Microsoft Project Siena Beta 2
Microsoft Project Siena Beta 2 is now available in the Windows Store. (If you already have installed Siena Beta 1 - Click on Settings charm for Store > App Updates > Check for updates)News about...
View ArticleLinks to deployment guides for all versions of the .NET Framework
Recently, I was looking for links to some of the deployment guides for previous versions of the .NET Framework. After digging through search engine results and my blog archives to find them, I decided...
View ArticleUpcoming Name Change for Windows Azure
Today we are announcing that Windows Azure will be renamed to Microsoft Azure, beginning April 3, 2014. This change reflects Microsoft’s strategy and focus on Azure as the public cloud platform for...
View ArticleMeet our Demo Contest Finalists: Jason Thomas
Meet our fifth and last finalist Jason and his data visualization tribute: A Tribute to Dr. John Snow using Power BIProfessionBI Consultant at BlueGraniteDemo DescriptionA recreation using Power BI of...
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View ArticleWindows Azure heißt ab 3. April Microsoft Azure
Wie heute bekanntgegeben wurde, wird Windows Azure ab 3.4. in Microsoft Azure umbenannt. Diese Änderung betont die Offenheit unserer Cloud Plattform, welche Basis sowohl für Microsoft Dienste, als auch...
View ArticleTouchDevelop: Pushing the design envelope with Functional Programming
Although TouchDevelop isn’t well received by many “advanced” programmers, it is a sophisticated design tool that operates entirely in the cloud. This means that you can use TouchDevelop on any...
View ArticleFree to Play Game Design: How not to do it wrong
Free to play has become one of the most common mobile game monetization structures. Don’t mistake the “free” in “freemium” to mean you won’t make money though; free to play games are often generating...
View ArticleUsing OAuth2 to access Calendar, Contact and Mail API in Exchange Online in...
I am excited to announce that finally EWS in Exchange Online as part of Office 365 exposes a RESTful API for Calendar, Contact and Mail that uses OAuth2 for authorization. In this blog I want to...
View ArticleHow to Create Custom Shapes in Windows Store Apps (C#)
In the Bing Maps SDK for Windows Store Apps there are five main types of data that you can add to the map: Pushpin, MapPolyline, MapPolygon, MapTileLayer, and UIElements. UIElements can be added to the...
View ArticleBig Data Retail Forum
I presented at the Big Data Retail Forum this morning and it was an interesting mix of Retail and Consumer companies. The focus of the presentation was on the convergence of "Democratization of Data"...
View ArticleSocial listening! Customer care! Marketing!
It’s all coming in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM “Spring Wave” releases. Please join Fred Studer, Microsoft Dynamics General Manager of CRM Product Marketing, as he and his team present an overview of...
View ArticleHyper-V Networking–Router Guard
Router guard is another advanced networking feature that was added in Windows Server 2012:When you enable Router Guard Hyper-V switch will discard the following packets:ICMPv4 Type 5 (Redirect...
View ArticleFormatted decimal values dropping symbols in RDLC
I have seen several reports about the Microsoft Dynamics NAV RDLC reports dropping symbols out of decimals when printing out a report. One of the most common occurrences, that I have seen, is when the...
View ArticleHardware: Pebble watch which really does work with Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
I just ordered the Pebble Watch from Best Buy so I can pick it up later today. I had thought to buy the TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EZ430-CHRONOS-433 CC430, RF WIRELESS WATCH, 433MHZ, DEV KIT, which would be...
View ArticleGreenButton Cloud Fabric et Azure (Cloud Cover Show épisode 134)
Voici un résumé en français de l’épisode 134 du cloud cover Show épisode 134 que je vous engage à regarder en vous rendant sur la page correspondante dans Channel 9. Dave Fellows, l’invité, est le CTO...
View ArticleENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING – March 2014 Readiness Update
Virtual Convergence 2014Can’t make it to Atlanta this year? You can still attend Convergence via Virtual Convergence, the no-cost, online event. Tune in the morning of March 4, 2014 for live broadcasts...
View ArticleDEVICES AND DEPLOYMENT – March 2014 Readiness Update
Exams updated with Windows 8.1 contentTwo new exams that count towards the Devices and Deployment competency are now updated with Windows 8.1 content: Exam 70-688 and Exam 70-689. Partner Opportunity -...
View ArticleLinker Enhancements in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2
For developer scenarios, linking takes the lion's share of the application's build time. From our investigation we know that the Visual C++ linker spends a large fraction of its time in preparing,...
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