Publish your apps now to take advantage of the biggest holiday season yet
With just a few days remaining before the holidays, I wanted to reach out to remind the developer community of the new Windows Store and Windows Phone Store opportunities available this holiday season....
View ArticleBe a real security pro - Keep your private keys private
One of the many unusual characteristics of the Stuxnet malware that was discovered in 2010 was that its files were distributed with a valid digital signature, created using authentication credentials...
View ArticleAnnouncing Team Foundation Server Administration Tool
We are pleased to announce that the TFS Administration Tool 2.3 has been updated support Team Foundation Server 2013 and the Team Foundation Server 2013 object model so it can be installed on machines...
View ArticleDomain and DC Migrations: How To Monitor LDAP, Kerberos and NTLM Traffic To...
Hi everyone Adrian Corona here, this time I’d like to talk about a scenario that I get asked about a lot: Domain / Domain Controller Migrations.A very (if not the most) important piece of a successful...
View ArticlePenny Pinching in the Cloud: Automating everything with the Windows Azure...
Even though I work for the Azure and ASP.NET team, I still pay for my own Azure account. Frankly, if I did get free cloud time not only would I likely abuse it, but I also wouldn't be using the cloud...
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View ArticleManaging Your HDInsight Cluster using PowerShell – Update
Since writing my last post Managing Your HDInsight Cluster and .Net Job Submissions using PowerShell, there have been some useful modifications to the Azure PowerShell Tools.The HDInsight cmdlets no...
View ArticleJoin us for Tuesday’s webinar on cool tools: Office Remote & Mouse Without...
Want some free stocking suffers to help you get more done faster, and gain admirers too? With the new Office Remote you can control presentations with your phone, and Mouse Without Borders lets you...
View ArticleHanselman's Newsletter of Wonderful Things: October 14th, 2013
I have a "whenever I get around to doing it" Newsletter of Wonderful Things. Why a newsletter? I dunno. It seems more personal somehow. Fight me. You can view all the previous newsletters here. You can...
View ArticleResolution and Scaling Level Updates in RDP 8.1
Hi, I’m David Bélanger, a program manager on the Remote Desktop team working on the different Windows Remote Desktop clients.In Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 we made some changes to Remote...
View ArticleDeveloping apps that use image scanners in Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 now supports scanning, so your users can capture images directly in Windows Store apps. By choosing to integrate scanners in your apps, your users can interact with their devices to easily...
View ArticleBYO-Poetry Contest: Get Going on that Dazzling Ditty for a Chance to Win an...
If you haven’t heard, we’re holding a BYOD poetry contest to showcase our community’s deepest (or goofiest) thoughts about device management, information protection, and all topics BYOD. Enter your...
View ArticleTravelling by train this holiday? Grab the new Amtrak app for Windows Phone 8
If you’re traveling across the U.S. by rail this holiday season, you’re on Amtrak. And if you’re on Amtrak, you’ll want the new Amtrak app for Windows Phone 8. The app handles everything from booking...
View ArticleThrowing the Big Switch on Roslyn (Matt Gertz, VS Managed Languages...
So, the entryway to my house has eight light switches along the wall. Two of them control the porch lights, and another two work the same entryway light (despite the switches being only a couple of...
View ArticleThrowing the Big Switch on Roslyn (Matt Gertz, VS Managed Languages...
So, the entryway to my house has eight light switches along the wall. Two of them control the porch lights, and another two work the same entryway light (despite the switches being only a couple of...
View ArticleBuild settlements, roads and alliances in the epic strategy game Catan
Based on the highly-popular board game Settlers of Catan, Catan is now available from the Windows Store for $3.49 (U.S.). In Catan, you start in a wilderness setting as a settler and build outposts and...
View ArticleNew tutorial for migrating applications with membership and User Profile...
ASP.NET Identity is the new membership system for building ASP.NET applications. To learn more about ASP.NET Identity, please visit asp.net/identity The new tutorial explains how to migrate an...
View ArticleSuccess with Hybrid Cloud: Best Practices for Building a Hybrid Cloud
In the last post we discussed in great detail the process of carefully planning your Hybrid Cloud. The planning process is vital, and in this post we’ll see the time spent planning really start to pay...
View ArticleDrive over hills on the moon with physics-based game Hill Climb Racing
I’ve been looking for some neat casual games to play on my Dell Venue 8 Pro and Hill Climb Racing came up as highly recommended – available for free from the Windows Store. Hill Climb Racing is a...
View ArticleAutomation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog Cross-Post Update!
Hello Readers!I wanted to provide you with a quick update post today to let you know what our colleagues over on the System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog have been up to…As you may recall, I...
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