How to use Process Monitor and Process Explorer
I was chatting with Phil Haack today about a weird little bug/feature we were seeing in GitHub for Windows. I don't have the source code for the application, but I wanted to explore what was going on...
View ArticleUSA advances in Women’s World Cup – Bing brings you the action, correctly...
The FIFA Women’s World Cup moves to the knockout rounds where 16 survivors from the original 24 teams compete in single-elimination contests.Search for “Women’s World Cup” on Bing for scores, standings...
View ArticleGetting ready for Windows 10 – SDKs, compatibility, bridges
With Windows 10 being released July 29th, 2015, we want to update you on some new things and some things you can do to get ready now.Windows 10 SDKWe are working to deliver the Windows 10 developer...
View ArticleLenovo Yoga 2 Pro Micro-HDMI not working? Easy fix.
This blog post is likely not for you, unless it totally is. Which is why I'm posting it. My Dad's Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro was driving him batty for months. It was bugging me even more, as I am the assigned...
View ArticleGoodies, goals and gratification faster and easier with the new Bing Rewards...
Bing fans love Bing Rewards. We consistently hear from people who enjoy getting great giveaways just for using Bing.You can earn Rewards credits across all the devices you use every day, and we’ve just...
View ArticleDocker and Microsoft announce more innovation to cross platforms and win hearts
I can’t believe it was only one year ago, at DockerCon, that we announced the first step in our partnership with Docker. While we didn’t quite know it at the time (despite the blog title), this marked...
View ArticleContainer Apps now available in the Azure Marketplace
Today we are excited to build on the momentum generated at DockerCon and announce Container Apps in the Azure Marketplace. The new Container Apps category enables you to search and deploy curated...
View ArticleLogic Apps Live Community Webcast – June 25
Here in Logic Apps, we know that the best way to make a great product is stay engaged with the community every step of the way. There are a lot of ways we do that, through social media, events, and...
View ArticleFormat Specifiers Checking
By popular request, in Visual Studio 2015 RTM, we’ve implemented the checking of arguments given to printf / scanf and their variations in the C standard library. You can try the examples from this...
View ArticleAzure SQL Data Warehouse is available for limited public preview
At the Build conference in April, we announced Azure SQL Data Warehouse, our new enterprise-class elastic data warehouse-as-a-service. Today, we’re pleased to announce that Azure SQL Data Warehouse is...
View ArticleNew preview + 21 new partners announced for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
The Limited Public Preview for Azure SQL Data Warehouse was announced today, and with it comes an impressive portfolio of technology providers that are already integrating solutions with Azure SQL Data...
View ArticleBuilding Flight Arcade: Behind the scenes with WebGL, WebAudio and GamePad API
During Microsoft’s //build conference day 2 keynote, we demonstrated some of the advancements in Microsoft Edge’s platform features with a new demo from Pixel Lab, Flight Arcade. Today I’d like to...
View ArticleUpdated Azure SQL Database Elastic Database Pool Minimum Size
At Build 2015, we announced the preview of SQL Database Elastic Databases to support the unpredictable database demands that Developers building software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications must manage....
View ArticleReach Millions of Shoppers with Bing Image Data Feeds
In our April Webmaster post, we showed marking up your data increases exposure of your content to over 100M users of Bing and its partners. Today, we are excited to deepen our relationship with...
View ArticleYou can now hear Bing’s homepage
If you’re among the millions who will visit Bing’s homepage today, you’re in for a surprise. Not only will you see a beautiful video of geese taking flight over the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge,...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 1.0.0 release of Application Insights Windows SDKs
I’m happy to announce that the Application Insights Windows SDKs have reached the 1.0.0 milestone. By reaching the 1.0.0 milestone we will take on greater stability around SDK changes and a longer...
View ArticleWhy moving Dynamics into the Cloud+Enterprise division makes perfect sense
Last week our CEO Satya Nadella announced a reorganization of our engineering groups that combined our client hardware and Windows teams, and moved Dynamics, our business process application group,...
View ArticleHyperlapse cross-platform mobile development with Visual C++ and Xamarin
Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile offers the chance to turn any long video – from a bumpy bicycle ride to a family stroll in the park -- into a short, distilled version that you can easily share with friends...
View ArticleMicrosoft Named a Leader in Gartner’s Public Cloud Storage Services for...
Gartner research recently published their Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Storage Services and recognized Microsoft Azure as a leader for the second year in a row based on completeness of our vision...
View ArticleSave the Date: Visual Studio 2015 RTM on July 20th
Today, I’m happy to share that the final releases of Visual Studio 2015, Team Foundation Server 2015 and .NET 4.6 will be available for download on July 20th. Visual Studio 2015 is a big release. We...
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