Cool ASP.NET Web Forms Features in 2015 – Async Model Binding
This is the first in a twice weekly series of blog posts that we’re going to share from the Microsoft Web Development blog to showcase some of the really cool and mature features available in ASP.NET...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure helps Indian Startups find their footing
It is an exciting time to be a startup in India. The statistics speak for themselves. In the first quarter of 2015, Indian startups raised $1.7 billion from investors whereas in 2014 Q1, the amount...
View ArticleBing Moving to Encrypt Search Traffic by Default
At Microsoft, we’re committed to helping users keep their data safe and secure.That’s why we support the industry’s move to use of TLS protocols as part of our effort to expand encryption across our...
View ArticleAzure Media Services delivers Widevine encrypted stream by partnering with...
What is the partnership about?A few months ago, we announced the general availability of Azure Media Services Content Protection (AES and DRM) service, which enables you to secure your Video-on-demand...
View ArticleRunning Cocos2d-x on Windows 10
With Microsoft’s latest open source code contribution to the Cocos2d-x project [https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/pull/12107], Microsoft has enabled Cocos2d-x to run on Windows 10 on the Universal...
View ArticleCloud Success Comes in Completing the Cloud Handshake
A consistent key concern enterprises raise about using cloud computing platforms are wanting clear service level guarantees for your applications. While Microsoft Azure, and many other clouds, publish...
View ArticleNew course announcement: Enabling Continuous integration and continuous...
One of the primary efforts of the ALM Development team is to provide tooling that enables DevOps workflows. The new Build system shared by both Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online is a...
View ArticleDeploying an Azure Web Site using the new build system in Visual Studio Online
I have been meaning to write a post on deploying Azure Web Sites from a build in either Visual Studio Online or Team Foundation Server for while when i noticed one of our star ALM MVPs, Jakob Ehn, has...
View ArticleMicrosoft Teams with Top Global Accelerators and Incubators to Provide...
Every startup is unique. Regardless of where they reside or what platform and tools they use, our goal is simple - we aim to help early stage companies accelerate innovation and get their stuff in the...
View ArticleVisual Studio Web Development Tip - Add Chrome Incognito Mode as a Browser
Here's a little Visual Studio web development tip that I've been using lately. You know how Visual Studio picks up your installed browsers and has them available as a dropdown list?I found it very...
View ArticleHistorical Debugging, Profiling, New Diagnostic Tools in Visual Studio 2015
I've been working with Visual Studio 2015 lately, even for older projects. You can create and edit all kids of .NET app from .NET 2.0 all the way up through .NET 4.6, as well as ASP.NET 5 apps on the...
View ArticleReport from Open Networking Summit: Achieving Hyper-Scale with Software...
Today, I am excited to deliver a keynote talk at the Open Networking Summit, where I’ll be talking about how Microsoft is leveraging software-defined networking to power one of the largest public...
View ArticleBuilding a more interoperable Web with Microsoft Edge
Over the past year the Microsoft Edge team has been hard at work on a new browser engine that will be better than ever at correctly, quickly, and reliably rendering the Web. As a user, your favorite...
View ArticleBing makes it easy to discover, watch and browse news on the go
When checking news updates on our smartphones, we often don’t have the time or inclination to read the full article. Sometimes we just need the gist of what’s going on, quickly and easily. So the...
View ArticleHead for the Golf Course with Bing Maps
Sunday is Father’s Day, a celebration observed the world over (although in some countries on a different schedule) and an opportunity to pause and reflect on the influence of fathers and paternal...
View ArticleNew Microsoft Edge Test Drive web demos go open-source
We first launched the Internet Explorer Test Drive site in 2010 during the Internet Explorer 9 Preview and regularly added demos through IE10 and IE11 development as a way to help web developers get...
View ArticleBing gives videos a modern makeover
People love online videos. A video can teach us something new, connect diverse communities, or simply entertain. It’s no wonder this space continues to boom with billions of videos viewed online each...
View ArticleC++11/14/17 Features In VS 2015 RTM
We're still working on finishing VS 2015 RTM, but we're definitely done with adding new features, so we can publish final feature tables. Let's start with the STL, where we implemented a bunch of...
View ArticleBringing Marmalade SDK-based apps to Windows 10 – a step-by-step guide
IntroductionWith the recent release of the Marmalade Beta SDK with Windows 10 Support, apps and games built with the Marmalade SDK can now be targeted for and deployed to Windows 10 PCs or phones.In...
View ArticleAzure Redis Cache Updates for June 2015
Scaling (Preview)If you determine that your cache is no longer meeting the requirements of your application, you can change to a larger or smaller cache pricing tier that is right for your application....
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