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Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day

2018-05-17 KENNETH 0

Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day At Microsoft, we want to empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We deeply believe everyone should have the opportunity to reach their potential and we can help by empowering all people, regardless of their abilities. Global Accessibility Awareness Day gives us the chance to celebrate our differences and reflect on the ways in which we continue to strive to make Windows more accessible to everyone in their everyday life. Windows for each of us. Inclusion starts with embracing what makes each of us unique. And it’s this belief that drives our passion to create technology that reflects the diversity of our customers. We have teams dedicated to discovering ways to make technology more accessible, developing products such as the recently updated Narrator, a built-in screen reader that empowers people with low or [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672

2018-05-17 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672 Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring in addition to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. Microsoft Build 2018 Recap We’re still reeling from how awesome the Microsoft Build conference was this year. Our team and our friends from Deployment, Feedback and Flighting manned Windows Insider booth all 3 days and circulated through the conference learning all the cool new tech. We had over 800 people come by our booth and we had the opportunity to share what’s next for the program AND learn what we can be doing better to create a better Insider program. We also had the pleasure of having three of our most passionate Insiders as our guests. Ange Uwambajimana, Irving Amukasa and Raymond [ more… ]

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Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17666 now available!

2018-05-16 KENNETH 0

Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17666 now available! Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17666 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17666 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from developer section on Windows Insider. For feedback and updates to the known issues, please see the developer forum. For new developer feature requests, head over to our Windows Platform UserVoice. Things to note: This build works in conjunction with previously released SDKs and Visual Studio 2017. You can install this SDK and still also continue to submit your apps that target Windows 10 Creators build or earlier to the Store. The Windows SDK will now formally only be supported by Visual Studio 2017 and greater. You can download [ more… ]

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Announcing Windows Server 2019 Insider Preview Build 17666

2018-05-16 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows Server 2019 Insider Preview Build 17666 Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are pleased to release a new build of the Windows Server vNext Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience as well as Server Core in all 18 server languages, as well as a new build of the next Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel release. There are two major areas that we would like you to try out in each preview release and report back any issues: In-place OS Upgrade (from Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016) Application compatibility – please let us know if any server roles or applications stops working or fails to function as it used to What’s New in the Latest Build Click here to see the full list of new features introduced in earlier builds. Performance history for Storage [ more… ]

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Announcing the Insider Dev Tour 2018!

2018-05-16 KENNETH 0

Announcing the Insider Dev Tour 2018! Hello friends! Yes, the rumor-mill was right (this time!). It’s time for the Insider Dev Tour. Each year after Build, we run a world-wide event tour to bring all the latest technology to you, in person. This year we’ve extended the event to even more locations through our partnerships with Windows, the Windows Insider program, and our developer and Insider MVPs. The Insider Dev Tour is for developers and code curious folks interested in building intelligent experiences today using the latest Microsoft technologies. It’s also for those who want a peek into the future of what kinds of tech will be super-important in every industry. This event is open to anyone who can read code or WANTS to read code– beginner, expert, student, or hobbyist developer. You’ll learn about Artificial Intelligence, the latest for [ more… ]