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Due to an unexpected manufacturing flaw, Microsoft has been forced to push back the shipping date for all Xbox Onesie models. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Starting in December, Office 365 users will be able to access their work email via Outlook.com, as Microsoft will make this url an universal entry point for personal MSA accounts and Office 365 accounts. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC gamers can sign up at EA's Community Playtesting website to be part of the studios Closed Alpha testing of Anthem. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Scammers had extracted money from thousands of victims, most of whom were American or Canadian. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Your web browser is one of your most used applications, so it’s important to pick the one that works best for you. In this article, we’ll walk through some of the most popular options available for Windows 10 and explain their differences – but remember, the final decision comes down to you. Microsoft Edge First […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Dragon Age 2 is now available to download and play for free for Xbox Live Gold members as part of December’s Games With Gold promotion. December’s other title, Q.U.B.E. 2, has yet to go free for Gold subscribers but the discount should turn on any minute now. Dragon Age 2 is an incredibly popular video […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

The new searching feature is robust enough to identify and link flight options and URL's. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft wants family messaginig to become a cornerstone of the Xbox One bying experience this year. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Brad Sams’ new book looks back at how Microsoft created a billion dollar business in the past six years, but there are also a lots of interesting bits about future Surface products that Microsoft currently has in the pipeline. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft 365 got a November 2018 update for Office. As noted in a post on the Microsoft 365 Blog, the November update brings new AI features to Word, Microsoft Teams on Android and iOS, as well as improvements to PowerPoint and Outlook on the web. Here’s a look at all of the new features available […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft has created new icons for its core Office apps like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, and Outlook, but the redesign also englobes Office 365 apps like SharePoint and Microsoft Teams, as well as “prosumer” apps like Skype. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft is adding its Bing Search into SwiftKey, and with the new Bing integration, its clear the company wants to take a real swing at Google's Gboard. Source Reference : OnMSFT

The Gardens Between, a puzzle video game released in September is playable starting today, and it will be followed by two other games next week. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft is adding a new feature to their recently launched Microsoft Search tool in Bing, and Office 365 business accounts will now be able to search for Locations within the businesses. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft’s Surface Studio all-in-one PC received a lot of praise for its superb multi-touch display, and the company may finally release a monitor-only version before the end of this decade. Source Reference : OnMSFT

The new featue can be found in the mobile ribbon under the Draw tab for all Windows 10 Office Mobile apps that include Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft Flow added a rich HTML-based text editor to Office 365 Outlook and Outlook.com connectors. As noted in a post on the Flow blog, this editor allows you to change your font, use bold, italic, or underline, as well as change the text color, highlight text, and create lists and hyperlinks in emails. Microsoft noted […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft has quietly added a nice little addition to its Microsoft Rewards program. Badges can now be earned as users earn points for searching in Bing or shopping on the company's online store. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Following the release of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, Intel announced this week the introduction of Universal Windows Drivers for its Intel Graphics Drivers. Source Reference : OnMSFT

the US Army has signed a $480 million AR/VR contract with Microsoft, which includes over 100,000 headsets that will be used in training as well as on the battlefield. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Guacamelee! 2 has been confirmed for launch on the Xbox One and will be arriving on Microsoft’s gaming consoles in January next year. This game is already available to play on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console right now. This early launch on the PS4 did cause some speculation that it would be a PS4 console exclusive […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

The elusive Xbox-branded onesie, the Xbox Onesie, that Microsoft Australia has been teasing for the past two years during select promotional campaigns will become available for purchase by the general public tomorrow on the official Xbox Gear online store. The announcement was made during today’s Major Nelson livestream on Mixer. During the stream, it was […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

With Microsoft’s Windows development offices being primarily in North America, the release of a new preview build was postponed as employees observed the Thanksgiving holiday for the past couple of days. Being three days removed from the Thanksgiving weekend, the Windows teams is already back at work releasing new builds. Windows 10 Insider preview build […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft has released a new build to Windows Insiders today, comes with a number of known issues to be fixed in a future build including multiple issues causing the Settings app to crash. Source Reference : OnMSFT

The Windows 10 19H1 build 18290 is now available to download for Skip Ahead Insiders, and it keeps bringing new features following the addition of the new Light Theme in the build 18282. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Adding to all the buzz is a recent job description that highlights the Microsoft's search for a team to work on its next itteration of Xbox. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft is hosting its annual shareholder meeting as they officially close their fiscal year earnings. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Sea of Thieves is getting a major update today. Titled "Shrouded Spoils," The update includes a host of new features as well as various improvements to enhance the overall gaming experience. Source Reference : OnMSFT

