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Microsoft Tech Community Aurora Upgrade Notice

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JoshLeporati
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Oct 30, 2024

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Tech Community will soon undergo a major platform upgrade, known as Project Aurora. This upgrade will deliver a more streamlined architecture, more responsive user interfaces, modernized tools for easier content creation and discovery, and a more accessible and inclusive community experience.

 

We are excited to continue to bring the best community in tech to you and introduce innovative ways to connect, engage, and achieve more!

 

 

Key Dates:

November 4 (starting at 5:00 PM Pacific): Migration begins. All areas of Microsoft Tech Community will be unavailable during this time.

November 5: (by 5:00 AM Pacific): Migration complete. All Microsoft Tech Community access will be restored.

 

What to Expect: During the upgrade period (November 4th at 5PM Pacific through November 5th at 5AM Pacific), all areas of the Microsoft Tech Community will be offline. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.  Upon completion of our upgrade, access to all areas will be restored.

 

Here is a preview of some of the new modern experiences coming!

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    • aashcraft's avatar
      aashcraft
      Icon for Microsoft rankMicrosoft
      Nov 06, 2024

      I've also had some folks reach out to me on LinkedIn with concerns about the apparent removal of the RSS feeds. I hope it's just something that was missed in the upgrade, and the feature will be restored.

  • BrianBolton's avatar
    BrianBolton
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 04, 2024

    This looks to be an awesome upgrade! Thank you to all involved and best of luck!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Nov 04, 2024

    Hi 
    mrg666

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/focus-area/ai-and-microsoft-research/

    This is an update that is the future of 🙂

  • mrg666's avatar
    mrg666
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 04, 2024

    Modern

    I think current or updated might be a better description, modern should remain in the 20th century. However still exciting news though kept very low-key

  • VasilMichev's avatar
    VasilMichev
    MVP
    Nov 02, 2024

    I wouldn't even have known about this if it wasn't for Allie's post in Teams. One would think something as important as this merits sending some notifications? Or are those reserved for marketing shills only? 🙂

  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    Diamond Contributor
    Oct 31, 2024

    As for now 454 views. That will be surprise for many users. Good luck with the upgrade!