Microsoft Developer Platform at a Glance
This is my yearly roundup of the Microsoft developer platform. It includes Visual Studio 2012, .NET Framework 4.5, Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Office 2013, and more. I’ve included key links and...
View ArticleС Новым 2013 годом!
Дорогие друзья! От всей души поздравляю вас с Новым 2013 Годом! Прошедший год был для всех нас очень интересным, важным и ярким.Мы вместе запустили абсолютно новый Windows 8!Именно российские...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2013 wishes and a sincere Thank You from all of us at Microsoft
Happy New Year, 2013, Microsoft partners! As we usher in the new 2013 year, in looking back, there are always those years you look back on that are those easy years, filled with all upside, and then...
View ArticleMarry Jo Foly liked my Windows 8 app “MSDN and TechNet Top Blogs”
This is amazing to see that @maryjofoly liked my Windows 8 App and installed it. Those who don’t know who Marry Jo Foly is – should see her blog at http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/. She is one of...
View Article2012 year-end link clearance
Another round of the semi-annual link clearance. SnarkNew! Improved! Shape Up Your Life!: The New York Times book review of Timothy Ferriss's The 4-Hour Body reads like a recap on Television Without...
View ArticleApp of the Week - Draw a Stickman for W8
Apps are still on our mind in the eve of the new year. For this week’s post I found a rather addicting game for the Windows 8 platform called Draw a Stickman. The graphics is fresh and fun and creates...
View ArticleMicrosoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 V4.0 Refresh is available
We have released an updated version of the standalone OLE DB Provider for DB2 V4.0 in the SQL Server 2012 SP1 Feature Pack. The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 V4.0 Refresh includes a number of fixes...
View ArticleTFSBranchTool – Two videos by a phenomenal team
The following team …… has released two videos which will help you understand and enjoy the quick response solution TFSBranchTool:See Channel 9 Video by Brian Keller and Micheal Learned for a great...
View ArticlePowerShell pour Dynamics NAV 2013 – 5 : Créer des utilisateurs à la mode...
Une des fonctionnalités de RapidStart est l’utilisation d’Excel pour extraire, nettoyer et importer les données dans Dynamics NAV. En gardant cette excellente philosophie RapidStarienne qui nous permet...
View ArticleTop MVP Monday Posts of 2012
MVPs have shared their expertise and skills throughout 2012 by guest blogging for our MVP Monday series. Here are the top 5 posts of 2012. Thanks MVPs for your tireless contributions to the...
View ArticleOur Top 10 Blogs of 2012
Our Top 10 Blogs of 2012Read summaries of the 10 most widely read Microsoft Research Connections blogs of 2012, as determined by your clicks....(read more)
View ArticleRangers Flash – December 2012 in pictures
Low bandwidth and reviewer’s month – a vision by the ALM Rangers to scale back on the development and focus on reviews and most importantly our families. We decided to skip the formal flash format and...
View ArticleProgram Annotations
Notation is a favorite topic of mine being at least partly inspired by Bertrand Russell, who once wrote, “A good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it seem almost like a...
View ArticleTeaching consumers security habits
I thought I’d round out the year with a summary of Randy Abrams’ talk from Virus Bulletin entitled Teaching Consumers Security Habits from this past year’s 2012 Virus Bulletin Conference in Dallas, TX....
View ArticleImages for Threat Modelling Post
Recently I've had several folks ask me for the images for my Threat Modelling Post, which have disappeared due to various back-end changes over the years. The first few times I just e-mailed the Visio...
View ArticleDecember 2012 Security Updates are Live on ECE for XPe and Standard 2009
The December 2012 Security Updates are now available on ECE for Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded with Service Pack 3 and Windows® Embedded Standard 2009.This list below applies to Standard 2009...
View ArticleRevisiting an old post - Application.Terminate
Well, I already did that once today, but in doing so I realized I should address another old post (or two).Yes, in Windows Phone 8 we have added the Application.Terminate method so that you can quickly...
View ArticlePopular topics on this blog
Yesterday's list of the most read Education Blog posts that I've published this year prompted me to look a little further at the content. Having written 600 blog posts in the last two years, I thought...
View ArticleUse Caution When Implementing IPC for Performance Counters
Recently I was working with a developer who had created performance counters that work in Performance Monitor but are never collected in a user defined data collector set. The customer explained that...
View ArticleFinal Posting of 2012–Language Packs–over on the new Blog
Happy New Year to everyone – and I’ll probably keep these cross postings coming fro a month or two as you get used to the new URL. The latest and last posting for 2012 covers language packs in Project...
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