According to AdDuplex, only 2.8% of Windows 10 users are currently running the October 2018 update, compared to 89.5% users still on the April 2018 update. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Over the years we’ve come to know a number of Windows enthusiasts, either frequent commenters or frequent contributors on Twitter, and it’s nice to see a “local boy make good.” This time, it’s Michael West, who frequently posts design concepts on Twitter, and is a vocal proponent of all things Microsoft and Windows, as well […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

The long-awaited Geonosis update has begun to rollout to the Star Wars Battlefront II video game on PC and is expected to arrive on Microsoft’s Xbox One consoles in two hours at around 11:00 UTC. This update will be one of the biggest updates the game has received since it launched in late-2017 and will […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame, that’s its actual name, was just officially announced and digital pre-orders for it have now gone live for the Xbox One version in the Microsoft Store. This latest LEGO video game will follow the storyline of the upcoming film, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, which will premiere in […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Earlier this month, it was discovered that there was a major compatibility issue with Apple’s iCloud for Windows program (Version 7.7.0.27) and the latest Windows 10 update. Essentially, iCloud users lost some important functionality and were unable to sync Shared Albums after upgrading to the Windows 10 October Update. In response, and to prevent more […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft has just shipped the Windows 10 October 2018 Update build 17763.167 to Release Preview Insiders, and this new update fixes many issues that were still present in Windows 10 version 1809. Source Reference : OnMSFT

If you have yet to receive the Windows 10 version 1809 (aka the October 2018 update), Microsoft has just released new cumulative updates for the versions 1803 and 1709. Source Reference : OnMSFT

We are excited to share with you our new Teams Adoption Hub which you can access at https://aka.ms/TeamsAdoption .  This content simplifies the deployment and adoption process for Microsoft Teams and can be applied to other Office 365 workloads.  At Ignite we taught the enhanced Office 365 Adoption framework and Microsoft Teams is the first workload to build these enhancements into our core adoption methodology.     By breaking our adoption guidance into three key sections - Start, Experiment and Scale - we hope to help organizations accelerate and simplify their adoption with hands-on experience in their organization.  This site, which is a portion of the overall SuccessWithTeams.com guidance, also provides downloadable tools  to help you execute your project.     These tools include our popular Day in the Life training one sheets, an overall service adoption project plan, example personas and helpdesk guidance to name a few.  We will continue to enhance this section with additi

Microsoft seems to be facing another outage of its multi-factor authentication service for its Office 365 service, which is currently being investigated. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Tidal, a music streaming service that offers songs in "lossless" audio format, has officially been released to the Microsoft Store. Source Reference : OnMSFT

An equirectangular perspective grid helps you while you draw with a stylus, mouse, or your finger. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Xbox’s Major Nelson has just announced the free Games with Gold for the month of December, and for the first time ever the selection of four games will include an original Xbox title. Source Reference : OnMSFT

There were actually "three independent root causes." Source Reference : OnMSFT

The Redmond giant is apparently looking to gather more quality feedback from Windows Insiders via Skype interviews. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft's market cap value temporarily grew past that of Apple's, briefly making the tech giant from Redmond the most valuable company in the world. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Starting today, Xbox One gamers will get the online beta for Red Dead Redemption 2. For Xbox Live subscribers who put down money on Red Dead Redemption 2 Ultimate version, they should have access to the online beta starting today, with other versions of the game getting access to the online beta through Friday this […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

According to a new Microsoft patent, future versions of the Surface Type covers could shed some thickness and weight by integrating the trackpad directly into the circuit board of the detachable keyboard. Source Reference : OnMSFT

We are excited to share with you our new Teams Adoption Hub which you can access at https://aka.ms/TeamsAdoption .  This content simplifies the deployment and adoption process for Microsoft Teams and can be applied to other Office 365 workloads.  At Ignite we taught the enhanced Office 365 Adoption framework and Microsoft Teams is the first workload to build these enhancements into our core adoption methodology.     By breaking our adoption guidance into three key sections - Start, Experiment and Scale - we hope to help organizations accelerate and simplify their adoption with hands-on experience in their organization.  This site, which is a portion of the overall SuccessWithTeams.com guidance, also provides downloadable tools  to help you execute your project.     These tools include our popular Day in the Life training one sheets, an overall service adoption project plan, example personas and helpdesk guidance to name a few.  We will continue to enhance this section with additi

