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Scott Hanselman's 2014 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
Everyone collects utilities, and most folks have a list of a few that they feel are indispensable. Here's mine. Each has a distinct purpose, and I probably touch each at least a few times a week....
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Here Comes Santa Claus…
All of Santa’s Village games are unlocked which can only mean one thing – it’s almost time to track Santa Claus! We’re in as much anticipation as you are – where will Santa go and what will he bring?...
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Official Facebook app for Windows Phone gets better notifications, new Live...
The team behind the official Facebook app for Windows Phone released a new update today that significantly evolves the app’s notification capabilities, making it easier than ever to stay plugged...
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DacFx Public Model Tutorial
Recently there has been an increasing interest in extending the capabilities of SSDT and DacFx. The walkthrough guides for creating new build and deployment contributors and database unit test...
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Now in the Store: Rabbids Big Bang for Windows Phone 8
The crazy, oversized bunnies of Rayman fame make their debut in the Windows Phone Store today. Rabbids Big Bang($0.99) sets the wacky series in space, in a physics-based game where players must use the...
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Rovio delivers big updates to five Angry Birds titles on Windows Phone
Rovio delivered a late-breaking holiday treat to Angry Birds fans on Windows Phone today: big updates for most of its franchise titles with more levels and new adventures. Here’s the complete...
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Turkey: Understanding high malware encounter rates in SIRv15
In our most recent version of the Security Intelligence Report (SIRv15), we compared the encounter rates of malware categories for the top 10 countries with computers reporting the most detections in...
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2013: The Year of Unification
As 2013 comes to a close, I want to take a moment to reach out and thank all of you for your support of the Windows platform over the past year. I continue to be amazed by the apps you create, and I...
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Automatically resuming Windows PowerShell Workflow jobs at logon
PowerShell Workflow helps IT Pros automate the long running tasks, or workflows, that can affect multiple managed computers or devices at the same time. Windows PowerShell Workflow is designed to be...
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2013 brings first steps in unified developer experience
As we look back on 2013, we’re thankful for your support of the Windows platform. Over the past years, the ability to use apps on a variety of devices (phone, tablet, and PC) and in different contexts...
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Protection metrics – November results
In our October results, we talked about a trio of families related to Win32/Sefnit. Our November results showed progress against Sefnit and the installers and downloaders of Sefnit (Win32/Rotbrow and...
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User Groups and Distribution Groups in Windows Server Essentials
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Yang Cao and Yuheng Cai from Sustained Engineering]To easily manage more than one user simultaneously, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials (or the Windows Server...
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Where’s Santa? Put this app on your phone and you’ll know
The big night is here—and the official NORAD Tracks Santa app for Windows Phone is the best way to follow the big man’s sleigh as he makes his annual around-the-world delivery run tonight. From...
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What Happens When You Release Your Domain Name from Windows Server 2012 R2...
[This post comes to us courtesy of Swapnil Rane and Charanjeet Singh from Commercial Technical Support]If you wish to change the public domain name linked to the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials...
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Using data deduplication with Hyper-V Replica for storage savings
Protection of data has always been a priority for customers, and disaster recovery allows the protection of data with better restore times and lower data loss at the time of failover. However, as with...
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How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012, Part2: Web SSO
Mark and Tom here again, continuing our series on ADFS. In this post, we'll show you how to use some sample-code to configure a web application for Web Single Sign-On (Web SSO) with ADFS. What's Web...
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How to customize the generated files from the New Scaffolded Item dialog
In Visual Studio 2013 we introduced the Add New Scaffolded Item dialog. This dialog replaced the Add View/Add Controllers ASP.NET MVC dialog which was had in 2012. This new dialog works for all ASP.NET...
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Holiday Gift – Desired State Configuration (DSC) Resource Kit Wave-1
Continuing with the tradition of holiday gifts to the PowerShell community, the PowerShell team has just released DSC Resource Kit Wave-1 - a set of PowerShell modules that contain DSC resources and...
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