way to make a living from the game, allowing them to support themselves in the creation of ever-greater projects, wh…

It’s called Microsoft Tips — just type “Tips” in the search box on the taskbar, find it in the Start menu or open it from the Windows Store. It’s even available offline! Check out tips in the app to enhance your browsing experience with Microsoft Edge, learn about Cortana* and discover other ways you can personalize, customize and awesome-ize Windows. Here’s how to get started with the Tips app: https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/9c9a8bfcb7adc2b468de5b7b39430d72.gif Open the Tips app and you’ll land on the Welcome page — your home for quick tips, videos and other “Cool! I didn’t know that” info about the latest updates to Windows 10. Dive ri…

Containers have been at the forefront of cloud transformation in recent years, and for good reason: Container technologies let organizations more easily build, deploy and move applications to and from the cloud. With this increase in agility and portability, containers are helping to make applications the new currency in the cloud. At Microsoft, we’ve seen explosive growth in both interest and deployment of containerized workloads on Azure, and we’re committed to ensuring Azure is the best place to run them. https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/5b17fe25ddd36ff88b82ef2767020f54.jpg To support this vision, we’re pleased to announce that Microsoft has si…

We hope you enjoyed today’s episode of This Week on Windows! Head over here to learn more about the partner devices bringing Windows 10 Creators Update experiences to life, check out five ways to get started personalizing your taskbar and stay tuned for more than 100 deals on games, apps, movies & TV and music with the Spring Sale in the Windows Store, starting April 11! Learn more about what’s powering Project Scorpio in this article by Digital Foundry: Get your very first look at the technology powering #ProjectScorpio. @digitalfoundry has the scoop: https://t.co/jxVbICxtwR pic.twitter.com/D7jS4ateVm — Xbox (@Xbox) April 6, 2017 Here’s what’s new …

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing a new build from our Development Branch! Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16170 for PC has been released to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. As we mentioned earlier this week, you won’t see many big noticeable changes or new features in new builds just yet. That’s because right now, we’re focused on making some refinements to OneCore and doing some code refactoring and other engineering work that is necessary to make sure OneCore is optimally structured for teams to start checking in code. This also means more bugs and other issues that could be slightly more painful to live with – so check your Windows Ins…

Golf fans have a big weekend ahead, with all eyes on Augusta, Georgia, for one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year. If the weather’s nice and you’re itching to get off the couch and play a round yourself, take Bing along as your virtual caddy to keep an eye on https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/f65fa8a1fc24f50b301bbf8c1480eedd.pngthe pros and see who will win the coveted green jacket on Sunday. Bing will provide round-by-round scores, full leaderboards, golfers’ world rankings and total earnings, and more – not only this weekend but all season long. Technology is helping to provide better sports experiences all around. Special Olympics, whi…

Terry Myerson is the EVP of the Windows and Devices Group and Marisa Rogers is the WDG Privacy Officer Last week, we shared that the Windows 10 Creators Update will begin to roll out to our customers starting April 11, bringing new features and tools that empower the creator in each of us. We’ve talked about innovations in this update like bringing 3D creation and mixed reality to everyone, enabling every gamer to be a broadcaster, and browsing improvements in Microsoft Edge. With all these new built-in innovations, we hope it will inspire you to choose Windows to be the place you love to create and play. And yet one of our most important improvements in the Creators U…

Hello Windows Insiders! It’s that time again! We’re getting ready to start releasing new builds from our Development Branch. And just like before after the release of a new Windows 10 update, you won’t see many big noticeable changes or new features in new builds just yet. That’s because right now, we’re focused on making some refinements to OneCore and doing some code refactoring and other engineering work that is necessary to make sure OneCore is optimally structured for teams to start checking in code. Now comes our standard warning that these new builds from our Development Branch may include more bugs and other issues that could be slightly more painful for some p…

