Windows 8 App Development Virtual Labs Go Live
With Windows 8, developers can leverage their existing skills and code assets to create Metro style apps. Step into these virtual labs and learn how to build, share and sell interesting and easy-to-use...
View ArticleDevices and "The Cloud", Part 2
Posted By Robert Peterson Sr. Product Manager I recently posted about devices and the cloud and now want to delve deeper into how cloud computing can help OEMs drive new solutions for their business...
View ArticleLaunch your Windows 8 App in 30 Days
You can develop a Windows 8 app in 30 days—and we’re here to help. Begin your 30-day journey to create a Windows 8 Metro style app. Sign up to get started and receive: Insider tips and tricks on...
View ArticleType System in the C++/CX–Windows Metadata or winmd
This winmd thing, what’s up with that? With .NET managed code there was the desire to do the right thing, protect the casual programmer from themselves. In my opinion that time is now gone. With...
View Article(New Episode) Microsoft DevRadio: How to Convert Your Windows Phone App into...
Nisha Baxi and I are back for today’s show as they welcome Developer Evangelist Daniel Egan to talk about how you can migrate your Windows Phone App to a Window 8 application. Tune in as they discuss...
View ArticleUpcoming Events for July 23rd, 2012
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next couple of weeks for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar...
View Article8 quirks Windows 8 XAML developers should understand before starting their...
It’s no secret, I love XAML. I write XAML, I talk about XAML, I dream in XAML. Sometimes that’s true – especially in the middle of a project. Sometimes people misconstrue that I don’t like HTML as a...
View Article30 questions about Windows 8 that I get asked all the time
As a developer evangelist, I interact with a lot of developers. Many developers are just meeting Windows 8 for the very first time. Some developers have started to tinker. And, others are deep into...
View ArticleWindows 8: The right way to Read & Write Files in WinRT
Windows 8 Metro development leverages WinRT; and, in WinRT, there are new namespaces – and namespace constriction in the .Net Framework. What you think you know, you may not. MSDN: In some cases, a...
View ArticleNew post up on the apps for Office blog
I just posted on the apps for Office blog, giving some more background into the new model: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/officeapps/archive/2012/07/23/introducing-apps-for-the-new-office-and-sharepoint.aspx
View ArticleHardware accelerating everything: Windows 8 graphics
With Windows 8 we set out to enable all applications to have the beautiful and high-performance graphics enabled by modern graphics hardware. This work builds on the well-established foundations of...
View ArticleFeature of the Day: User Defined Fields on Customer Address
Welcome to the Feature of the Day for Microsoft Dynamcis GP 2013. Today we are looking at renaming user defined fields on customer address. Pam
View ArticleReal World Windows Azure: Conversation with Anne Weiler, Vice President of...
As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, I connected with Anne Weiler, vice president of Marketing at iQmetrix to learn more about how the company uses Windows Azure to deliver marketing...
View ArticleThe next version of Office is here!
A week ago today, at a press event in San Francisco, Steve Ballmer unveiled the new Office and announced a public Customer Preview. This next release is a bold step for Microsoft and has been described...
View ArticleYou can develop a Windows 8 app in 30 days—and we’re here to help.
You can develop a Windows 8 app in 30 days—and we’re here to help. Windows 8 App Development | Generation App www.generationapp.com * Offer good only to legal residents in the 50 United States &...
View ArticleA Quilt, a Map, and a Few Good Apps
A Quilt, a Map, and a Few Good AppsMicrosoft Research has developed many technologies to help people tell stories with data. Along with volunteer help from Microsoft employees, these technologies are...
View ArticleWindows 8 and the future of XAML Part 6: Tiles, toasts and badges
Welcome to part 6 already in this Windows 8 series. Since the goal of this articles is bringing you in touch with all the important aspects of Windows 8 development, we need to dive into tiles. Tiles...
View Article600 million reasons why you should be writing your next app on #Windows8.
600 million reasons why you should be writing your next app on #Windows8. Millions of People Await Windows 8 apps Windows is the largest platform in the world and built to make YOUR app shine. Mark...
View ArticleTop 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Monday, July 23rd
MSDN Blogs: Bytes by MSDN Interview with Brian Harry LightSwitch Help Website: Using Toastr with Visual Studio LightSwitch HTML Client (Preview) This Week on Channel 9: Dating Windows 8, visiting...
View ArticleDo you want a sneak peek at some ideas we're working on?
Then please sign up to participate in a user experience study I'll be running from the Edinburgh office next week. On Tuesday 31st July through to Thursday August 2nd, I'm looking for five JavaScript...
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