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Get nine holiday albums for free from the Windows Store

2016-12-02 KENNETH 0

Get nine holiday albums for free from the Windows Store We’re excited to let you know that we’re giving away holiday albums in the US, available in the Windows Store for free!* The albums include holiday songs from Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Mary J. Blige, the classic album from Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and more. You can get all of these and more right now if you’re a Groove Music Pass subscriber – and if you aren’t, you can sign up here for a free 30-day trial and start listening today on your Windows 10 devices. Justin Bieber – Under The Mistletoe, Deluxe Edition Justin Bieber’s 2011 holiday album is a mix of classic holiday favorites and new music, including “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” “Fa La La,” “Mistletoe” and more. Ariana Grande – Christmas [ more… ]

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MySQL 8.0: MTR Configurations to Be Set to Server Defaults Where Possible

2016-12-02 KENNETH 0

MySQL 8.0: MTR Configurations to Be Set to Server Defaults Where Possible MySQL Test Run or MTR for short, is a MySQL test program. It was developed to ensure that the MySQL server’s operation is as expected whether it be in terms of testing the functionality of new features or integrity of the old.… Source: MySQL 8.0: MTR Configurations to Be Set to Server Defaults Where Possible

Deploying All-Active, Highly Available NGINX Plus Load Balancing on Google Compute Engine

2016-12-02 KENNETH 0

Deploying All-Active, Highly Available NGINX Plus Load Balancing on Google Compute Engine As the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Compute Engine (GCE) have become increasingly popular, we’ve published several resources explaining how to use NGINX Plus as the load balancer in the Google cloud infrastructure: Announcing NGINX Plus on the Google Cloud Platform on our blog Installing NGINX Plus on the Google Cloud Platform in the NGINX Plus Admin Guide Deploying NGINX Plus with Kubernetes on GCE in an on‑demand webinar These resources are extremely helpful if you’re just starting on GCE or running containerized solutions with Kubernetes. Now, we’ve created a complete soup-to-nuts guide for deploying NGINX Plus on GCE, showing you how to create a robust, highly available application delivery architecture that addresses the majority of the production use cases we’ve seen. The guide walks you through every step required to build [ more… ]

Made with Unity, Coded on Surface – The Story of Contingent 99

2016-12-02 KENNETH 0

Made with Unity, Coded on Surface – The Story of Contingent 99 Over the next few months, we will feature game creators who are making games using the Unity game development platform. We’ve partnered with the Made with Unity program to showcase some of the amazing, talented game developers out there and how they use Surface to make their games come to life. At Surface, we believe that people’s ideas are their most valuable asset. We strive to make products that break new ground and let people work in ways not previously possible. Whether it’s Surface Studio, Surface Book or Surface Pro 4, we feel that Surface brings a unique value proposition to game creators by combining the amazing performance of a full PC with the versatility of professional digital inking into a single, meticulously crafted device. For Bundy and [ more… ]

A New Input Paradigm in Windows – The Surface Dial

2016-12-02 KENNETH 0

A New Input Paradigm in Windows – The Surface Dial With the debut of Windows Ink in the Windows Anniversary Update, we introduced simultaneous pen and touch as the dawn of a revolutionary change in interacting with Windows. In our blog post, we discuss how you can use the APIs that you are already familiar with for touch to handle both touch and pen processing at the same time. Now with the recent Microsoft hardware announcements, we’re happy to share another innovation in input with you – the Surface Dial. The Surface Dial introduces a new paradigm for input in Windows. The Surface Dial is a new category of input device, which we refer to as a radial controller, and is a revolutionary new tool for the creative process. With tools and shortcuts at your fingertips, the Surface Dial allows [ more… ]