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Feature Spotlight: Live Tiles
Windows 8 contains powerful new technologies that Windows Store apps can take advantage of. These technologies not only provide a great user experience, but also drive engagement with your apps. Over...
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Rise of the social bots
Malware authors and distributors follow the money. When you consider the growing popularity of social networking websites, it should come as no surprise that malware continues to maintain its presence...
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The Importance of Closed Captioning - How to and Why
If you can hear well, you may have never thought about Closed Captioning or Subtitles. Perhaps you've used it once or twice to catch a missed word in a movie, or perhaps you've only read subtitles in...
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Building Private and Hybrid Clouds Jump Start Events
Join Microsoft MVP Pete Zerger for a free two-day Jump Start series covering the end-to-end process of implementing a Microsoft cloud solution.Registration is free for both days: Sign-up now.Day 1:...
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Automation–Orchestrator and the Exchange PowerShell Activity
A question came up on an internal distribution list recently about how to create an Exchange Distribution List leveraging Orchestrator. Well, I did some investigation and in fact collaborated with...
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Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 support in previous System...
We get a lot of questions regarding support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 in the previous versions of our System Center products, and while this information is published in the TechNet Library...
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Where have you spotted OneNote?
I have a wish, a dream, a hope, a fantasy…that one day during a meeting at work, my team will break into a spontaneous, awesome, synchronized dance. Alas, it has not happened--yet. The closest I've...
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N.O.V.A. 3, a first-person sci-fi stunner, launches on Windows Phone 8
Gameloft’s highly-anticipated first-person shooter N.O.V.A. 3 ($6.99) touched down in the Store this morning. The game costs $6.99 and runs only on higher-memory Windows Phone 8 models. Buy it nowIn...
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Introducing Multi-Factor Authentication on Windows Azure
Editor's Note: This post comes from Sarah Fender -- Director, Windows Azure.Over the last few months we’ve been sharing more insight into what’s in it for the enterprise when it comes to using Windows...
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MVP Pro Speaker Series: Managing Windows Phone 8 & Windows RT devices with...
Panu Saukko gave a great presentation today on Managing Windows Phone 8 & Windows RT devices with Windows Intune and/or Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 . If you would like to view the presentation,...
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Hyper-V Surge! June 30 Deadline is Coming Fast – Microsoft Partners Act Now!
We wanted to make sure and remind the Microsoft Partner community that the Hyper-V Surge! program is happening right now. This incentive program is for a limited time so don’t be late. If you are...
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A Cloud-first Approach to Corporate Device Management
In a previous post I talked about technical, people, and cloud computing trends in corporate IT. The practical impact of these trends means that the shift to a “bring your own device” (BYOD) or...
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Ignite Series - Guides, Lync Server and More!
The Ignite Series is your weekly wrap of all things Ignite. We will highlight upcoming Ignite events including Webcasts and in person technical sessions. Be sure to View the Ignite Site for more...
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Optimizing C++ Code : Overview
If you have arrived in the middle of this blog series, you might want instead to begin at the beginning.This post explains the flow of data within the Visual C++ compiler – starting with our C++ source...
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Now available: Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration...
~ John Thekkethala | Senior Program ManagerI am happy to announce that we have released Cumulative Update 1 to the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 clients for Linux/UNIX.This...
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The Garage Series for Office 365: Touch and the Latest Immersive Experiences...
This week kicks off a six-part series on location in New Orleans and will cover the enhancements around touch and immersive experiences in the new Office. Jeremy Chapman is joined by Tal Krzypow and...
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Imitation, Flattery and the Real Cloud OS
It has been said that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. If that is true, then we are certainly feeling flattered, but that feeling is vying neck and neck with a feeling of confusion....
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Remote HTML5 debugging on Windows Phone with weinre
Exciting news for HTML5 developers on Windows Phone 8: weinre (WEb INspector REmote) support has arrived! Weinre is a remote DOM inspector tool that web app developers can use to quickly solve the...
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NuGet Package Restore Issues
We’ve received several reports that our NuGet packages broke the NuGet package restore feature. In this post, I’ll explain what the issue is, how you can work around it, and finally how we plan on...
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Windows Installer PowerShell Module 2.2.0 Released
Years ago I released PowerShell cmdlets (“command-lets”) that make querying product and patch information easy and robust. Windows PowerShell is a powerful shell that pipes objects – not simply text –...
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