xbox downloads

Microsoft is testing a potentially significant overhaul of Xbox game downloads: a Smart Download Client that is designed to find and use the best-performing content server during an installation or update, rather than leaving the device tied to a single server for the entire transfer. The...

Microsoft's cloud infrastructure faltered Wednesday afternoon, triggering a widespread Azure outage that knocked out access to multiple first‑party services — notably Xbox game downloads, Minecraft online services, and the Azure management portal — and forced Microsoft engineers to halt changes...