The Microsoft News app has updated on iOS devices today with new support for an International (English) option. This new option isn’t just a new language option for those who like words to be spelt correctly though. Once enabled, this new International (English) version will also suggest stories from more English news sources from around […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Even though Microsoft has resumed the global rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 update, Microsoft still has to fix two bugs affecting Windows Media Player and application defaults. Source Reference : OnMSFT

A couple of weeks ago, we learned that political journalism company Politico Europe had teamed up with Microsoft to launch a new Election Hub. The interactive tool leverages Microsoft’s PowerBI analytics service to improve Politico’s coverage of the the 2019 European Parliamentary elections. Today, this new Election Hub has been updated with new country-level pages […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft is offering $200 discounts on almost all of its Surface Book 2 models for Cyber Monday, as well as up to $300 discounts on the brand new Surface Laptop 2 through December 22. Source Reference : OnMSFT

After a little break following the release of the November 2018 Xbox One update, the Xbox team is now back at shipping new preview builds to Xbox Insiders. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Acer has announced the launch of its Windows Mixed Reality headset, the Acer OJO 500, in India. The new headset features a unique detachable design that enables the lens and head strap to be individually removed, making the headset easy to store and clean. The headset is available with either a hard or soft head […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. Google Chrome could be coming to Windows 10 on ARM soon with help from Microsoft According to a new report, Microsoft is helping on a project with Qualcomm […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read! LinkedIn is launching Student Voices, its own take on Snapchat Stories for students Microsoft’s professional-centric social network, LinkedIn, is adding a new feature called Student Voices, which is its […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

A new job listing surfaced recently that indicates that Microsoft is also interested in reproaching the lost market shares it suffered during this current generation of gaming, specifically in Asian markets. Source Reference : OnMSFT

If you want to save big on Xbox Game Pass today, Amazon and Best Buy are currently offering a year of subscription for just $69.99 ($50 off) for Black Friday. Source Reference : OnMSFT

Hong Kong-based technology startup Nexstgo has entered the Indian market with its commercial laptops. Established in 2016, Nexstgo is growing steadily in the Asia Pacific region. According to Alex Chung, CEO of Nexstgo, Nexstgo entered the Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South-east Asia markets with an incredibly impressive sales record. Seema Bhatnagar, Country General Manager of […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

We live in an era of cloud with SaaS applications driving our productivity day in and day out. As a consumer it’s hard to imagine even a second without your favorite app being accessible whenever you need it. As a SaaS business, it’s even harder to imagine your service facing a downtime with every minute costing you significant dollars and of course, customer trust. Site24x7’s innovative cloud-based IT monitoring tools provide visibility into critical performance parameters of your infrastructure (websites, servers, network etc.) and provide proactive insight on the health of your services so that your customers never face a downtime.   The new Site24x7 app in Microsoft Teams enables DevOps within your favorite collaboration workspace a breeze. How? See below:   Information at your fingertips – anytime, anywhere you need on any device! Use the Site24x7 bot on Microsoft Teams to ask questions and receive accurate responses on real-time, monitored data using natural language proces

Thomas was Alone, Agents of Mayhem, and MXGP3 are now playable for Xbox Game Pass subscribers on Microsoft’s Xbox One consoles. Xbox Game Pass titles are usually added or removed at the end of the month but occasionally there are exceptions. About a week ago, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, often called PUBG, came to Xbox Game Pass. […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

The brand new Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 are heavily discounted with up to $330 savings, and all discounted Surface Pro 6 models also include a Type Cover. Source Reference : OnMSFT

ASUS has announced the launch of TUF Gaming laptops and TUF Desktop in India promising high-end gaming PCs at affordable prices. The TUF Gaming laptops FX505 and FX705 sport 15.6” and 17.3” displays respectively with up to 144Hz high-refresh rate and 100% sRGB gamut, and are powered by up to 8th generation Intel Core i7-8750H […] Source Reference : OnMSFT

The new Intel display drivers may cause problems with audio playback from an external monitor on PCs running the latest Windows 10 update, and that's why Microsoft decided to put a new upgrade block in place. Source Reference : OnMSFT

The Surface Pro 6 survives (barely) the same bend test that took out the iPad Pro Source Reference : OnMSFT