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September 10, 2014

Excel Power Map helps you tell richer and more interactive stories with your data, and this month, two big features are rolling out to make your experience better: Power Map Filtering and Custom Maps.

September 9, 2014

Wunderlist is the ultimate destination if you’re in search of one stop to capture ideas, to-dos and places to see. It’s where grocery lists, collaborative projects and vacation planning can all coexist harmoniously – and sync between Windows Phone, tablets and PCs.

September 9, 2014

Microsoft and Insomniac Games on Tuesday announced that even more explosive action and mutant-infested mayhem is part of the “Sunset Overdrive” Season Pass, which will be available for purchase on Xbox Live and at participating retailers when the game itself is released Oct. 28 for Xbox One.

September 9, 2014

If you work on documents that need annotations, Folia can make collaborating on those projects easier. This free app provides a central location for creating, tracking, reading, editing, commenting and sharing PDF, DOC, PPT and image files.

September 9, 2014

If you’re an Xbox Live Gold member, you can add to your Xbox One and Xbox 360 collections with games on sale until Sept. 15 that include 40 percent off “Worms Battlegrounds” and 75 percent off “Borderlands 2.”

September 9, 2014

Every week, you’ve been seeing reveals of the hot cars that are coming in “Forza Horizon 2” for Xbox One, and with only weeks left until the game’s Sept. 30 launch, the last reveal was announced Tuesday, unveiling the final 22 beauties from the 210 cars in the game.

September 9, 2014

When it comes to choosing the right technology for teachers and students, more and more schools around the world are turning to Windows 8 devices because they’re flexible, easy to manage and have business-class security with Microsoft’s commitment to privacy, school technology officials say.

September 9, 2014

App Studio makes it easy to build a Windows Phone or Windows Store app. With App Studio, you can download your complete source code package and edit it in Visual Studio. Adding Azure Mobile Services to your app can increase size and capabilities.

September 9, 2014

Recently, the Microsoft Azure Partner Technical Community introduced the Enterprise Mobility Suite. A follow-up post dives deeper into one of its core components, Hybrid Identity Management, built on Azure Active Directory Premium.

September 9, 2014

“The Zemot family of trojan downloaders are frequently used by malware with a number of different payloads,” Rodel Finones writes. “Given the popularity of the Zemot family of downloaders we added the family to the MSRT this month to help protect our customers. We also recommend you run an up-to-date real-time security products such as Microsoft Security Essentials.”