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Visual Studio and TFS 2013.4 CTP2 is available
Today we released the second CTP (community technology preview) of Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 and TFS 2013 Update 4. You can read about the VS changes on the Visual Studio blog. You can download the...
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Announcing the 1.0.0-rc1 of Microsoft Azure WebJobs SDK
We are releasing another preview of the Microsoft Azure WebJobs SDK, which was introduced by Scott Hanselman. To read more about the previous preview, read this announcement post.This release has the...
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Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 CTP 2 Available
You can grab the download here . If you do not want to click through to the release notes, there are two technology improvements: Visual Studio now scans or rescans a solution and then updates the...
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Troubleshooting Common Configuration Issues with Azure Backup
This blog post helps resolve common configuration issues with the Microsoft Cloud Backup Solution, Azure Backup. Customers typically encounter them at the time of Azure Backup installation or...
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Visual Studio Online Update – Sept 23th
This week we are releasing our sprint 71 work on VS Online. You can read more about the changes on the news page. In the past, we’ve struggled with how to “time” the publishing of release notes with...
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Bing App for iPhone Refresh: Translate the Web and Enjoy the Beauty of the...
A new version of the Bing app for iPhone is now available for download from the Apple App Store. With this release, we were able to take advantage of the extensibility possible in iOS8 making it...
View ArticleCortana Integration and Speech Recognition: New Code Samples
The blog post was authored by Steve White, Senior Content Developer, Content Publication TeamOne of the strengths of Cortana is its ability to understand and respond to voice commands. The Windows...
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Work item improvements - Sep 23
This week’s deployment has a few work items usability improvements I’m sure you’ll appreciate. Let’s take a look.Maximizing text area fieldsWe’ve added a new “maximize” command to all text area...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Announced as Cloud Computing Winner at 2014 Tech Impact Awards
We’re thrilled to announce that on September 18thSeattle Business magazine announced Microsoft Azure as the 2014 Tech Impact Awards winner in the Cloud Computing category.Seattle Business magazine’s...
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.NET Micro Framework now supports Visual Studio 2013
Today the .NET Micro Framework team is releasing a beta update of the .NET Micro Framework SDK that adds support for Visual Studio 2013. The release also contains other improvements that will benefit...
View ArticleExtrapolating Malware Detection with Rollup
Protecting Bing users from malware is a top priority for the Index Quality team. To that end, we analyze every signal available to us and determine not only whether the page is infected, but also...
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Towards a better console - PSReadline for PowerShell command line editing
Sometimes textmode is where it's at. I've long blogged about tools and techniques that will make your Windows console experience better. Perhaps you're a *nix person who is using Windows in your day...
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How do I set different wallpapers for each monitor in Windows?
I wanted a different wallpaper (or "screensaver," for the non-technical relatives, because I know you call desktop wallpaper that) for each of my multiple monitors in Windows. To start changing your...
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Part 2 – Bring your maps to life: Creating animations with Bing Maps (.NET)
In a recent blog post, you saw how to use JavaScript and CSS3 to create custom animations. Now you’ll see how to create the same custom animations for a Windows Store app using .NET. You are in luck,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Offers Price Reductions on Select Azure Services
As many businesses continue their journey to the cloud, they are increasingly using a variety of different services to build their applications. We understand that economics are a key driver in our...
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Monitoring, Diagnosing and Troubleshooting Azure Storage
Diagnosing and troubleshooting issues in modern online applications is more complex than in traditional client-server applications because they include:Complex topologies with components running PaaS...
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You’re Invited: Media in the Cloud Summit with Azure Media Services
Microsoft Azure Media Services is very excited to announce our first Media in the Cloud Summit at the iconic Dolby Theatre in LA on Tuesday, October 21st from 12-5pm. Together with our customers and...
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Release Management Console times out when launched
When the Release Management Console application is loaded, it defaults to the Traffic Overview page. If the database is not optimized, the query used to load such statistics may take a long time to...
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Ginny Caughey, grandmother and avid Windows developer, uses Windows 8.1 to...
Ginny Caughey, president of Carolina Software in Wilmington, NC, has been a developer for decades—decades she has spent using Windows to develop enterprise applications. Her firm has provided software...
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Feedback: Making /Zc:inline default for debug/release configs in “14”
Given our strong focus on improving build times of our toolset as a part of the Visual Studio 14 preview we will be changing a few defaults for Visual C++'s debug and release configuration. These...
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