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Sure, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are incredibly hard to buy, but that doesn t change the value of Microsoft s latest financing options. Buying the Xbox Series X was the first time I d looked properly at the Xbox All Access program, and while initially, it was a way to avoid purchasing two expensive consoles in a week, by the time the console arrived I was convinced of its merits.
In particular, if you re a parent buying an Xbox for your kids, Xbox All Access is probably the best way to do it right now.
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This article is unscientific. I don t have any data to back up my claims. And indeed, the opposite of my claims could very well be true. I m also in a very easy position. My choices don t impact hundreds, perhaps thousands of employees, their families, and shareholder investments. It s with this in mind that I very much understand
why Microsoft is so obsessed with data. Yet, their decisions are often baffling, and produce cascading unintended effects that lead to partial, and sometimes, total, retraction.
Case in point: Last week, Microsoft announced that new customers on Xbox Live Gold would need to pay
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2020 was a massive year for Microsoft-related news. Two major consoles launched, Microsoft announced several new Surface devices, and PC parts took a major leap forward. We published thousands of news stories this year, but five topics stood out above the rest as the biggest news stories of 2020 in Microsoft, PCs, and Windows.
Microsoft Teams
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In a year when more people worked and studied from home than ever, Microsoft Teams usage skyrocketed. The communication platform s daily active user count was at 20 million people in November 2019. By March that figure was up to 44 million, then it reached 75 million in April. The last time Microsoft shared figures was in October when Teams hit 115 million daily active users.
Source: Matt Brown | Windows Central
If you have a family group set up with your Microsoft Account and for Xbox, then you ll already know about some of the great features for controlling what your kids have access to. But one thing they may want to use is actually hidden behind a setting you might not know exists.
Crossplay.
This is specifically referring to cross-network play, that is, playing with friends outside the Xbox Live walls. When it comes to titles like Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons, it s perfectly possible for your kids to play with their friends on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation, but to do so, you ll have to give them the magic permission first.