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Announcing the release of Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .NET
This morning we released the v2.0 update of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET. This is a major refresh of the Windows Azure SDK with some really great new features and enhancements. These new...
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Setting Up AMD CrossFire for 146fps 3-Display PC Gaming
I recently blogged about AMD’s CrossFire technology and showed that in some cases you can get nearly twice the fps when running two AMD 7970 graphics cards together in CrossFire mode compared to a...
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A peek behind the scenes of our new wedding ad
Many of you said you enjoyed the new Windows Phone wedding ad that began airing yesterday. I’ve also been having fun reading the #timetoswitch tweets people have been sending explaining why they...
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CDNs fail, but your scripts don't have to - fallback from CDN to local jQuery
There's a great website called http://whoownsmyavailability.com that serves as a reminder to me (and all of us) that external dependencies are, in fact, external. As such, they are calculated risks...
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Be aware of the difference in isolation levels if porting an application from...
Author: Sanjay Mishra, Tim WiemanTechnical Reviewers: Mike Weiner, Shep Sheppard, Prem Mehra, Chuck Heinzelman, James Podgorski, Silvano Coriani, Madhan Arumugam Ramakrishnan, Sunil Agarwal, Guy...
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What killed my process?
Hello, world!We're often challenged with a process that exits unexpectedly, but this doesn't always equate to an application "crash". Occasionally this behavior is caused by cross-process termination,...
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SC 2012 SP1 – DPM: Leveraging DPM ScaleOut feature to protect VMs deployed on...
Windows 2012 improved the CSV clustering by increased scale and performance. Windows 2012 clusters can be as big as 64 nodes and 8000 VMs. Windows 2012 clusters can now have their storage on a...
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Internet Explorer Brings New Web Experience to the Living Room with Xbox and...
On the Internet Explorer team we love the web, and we’re always looking for ways to make it better. Today we’re excited to announce our partnership with DailyBurn.com, which lets you make the most of...
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Summing data across multiple criteria on multiple worksheets
Ever had to sum data based on multiple criteria situated in different Microsoft Excelworksheets? In this tutorial, Excel MVP Liam Bastick provides a quick tour of INDIRECT references and Table...
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Garage Series: Crossing the bridge to Click-to-Run integration
In the finale of our three part deep dive on customizing and deploying the new Office, our intrepid hosts demonstrate Office 365 ProPlus Click-to-Run integration with your existing management and...
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New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate profile synchronization
My esteemed colleague K.C. Cross has just published Demonstrate profile synchronization , a new Test Lab Guide (TLG) for SharePoint Server 2013. This new TLG steps you through the configuration and...
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Leveraging Flash across the Microsoft SQL Server Stack
Guest blog post by @SamMarraccini of EMC Corporation. To read more from Sam, please visit Sam’s blog at www.insideflash.com.Flash technology is changing everything, nothing new there. Chances are the...
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Ready to Change the World? Enter YouthSpark Challenge for Change Contest Today!
How can you be the spark of change? Today we are excited to announce a contest YouthSpark Challenge for Change which is designed to support youth in changing the world around them. If you are between...
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TechEd 2013-Ulrich Homann on How to Drive Down TCO for Datacenter...
Only five weeks left before TechEd! (if you’re reading this today). We’re more than half way through introducing the presentations we have in store for you for the Architecture (ARC) track. Today I’d...
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Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3
I’m excited to announce the release of WebMatrix 3. WebMatrix is a free, lightweight web development tool we first introduced in 2010, and which provides a great, focused web development experience...
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Announcing WebMatrix 3
Editor's Note: This post comes from Justin Beckwith, Program Manager. Today we are excited to announce the release of WebMatrix 3. WebMatrix is a free and lightweight web development tool we...
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LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup–April 2013
Last year I started posting a rollup of interesting community happenings, content, samples and extensions popping up around Visual Studio LightSwitch. If you missed those rollups you can check them all...
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Introducing Message Analyzer, an SMTP header analysis tool in Microsoft...
Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer is a web-based tool thats provides administrators and end users with the ability to run connectivity diagnostics for our servers to test common issues with...
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VIDEO: Hands-on with the Nokia Lumia 521
A few days ago, Michael let you know that the Nokia Lumia 521 was coming to T-Mobile. I got my hands on one a few days before the announcement, and can confirm that this is one heck of a good phone...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch: A workhorse ThinkPad in Ultrabook form
In this post, guest blogger Jason Scott shares his experiences with the Lenovo X1 Carbon Touch. Jason has a passion for Windows PC hardware and has worked on many projects at Microsoft including...
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