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Django now available on Windows Azure
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic...
Date: 04/19/2013
Eight Reasons C# is the Best Language for Mobile Development
The statisticians behind the Popularity of Programming Languages (PYPL) index have named C# the...
Date: 01/04/2013
Series of Posts on Azure Security
My colleague Bruce Kyle has put together a view into how you can secure your application in Windows...
Date: 03/15/2012
Just Released: Windows Phone 7 Guidance – patterns & practices
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the release of: A case study for Building...
Date: 02/22/2012
Openness Update for Windows Azure
What an exiting release it is! The December release of Windows Azure brings many cool new features...
Date: 12/15/2011
Windows Azure 12/12/11 Announcement
Earlier yesterday, Microsoft announced a number of updates and improvements to Windows Azure that...
Date: 12/13/2011
Enterprise Library Integration Pack for Windows Azure
Read the announcement here. For years the Enterprise Library application blocks have helped...
Date: 12/13/2011
Improved Developer Experience, Interoperability, and Scalability on Windows Azure
The Windows Azure team has announced multiple updates to Windows Azure that improve ease of use,...
Date: 12/13/2011
Silverlight 5 Released
Silverlight 5 has been released. Silverlight 5 adds a ton of new features over what we had with...
Date: 12/13/2011
Learn Windows Azure Event
Join us LIVE from the Microsoft Redmond Campus to learn how to get started building applications for...
Date: 12/13/2011
Updated Windows Azure SDK & Windows Azure HPC Scheduler SDK Available
You can read the official Windows Azure Blog post for full details. we are simplifying the...
Date: 11/15/2011
Kinect for Windows Is Live
The new website is now live: https://www.kinectforwindows.org
Date: 11/05/2011
Windows Phone Mango Silverlight developer toolkit released
The Silverlight toolkit for Windows Phone’s Mango update has been released. You can download the...
Date: 08/18/2011
Windows 8 Engineering Team Launches ‘B8’ Blog
Microsoft’s Windows Engineering Team recently created this blog post to keep you updated on Windows...
Date: 08/18/2011
Hadoop Connectors Coming for SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse
SQL Server team blog posted about Parallel Data Warehouse News and Hadoop Interoperability Plans. In...
Date: 08/18/2011
How to Deploy Web Roles Quick & Easy
Creating a new role has two stages: 1. Create a new VM with Windows Server 2008 installed 2. Install...
Date: 08/01/2011
C9::GoingNative
C9::GoingNative is a monthly show on Channel 9 focused on native development with an emphasis on...
Date: 07/30/2011
Clean Project - Cleans Visual Studio Solutions For Uploading or Email
How many times have you wanted to send a project to a friend or upload it to a web site like MSDN...
Date: 07/30/2011
Mango for Developers is Here
Today, developers enrolled via the Windows Phone App Hub or DreamSpark members can get “Mango” on...
Date: 07/02/2011
Inbound Data Now Free on Windows Azure
The Windows Azure team has announced change in pricing for the Windows Azure platform that will...
Date: 07/02/2011
Service Pack 1 for Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 Ships
SP1 contains all Cumulative Updates and Public Updates for 2010 that have already shipped. SP1 also...
Date: 07/02/2011
Office 365 Launches Globally
On June 28, 2011, Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, Microsoft announced the availability of...
Date: 07/02/2011
Introducing Windows Azure AppFabric Applications
Full post in the AppFabric team blog:...
Date: 07/02/2011
Target Multiple GPU Architectures with New C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism
S Somasegar, Developer Division Senior Vice President, announced C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism...
Date: 07/02/2011
HTML5 Features for Windows Phone ‘Mango’
Mobile Test Drive site has launched. It provides Windows Phone developers with the functionality you...
Date: 07/02/2011
Second IE10 Platform Preview Available for Developers
The second IE10 platform preview for developers is now available. The same HTML5 engine seen in the...
Date: 07/02/2011
Kinect SDK Beta Released for Windows
Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) from Microsoft Research has been released today!...
Date: 06/16/2011
Debugger Canvas – VS.NET 2010 Extension
Debugger Canvas is a new user experience for stepping through code in the debugger in Visual Studio...
Date: 06/15/2011
Register For BUILD Conference
BUILD is a new event that shows modern hardware and software developers how to take advantage of the...
Date: 06/14/2011
Windows Azure SDK for PHP features Open Source Libraries
Windows Azure SDK for PHP version 3.0 has been released. This Open Source SDK gives PHP developers a...
Date: 06/10/2011
Video Shows New Windows 8 Features
Microsoft demonstrated the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,” for the...
Date: 06/07/2011
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
A new toolkit helps you join Windows Phone applications with Windows Azure.Windows Azure Toolkit for...
Date: 03/25/2011
Visual Studio 2010 SP1
It’s here! VS 2010 SP1 and TFS 2010 SP1 have shipped and that the Team Foundation Server Project...
Date: 03/12/2011
Attack Surface Analyzer BETA
Microsoft has released Attack Surface Analyzer. It is a Software Development Lifecycle verification...
Date: 01/29/2011
.NET Framework 4 availability on Server Core
.NET Framework 4 will be supported as a Server Core installation option on Windows Server 2008 R2...
Date: 01/29/2011
Developing and Moving Applications to the Cloud-Azure Labs
There are 2 new series of Hand-On-Labs related to Windows Azure. The first, Moving Application to...
Date: 01/15/2011
Microsoft WebMatrix
WebMatrix is a brand new web development tool from Microsoft that includes everything you need for...
Date: 01/15/2011
Silverlight Firestarter Labs
The Silverlight Firestarter is a one day, global, live streamed and on-demand event keynoted by...
Date: 01/15/2011
Beta of First Service Pack for Visual Studio 2010 Arrives
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta is now ready for download to MSDN subscribers. Jason Zander,...
Date: 12/20/2010
The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit December Update Available for Download
The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including...
Date: 12/20/2010
Native Extensions for Microsoft Silverlight
What is NESL ? A set of libraries for Silverlight developers that allow them to access some really...
Date: 12/04/2010
Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 – Free EBook
Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 was written with three audiences in mind: Part I is for...
Date: 11/12/2010
SQL Azure Announcements In PDC10
From SQL Azure blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/archive/2010/10/28/10081543.aspx Number of...
Date: 10/31/2010
Complete List Of All The PDC 2010 Windows Azure Announcements
New announcements about Windows Azure at PDC 10. Read the full post at Windows Azure blog:...
Date: 10/31/2010
TFS on Windows Azure at the PDC10
Hosting of ALM in the cloud as software as a service is gradually becoming more and more...
Date: 10/29/2010
Watch PDC10, Live from the Redmond Campus, October 28 and 29
Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is sold out, but you can still...
Date: 10/27/2010
IE9 Beta Is Here
You can now download the beta bits (English) and view some applications using HTML5 and advancements...
Date: 09/15/2010
Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta Was Released
The beta of Visual Studio LightSwitch was released today. Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch gives...
Date: 08/25/2010
SQL Azure Now Supports Database Copy
SQL Azure now supports Database copy. This update is part of SQL Azure Service Update 4. Also, this...
Date: 08/25/2010
Windows Azure Training Kit Updated for Visual Studio 2010
The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit has been updated. The kit includes a comprehensive set of...
Date: 06/08/2010