Options for publishing Windows Phone beta apps and testing in-app purchase
Developers frequently send us questions asking for the best publishing option to test their apps, benefits and limitations of beta publishing, as well as how to test in-app purchase. Testing is an...
View ArticleBeginning LightSwitch in VS 2013 Part 4: Too much information! Sorting and...
NOTE: This is the Visual Studio 2013 update of the popular Beginning LightSwitch article series. For previous versions see:Visual Studio 2012: Part 4: Too much information! Sorting and Filtering Data...
View ArticleAnother silly post about clothes
And an embarrassing moment.I’ve gotten some teasing about wearing a tie at the French Visual Studio 2013 launch event in Paris this week. There are some pictures of me floating around online. It’s...
View Article#AzureChat - AutoScale and Virtual Machines
We’re excited for our next #AzureChat, a Twitter Chat brought to you by the @WindowsAzure team!#AzureChat focuses on different aspects of cloud computing and best practices when developing for the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Releases Security Advisory 2914486
Today we released Security Advisory 2914486 regarding a local elevation of privilege (EoP) issue that affects customers using Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003. Windows Vista and later are not...
View ArticleAdopting Network Virtualization – Part II
This is the second post in a series about transitioning from using VLANs for tenant segregation to Network Virtualization. This series will be an example-based walkthrough consisting of a few...
View ArticleSoftware Defined Networking – Hybrid Clouds using Hyper-V Network...
Hello Readers and Viewers!Welcome to the last part (3 of 3) of this blog series on Software Defined Networking.In the previous post we have examined how multi-tenant S2S VPN and NAT provide different...
View ArticleAnnouncing the F# 3.1 Compiler/Library Code Drop (from the Visual F# Tools...
The Microsoft Visual F# team are pleased to announce the availability of our code drop of an F# 3.1 compiler, library and tests.This code drop corresponds to the release of the Visual F# Tools for F#...
View ArticleUpgrading Windows 8 clients to Windows 8.1 in Windows Server 2012 Essentials...
[This post comes to us courtesy of Manish Kapoor from Commercial Technical Support]If you have a Windows 8 client connected to a server running Windows Server 2012 Essentials using the Windows Server...
View ArticleSynchronization Methods for UE-V 2.0
As part of our ongoing deep-dive series on MDOP 2013 R2, we are delighted to provide some more information on updates we have made to the synchronization methods in Microsoft User Experience...
View ArticleObtaining a Certificate for use with Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS)
With the increase in cybercrime in recent years, securing your website with SSL is becoming a highly sought-after feature, and Windows Azure Web Sites provides support for it. To use it, you need to...
View ArticleBeta apps no longer expire, plus an update for the Dev Center app
Today I have two updates I’d like to share with you: beta apps no longer have an expiration date, and the Windows Phone Dev Center app has a new “markets” view. Beta apps no longer have an expiration...
View ArticleKB: The System Center Management service stops responding after an instance...
After an instance of Microsoft SQL Server that hosts the OperationsManager database goes offline, the System Center Management service of the Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager Service...
View ArticleUnder The Hood: Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Log Analysis – Part 2
The previous post for Exchange ActiveSync mailbox log analysis gave an overview of the various commands a device may send. Now we want to dig just a little bit deeper and provide a way to link items...
View ArticleAdopting Network Virtualization - Part III
Welcome to the third installment of Network Virtualization in Virtual Machine Manager! This series will be an example-based walkthrough consisting of a few parts:Part I: Configuration with VLAN...
View ArticleTo scale out or not to scale out, that is the question
Hi folks, Ned here again. If Shakespeare had run Windows, Hamlet would be a play about configuring failover clusters for storage. Today I discuss the Scale-Out File Server configuration and why general...
View ArticleWindows Azure Pack - Installing & Configuring Series.
After numerous requests from people we have talked to, we are now doing a blog post on how to install Windows Azure Pack and configuring the basic settings for IaaS and Databases Resource Providers. In...
View ArticleHoliday Helpers
The Holidays are coming! The Holidays are coming! I’m being a little dramatic but it’s a pretty big deal. Companies rush their most exciting products to the marketplace, and customers spend more in...
View ArticleOffice 365 news round-up
In a recent IDC survey identifying in-demand skills needed for the workplace, proficiency in Microsoft Office ranked third among 20 top skills. To help students prepare for the workforce, this week we...
View ArticleWorking with files across the local PC and SkyDrive
Tablet devices, now omnipresent, have enabled new levels of mobility and content creation on the go. Today, consumers want more from their tablets: the ability to access files from any device, and the...
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