The Silverlight Blog
Jeremy Likness on Clean Design-Time Friendly ViewModels: A Walkthrough
Jeremy provides a quick walkthrough to demonstrate clean design-time view models. These are view...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 05/03/2011
ISV Helps Customers Increase Productivity by 30% with Microsoft Silverlight
In 2000, Brazil based New Age Software launched its ERP application and received disappointing...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/28/2011
Silverlight TV 70: Sockets Unplugged
Silverlight TV 70: Ever wonder how to use sockets or what they're good for? In this week’s...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/28/2011
TF1 using Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming for free WP7 app
TF1, the most popular network in France, in partnership with Microsoft and Akamai, has just...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/27/2011
John Papa MIX11 Silverlight Bootcamp Slides and Demos
Check out John Papa’s blog to watch his Silverlight bootcamp about MVVM and “Hooking Up” from MIX11....
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/27/2011
Silverlight 5 Beta – available now!
On 13th April at the MIX11 conference, Scott Guthrie announced the immediate availability of the...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/22/2011
Silverlight Show: Recording of webinar 'Switch or no switch: Can I build my business apps in LightSwitch?' by Gill Cleeren
Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Microsoft Regional Director Gill Cleeren...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/22/2011
Silverlight TV 69: UX and Perceived Performance of WP7 Apps
Silverlight TV 69: In this week’s episode of SLTV, Jobi Joy, UX Architect with IdentityMine,...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/21/2011
Standards-based web, plug-ins, and Silverlight
As we drive toward MIX, we wanted to share our thoughts on the role of plug-ins in general, and...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/04/2011
Silverlight Show: Recording of webinar 'WCF RIA Services Validation' by Brian Noyes
Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Microsoft Regional Director Brian Noyes...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/01/2011
Silverlight TV 68: Worlds are Colliding! New Silverlight Web Parts for Sharepoint
Silverlight TV 68: In this week’s episode of SLTV, Paul Stubbs, of Sharepoint Sideshow, joins...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/01/2011
Webinar : Establish a Workflow for Live Smooth Streaming with Expression Encoder and IIS
Do you want to deliver live video that can adapt to changing network conditions in real time? Would...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/28/2011
Silverlight Show: Recording of webinar 'Switching on the Cloud for Silverlight' by Gill Cleeren
Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Microsoft Regional Director Gill Cleeren...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/25/2011
Silverlight TV 67: Bill Buxton Talks about Speed Dating at MIX11
Silverlight TV 67: Recently, UX legend Bill Buxton was in town and stopped by to share what he's...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/24/2011
Jeremy Likness on Unit Testing XAML Data-Bindings in Silverlight
Are you a developer who wonders “How do we test the XAML?” Have you ever handed off XAML to a...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/21/2011
Announcing Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 is available
We are proud to announce that Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 is now available for download....
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/18/2011
Extending LightSwitch Beta 2 Applications
Hello Silverlight Community, I am the product manager for Microsoft® Visual Studio®...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/18/2011
Silverlight TV 66: Phoney - New Windows Phone 7 Open Source Project
If you have trouble using bit.ly or logging on Windows Phone 7, check out this week’s episode...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/18/2011
Dan Wahlin on Understanding the Role of Commanding in Silverlight
If you're building Silverlight 4 applications then you've more than likely heard the term...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/14/2011
Silverlight TV 65: 3D Graphics
Silverlight TV 65: Do 3D and graphics get you going? The folks at Archetype created an amazing 3D...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/10/2011
Silverlight Show: Interview with Silverlight MVP Jeremy Likness
Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Emil Stoychev sits down with Silverlight...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/09/2011
Silverlight TV 64: Dive into 64bit Support, App Model and Security
Silverlight TV 64: In this week’s episode of SLTV, Nick Kramer of the Silverlight team joins...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/03/2011
Recording of webinar 'Building LOB Applications with Silverlight and WCF Data Services' by Emil Stoychev
Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Silverlight MVP Emil Stoychev presents...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 03/01/2011
Getting Started with the MVVM Pattern in Silverlight Applications
Wondering what all the hype is about MVVM and whether or not you should integrate it into your...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/28/2011