The Windows 10 Creators Update will begin to roll out to customers around the world on April 11, and will bring exciting new features and security enhancements to the devices already running Windows 10. Over the last several months, we’ve worked closely with our device partners to ensure customers will enjoy great Windows 10 Creators Update experiences on the devices they’re using today. They’re excited, and so are we! These OEMs are building innovative new devices designed to light up the new creativity and gaming experiences enabled by the Creators update. https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/0968a3b1b92d6c701965ae4ff450ddef.jpg Dell Canvas You c…

We hope you enjoyed today’s episode of This Week on Windows! In case you missed it, yesterday we announced that the Windows 10 Creators Update will begin to roll out on April 11. We also highlighted some awesome Windows 10 PCs built by our partners that will light up the Windows 10 Creators Update. You can catch up on both of those blog posts below. Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store this week: Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition – Power Rangers Skin Pack – Buy for $2.99 https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/d38fa339f134b869a088c03fb648fef1.jpg Assemble a team of superhero skins! The new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Skin Pack ($2.99) is now av…

Hi, everyone! Yesterday Yusuf Mehdi announced the availability of the Windows 10 Creators Update, the latest feature update to Windows 10. Today I’d like to share more information about our plans for rolling out the Creators Update. The Creators Update will begin to roll out on April 11th. Like with the Anniversary Update we delivered last August, this update for Windows will proceed in phases. Based on our experience and feedback from our customers, we believe a phased approach provides the highest quality update experience to the broadest set of customers. The first phase will target newer devices, especially those we tested together with our OEM hardware partners.…

You can personalize it, manage your calendar, pin your favorite apps to it, move it to where you want to display on your screen and more. You can even manage your calendar appointments right from the Taskbar. Today, we’re showing you five ways to get started with the Taskbar: Change the transparency and color for your Taskbar, Start menu, Action Center and more https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/e338820f7531a759d38f33304f52b530.gif Launch the Settings app and go to Personalization > Colors. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the “More options” section. If you want to change the transparency, flip the toggle for “Transparency effects…

Download your favorite TV shows and movies like Dave Chappelle, Stranger Things, The Crown, Narcos, Master of None, BoJack Horseman and more. Here’s how to get started: If you haven’t already downloaded the Netflix app for Windows 10, you can do that here. Once you’ve launched the app you can check out all the downloadable titles in “Available for Download” from the Netflix menu, or look for the download icon next to a specific movie or TV show. Click to view slideshow. Tap the download icon next to a movie or episode of a TV show, and you’ll find them in the My “Downloads” section of the app. *Downloadable content can vary by country The post Downloa…

We hope you enjoyed today’s episode of This Week on Windows! Head over here to read our Windows 10 Tip on how to set active hours so your PC doesn’t restart while you’re working, save on seasons 1-4 of The Americans, get Resident Evil 7 biohazard from the Windows Store – on sale until March 27 – or keep reading to catch up on this week’s news. In case you missed it: Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store: Buy Rogue One: A Star Wars Story for $19.99 https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/1a83a83fd018d077bb518a42761f3614.jpg As the Empire continues to gain power, a group of rebel spies will risk everything to steal the plans to their enemy…

Since releasing Cortana* on Android and iOS a year ago in the US and more recently in the UK, you have been telling us what you liked and how you’d like it to be improved and we’re excited to tell you more about what we’ve been up to this month. https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/e8dddac993d1d9236c6b7b43fedb30c9.png The information you need to keep on top of your day is now at your fingertips with Cortana above the lock on Android. We introduced the ability to get Cortana on your lock screen earlier this month so you could quickly swipe and see what Cortana’s got for you for the day. Today, you can now interact with Cortana above the lock. Qui…

The Xbox app brings together your gaming world across Xbox One and Windows 10 devices; that includes your friends, your games, your achievements, your avatar, access to the Xbox and Windows Stores and more. You can easily stay connected to the Xbox Live community, view your Gamerscore leaderboard across devices, view your GameDVR clips, start Party chats, stream your favorite games from Xbox One to any Windows 10 PC in your home while using your Xbox Wireless controller and more. Today, we’re going to show you how to get started creating your first Club and Looking for Group posts in the Xbox app: Clubs are online meeting places created by the Xbox community for p…