Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 Now Available
We finished the RTM release of Visual Studio 2012 in August 2012 and launched it in September. At that time, we committed to releasing new value into Visual Studio via a regular cadence of Visual...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 – Update 2 RTM!
Visual Studio Updates are a mechanism we are using to provide ongoing value throughout the year to our Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server customers. These updates will provide features to support...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 Update 2 is here
We’re excited to announce that today, Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2) is now available for download.For an overview of the five areas of investments in VS2012.2 that we made across agile...
View ArticleVS/TFS 2012.2 (Update 2) released today
Today, we released our second update to Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012. You can read a fairly detailed post with all the new capabilities on the ALM blog. There’s a ton of new value in...
View ArticleAdvance Notification Service for the April 2013 Security Bulletin Release
In celebration of spring’s onset, today we’re providing advance notification for the April 2013 release of nine bulletins; two Critical and seven Important. The Critical bulletins address...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Release of the LightSwitch HTML Client!
On behalf of the LightSwitch team, I am proud to announce the release of the LightSwitch HTML client in Visual Studio 2012 Update 2! It’s been an exciting journey for us and we thank you for all your...
View Article.NET memory allocation profiling and Tasks
The .NET Framework blog published this morning a guest post from yours truly on .NET Memory Allocation Profiling with Visual Studio 2012. As you're trying to improve the performance, throughput, and...
View ArticleAnnouncing Red Stripe Deals—a weekly sale on apps and games
Here’s a link you’ll want to bookmark: The just-launched Red Stripe Deals Collection. No, we’re not talking cheap beer here but something even better: weekly bargains on stellar apps and games.If you...
View ArticleJoin us at MMS 2013 to learn more about how Developers and Operations...
You will see how System Center Operations Manager works tightly with Visual Studio to enable collaboration between development and operations teams. See how understanding and using the DevOps approach...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 Update 2 Released
As you may have seen from the variousannouncements, we released Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 today. This update contains a lot of improvements and fixes (especially for XAML scenarios), and you can...
View ArticleCreate and Publish Training Videos with SharePoint and Lync Online - Grid...
The Grid is full of Office 365 experts that are brimming with great information. The Grid User Post blog series will expose some of The Grid's best content to the entire Office 365 Community. Are you...
View ArticleBuild faster and high performing native applications using PGO
I am Ankit Asthana and I am the program manager for the backend C++ compiler. For today's topic I want to blog about a really cool runtime compiler optimization called Profile Guided Optimization (PGO)...
View ArticleDebugging ASP.NET Web API with Route Debugger
Tutorial and Tool written by Troy Dai with assistance from Rick Anderson (Twitter @RickAndMSFT)Search for “asp.net web api routing” on stackoverflow, you’ll find many questions. How exactly does Web...
View ArticleEmail overload? 6 tricks for powering through your inbox on Windows Phone 8
For better or worse, I spend a lot of time on my phone dealing with work email. As a result, I'm always looking for ways to do things a little quicker so I can get back to using my phone for things...
View ArticleUnattended Setup of Windows 8 to Surface Pro
In today’s blog I am going to explain how you can do an unattended setup of the default Windows 8 Enterprise X64 install.wim to a Surface Pro from a USB drive. Unattended setups are not new but when...
View ArticleFeature Spotlight: Search
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...
View ArticleLightSwitch HTML Client & SharePoint Resources–Get Started Building HTML5...
This morning we released the LightSwitch HTML client in Visual Studio 2012 Update 2! I can’t tell you how excited I am to see this released to the public. It’s been an exciting, challenging journey and...
View ArticleActive Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual...
In the first part of this series on Active Directory in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks, I went over the concept of hybrid cloud and talked about some of the advantages a hybrid cloud could...
View ArticleMLB.TV now available in the Windows Store
Just in time for the start of baseball season – MLB.TV is now available in the Windows Store! With MLB.TV on Windows 8 – MLB.TV Premium subscribers will have access to every out-of-market Major League...
View ArticleRegister for the next Microsoft Jumpstart on April 18: Using Microsoft VDI to...
If you are new to the benefits of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), not sure when or why to use session-based or virtual machine-based desktop deployments, or have questions about the...
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