Silverlight TV 63: Exploring National Instruments' App Using Data and Business Features
Silverlight TV 63: In this week’s episode of SLTV, the Steve Lasker of the Silverlight team...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/25/2011
Recording of Telerik WP7 Webinar 'Using RadControls to Build Windows Phone 7 Applications'
Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Telerik Windows Phone Evangelist Evan...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/24/2011
Silverlight TV 62: The Silverlight 5 Triad Unplugged
Silverlight TV 62: In this week’s episode of SLTV, the Silverlight 5 Triad joins John on...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/17/2011
Recording of webinar 'Querying & Updating Data From Silverlight Clients with WCF RIA Services' by Brian Noyes
Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Microsoft Regional Director Brian Noyes...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/16/2011
Silverlight 4 GDR3 now live
The Silverlight team is pleased to announce that the Silverlight 4 GDR3 is now live on Microsoft...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/16/2011
Validating Data in Silverlight Applications – IDataErrorInfo
Silverlight provides several different options for validating data. In this post, Dan Wahlin focuses...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/16/2011
Webinar: Migrating from Windows Media Encoder to Expression Encoder
Are you still using Windows Media Encoder? Are you unfamiliar with Microsoft’s next generation...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/15/2011
Expression Encoder and IIS Media Services at the Business Video Expo
Enterprise video is increasingly being recognized by industry experts, such as Gartner, as an...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/15/2011
Moonlight 4 Preview Now Available
The Mono® Project, an open-source initiative sponsored by Novell, announced the preview...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/15/2011
Silverlight 4: Interoperability with Windows 7 Taskbar using COM
Microsoft MVP Kunal Chowdhury provides step-by step instruction on how to pin/unpin any Windows...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/14/2011
Silverlight TV 61: Expert Chat on Deep Zoom, Touch, and Windows Phone
Silverlight TV 61: Thinking about writing a touch intensive Windows Phone 7 application? In this...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/10/2011
Recording of webinar 'Build an end-to-end Silverlight 4 Application' by Gill Cleeren
Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Microsoft Regional Director Gill Cleeren...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/09/2011
A guide to OData and Silverlight
OData (Open Data Protocol) is a web protocol for querying and updating data build upon web...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/08/2011
Silverlight TV 60: Checking Out the Zero Gravity Game, Now on Windows Phone 7
Silverlight TV 60: Did you ever want to write a game with Silverlight for Windows Phone 7? In this...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/03/2011
Jeremy Likness explains Model-View-Model (MVVM)
Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) is a pattern that is popular in Silverlight applications because it...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 02/02/2011
Expression Encoder 4 with GPU acceleration
Expression Encoder 4 Pro is a streamlined video production tool that enables you to focus your time...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/31/2011
Silverlight TV 59: What Goes Into Baking Silverlight?
Silverlight TV 59: Ever wonder what goes into making Silverlight? In this week’s episode of...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/27/2011
Integrating HTML into Silverlight Applications
Although Silverlight provides a great framework for building Line of Business applications, business...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/24/2011
Paramount offers Silverlight enhanced movie 'Apps' for Windows Phone 7
On December 14, 2010, Paramount Digital Entertainment announced that it will release ten enhanced...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/21/2011
Silverlight TV 58: Windows Phone Design Tips With Corrina
Silverlight TV 58: New Windows Phone 7 applications are being uploaded to the marketplace all the...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/20/2011
Announcing Native Extensions 1.0 for Microsoft Silverlight
Native Extensions 1.0 for Microsoft Silverlight (NESL) is a new toolkit that contains a set of...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/19/2011
Silverlight TV 57: Performance Tuning Your Apps
Silverlight TV 57: Application performance is a hot topic, and for good reason. User Experience is...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/13/2011
Silverlight 4 receives InfoWorld’s 2011 Technology of the Year Award
Today, InfoWorld published its Technology of the Year Awards naming Silverlight 4 “Best Rich...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/13/2011
Silverlight TV 56: WCF RIA Services and Azure
Silverlight TV 56: In this week’s episode of SLTV, John sits down with Saurabh Pant of the WCF...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/12/2011
Silverlight TV 55: 1000 Silverlight Cream Posts and Counting!
Silverlight TV 55: In this week’s episode of SLTV, John welcomes Dave Campbell. Dave, a...
Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/06/2011