NEWS

Xbox holiday deals start today at the Microsoft Store Today at X019, our annual global celebration of all things Xbox, we unveiled an extensive set of deals for the holidays. I’m excited to be here at the London flagship Microsoft Store for the unveil, surrounded by games and gamers. I’ve got the holiday spirit and there is no better place to get your holiday shopping started than the Microsoft Store. You can get started right now and save up to 70% off amazing games during the X019 Xbox Flash Sale,* including Gears 5 Ultimate. But hurry – these deals are only good for the next 24 hours – starting now! At X019, we also announced the Xbox Black Friday deals and get ready to save big! These deals will be available Nov. 24 – Dec. 2 in the US. Some [ more… ]

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v6.0 We’re thrilled to announce today the next update to the Windows Community Toolkit, version 6.0, made possible with help and contributions from our developer community. This release brings ARM64 support to the toolkit as well as an update to XAML Islands for .NET Core 3 support. In addition, we have new features like the EyeDropper control and new Win32 notification helpers. We also have an update to our preview of Microsoft Graph enabled XAML controls. See more details on these features below. XAML Islands brings UWP to WPF, WinForms, and Win32 XAML Islands enables a developer to enhance the look, feel, and functionality of an existing WPF, Windows Forms, or C++ Win32 application and make use of the latest Windows 10 UI features that are only available via UWP controls like inking: This release improves [ more… ]