Announcing new Web Features in Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 RC
Today, the Visual Studio team announced the release of Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 RC. Our team added a few useful features and did some bug fixing in this update to improve the web development...
View ArticleVisual Studio and TFS 2013.4 (Update 4) Release Candidate
It’s time! The Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2013.4 and Team Foundation Server 2013.4 is here.Download Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 RCVisual Studio 2013 Update 4 KB articleI’ve written some posts...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Update 4 RC now Available
Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 RC is now available to download. This release has lots of small features and fixes for ASP.NET and web platform, Team Foundation Server, Visual C++, JavaScript Editor,...
View ArticleIntroducing the IE Platform Suggestion Box on UserVoice
On October 1st, we launched the Internet Explorer Platform Suggestion Box (http://uservoice.modern.ie) on the UserVoice platform. Since then, it has been great to see the feedback flowing in as...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Update 4 Release Candidate
The Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2013 update 4 is here. Download Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 RC Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 KB article Announcement on Brian Harry's blog, Visual Studio and TFS...
View ArticleChance to Connect(); on What’s Coming Next, November 12th and 13th
On November 12th, we'll be hosting an online developer event called Connect();. Connect(); will be a chance to have a conversation with developers about what’s coming next for developer tools,...
View ArticleGet the Skinny on the Latest Gadgets
As the holiday shopping season nears, there are numerous products that are getting released in the market.Before you buy a new gadget, it’s helpful to read a review or watch a demo video. With that in...
View ArticleRich Push with Notification Hubs in iOS 8
In order to engage users with instant rich content, applications often push notifications beyond just plain text. These notifications can contain urls, images, sounds, and more. With Azure Notification...
View ArticleMicrosoft Asp.Net MVC Security Update broke my build!
Microsoft just released a new security update to be automatically applied to machines configured to use Microsoft Update. The security bulletin is available here:...
View ArticlePeruse the new Ranger PowerShell DSC v1 guidance and other recent releases
latest releaseWe are pleased to announce that the first version of the PowerShell Desired State Configuration for DevOps and ALM Practitioners v1 guidance has shipped. other recent releasesTFS Upgrade...
View ArticleAzure Service Bus – ‘NamespaceType’ default value change
Recently we announced that we are splitting the user experience between Service Bus and Notification Hubs to enable a better experience for Notification Hubs. Following up on the portal changes...
View ArticlePut yourself out there and publish that Open Source project today
It's a leap of faith to put your code out there. You have to have tough skin sometimes. Mean people will say it's crap. Many years ago (93-94?) I worked on a piece of software called FoolProof Desktop...
View ArticleBuilding Authority & Setting Expectations
Authority is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “a person or organization having power or control in a particular, typically political or administrative, sphere”. For our purposes, we also understand...
View ArticleHow to Disable SSL 3.0 in Azure Websites, Roles, and Virtual Machines
Microsoft recently released Security Advisory 3009008 to help address a vulnerability in SSL 3.0. This is an industry-wide vulnerability affecting the SSL 3.0 protocol and is not specific to any...
View Article[Announcement] ODataLib 6.8.1 Release
We are happy to announce that the ODataLib 6.8.1 is released. Detailed release notes are listed below.Bug Fix[Github issues #3] Fix a bug that string function parameters containing specific characters...
View ArticleCppCon Videos Available
In case you missed CppCon or attended but missed a few sessions (or want to review), videos for most of the talks are available on You Tube . There is plenty there for developers of all experience and...
View ArticleAzure’s getting bigger, faster and more open
A few hours ago, Scott Guthrie and Satya Nadella talked about Microsoft’s strategy for cloud computing, announcing several important technology and partnership updates to Microsoft Azure –...
View ArticleVisual Studio Cloud Load Testing & Error codes
Building a Service/App for the right customer is something everyone tries to do. However, at times there are certain aspects of it doesn’t work well for customers, in spite of our best efforts....
View ArticleBing and IE Team with CNN for Elections 2014
Last week we introduced Bing Elections, a dedicated search experience aimed at arming voters with all the information they need to make informed decisions about Elections 2014. Bing.com/elections...
View ArticleApplication Insights SDK (0.11.0-prerelease)
What is it?Application Insights SDK lets you send telemetry to the Application Insights portal, where you can find out what users are doing with your application.0.11.0 is the latest SDK release for...
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