SCVMM, Hyper-V Replica, UI and PowerShell
Before I get started on this – I do want to be upfront about the context for this post. In my house I am currently running Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V Replica enabled. I am then managing my...
View ArticleAnnouncing improved access to Office
Today I am pleased to announce that Microsoft and GW Micro are partnering to provide people who are blind or have low vision improved access to Microsoft Office. Starting today, customers who have...
View ArticleKinect for Windows C++ Samples
Kinect for Windows enables developers like you to create applications that allow users to interact naturally with the computer by gesturing and speaking. You probably already know this. But did you...
View ArticleMSRT January 2014 – Bladabindi
This month the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) includes a new malware family - MSIL/Bladabindi. An interesting part of this family is that the author made three versions of this RAT, written in...
View ArticleScaffolding ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer-based-models
The ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer (Entity Designer) is a GUI tool for editing Entity Framework models. You can use the Entity Designer to visually create and modify entities, associations,...
View ArticleWindows Opens Doors for Retailers
We’re in New York this week at the National Retail Federation’s annual conference talking with retailers about how Windows can help grow their businesses, increase customer satisfaction and reduce...
View ArticleAnnouncing E-book version of Scott Guthrie’s “Building Real-World Cloud Apps...
We have published online and downloadable e-book versions of Scott Guthrie’s presentation titled Building Real-World Cloud Apps with Windows Azure (original video version is available here: part 1,...
View ArticleBing Translator for Windows updated to bring speech input
Today, Bing Translator for Windows is receiving a new update that brings the same text-to-speech functionality seen on Bing Translator for Windows Phone. Now with Bing Translator for Windows, you can...
View ArticleA Look Into the Future and the January 2014 Bulletin Release
In January, there are those who like to make predictions about the upcoming year. I am not one of those people. Instead, I like to quote Niels Bohr who said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially...
View ArticleThe Garage Series: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions and Advanced Ninja...
Video 14:04. In this weeks show, Jeremy Chapman is joined again by Office application guru, Tal Kryzpow, to answer frequently asked questions from Office users. If you are a power user yearn for a...
View ArticleVisually Creating Snippets
Get the new Snippetizer DevLabs Extension hereSnippets are a fun and easy way to quickly add code into your app. Snippets are commonly used, small blocks of code that represent a particular action or...
View ArticleCES2014: MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis discusses new MakerBot 3D Printers
One of the big surprises for me this year at CES 2014 was the new product lineup from MakerBot. I went to the MakerBot press event thinking I would see a new 3D printer announcement, but there were...
View ArticleAzureDev Community Campaign Winner Announcement
Today we are excited to announce the winners of the AzureDev community campaign and donate $100,000 to five nonprofits focused on technology education. Introduced at Build 2013, the AzureDev campaign...
View ArticleBYO-Poetry Contest Winners Announced!
Results are in! We received dozens of inspired and amusing poems from the BYOD trenches. After much caffeine-fueled consideration, two winning poems came out on top for their creativity, spirit, and...
View ArticleRoslyn performance (Matt Gertz)
(For the next few posts, I’m going to introduce readers to the different feature teams in the Managed Languages org. Today, I’m starting this with a focus on the performance team.)Back in 2000, I...
View ArticleRoslyn performance (Matt Gertz)
(For the next few posts, I’m going to introduce readers to the different feature teams in the Managed Languages org. Today, I’m starting this with a focus on the performance team.)Back in 2000, I...
View ArticleTaking a closer look at ConfigMgr client registration failure when the site...
Hi folks, Jagat Singh Kathiar here from the Configuration Manager team with another support tip for you. Implementation of a Microsoft PKI with Configuration Manager has been very popular so I thought...
View ArticleSome notes on using Organizational Auth with ASP.NET
In Visual Studio 2013 we shipped support for creating new ASP.NET projects which use Windows Azure Active Directory for Organizational Authentication. Vittorio Bertocci has recently written a great...
View ArticleGoal! EA’s popular FIFA 13 comes to more Windows Phones
The Super Bowl is just weeks away. But fans of the other football should check out EA’s popular Xbox title FIFA 13, which is no longer exclusive to Nokia Lumia models. Buy it nowThe game—which costs...
View ArticleChecking Integration Services Versions with SCVMM
I have done a number of posts about checking your integration services versions in the past (here and here for example). But this have all been written using the in-box Hyper-V management tools. Now...
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