[Guest post] Visual F# Power Tools: community-led tooling for F# in Visual...
This is a guest post by Anh-Dung Phan and Vasily Kirichenko, F# community developers and contributors to the superb Visual F# Power Tools extension for Visual Studio. – Visual F# TeamWe are pleased to...
View ArticleIntroducing Visual Studio’s Eclipse Android Project Importer
Hello everyone! I am Stephanie Su, a Program Manager Intern from the Georgia Institute of Technology. The project that I have been working on this summer with Brett Gutstein, a Software Engineer Intern...
View ArticleBuild better apps: Windows 10 by 10 development series
We’ve been talking about the new capabilities that come with Windows 10 for some time, but an area that we haven’t really dug into yet is how they can help your app better engage your users. To remedy...
View ArticleNew in VS 2015: /Zc:throwingNew
The C++ Standard defines operator new as failing by throwing an exception – not returning null. And indeed, this is the behavior in VC++, and has been for a number of releases. But it hasn’t always...
View ArticleA key IT decision: Which apps to move to the cloud
What is one of the most important decisions IT departments face in today’s cloud-first world? It’s not whether to leverage the cloud or to build a private cloud or even which cloud services to use. The...
View ArticleBing to warn customers about the threats of fake online pharmacies
Picture Fred, a 60-year-old man who has a few medical conditions. One of his prescriptions has run out but instead of visiting his regular doctor for a renewal, he decides to search the web where he...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Server 2015 Final Release
Today we released the final version of Team Foundation Server 2015. TFS 2015 is a major step forward, with tons of improvements throughout the development process but with special emphasis on DevOps...
View ArticleAzure and Scalr come together to offer Cloud Management on a top-notch Cloud
We have had a great Summer in Seattle so far and it just keeps getting better!! Today, I am excited to announce that Scalr’s Cloud Management Platform has added support for Azure Virtual Machines. You...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Server 2015 Now Available
Today, we are making available the final release of Team Foundation Server 2015. Team Foundation Server 2015 provides a complete on-premises Application Lifecycle Management and DevOps solution for...
View ArticleWindows Bridge for iOS: Let’s open this up
Post written by Salmaan Ahmed, Program Manager, Windows Bridge for iOSToday I’m going to take you a bit deeper on what’s in the Windows Bridge for iOS (previously referred to as ‘Project Islandwood’),...
View ArticleOpen Sourcing the Windows Bridge for iOS
Last week, we released Windows 10 as a free upgrade in over 190 markets, taking the first big step toward upgrading 1 billion devices to Windows 10 and the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Alongside...
View ArticleHow to set up TFS 2015 in a dual server configuration
We're wrapping up work on a new install guide for TFS 2015. Here's what we have for a dual server configuration. If you use it and run in to trouble or just want to comment on it, post a comment...
View ArticleUpdate your DocumentDB indexing policies online
Inside Azure DocumentDB is a write optimized, schema-agnostic, database engine purpose built for JSON and JavaScript. DocumentDB does not require developers to provide any schema or secondary indexes...
View ArticleTransitioning Application Insights from the VSO Portal to the Azure Portal
If you’re still using the older version of Application Insights in the Visual Studio Online portal, you’ll have to update your application to use the new version hosted in the Azure Preview portal by...
View ArticleUnit testing with DNX (ASP.NET 5) projects
One common question that I get is “How do I unit test my ASP.NET 5 (DNX) projects?” The biggest reason for the question is because we don’t have a good starting point (File->New Project) for unit...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015 FAQ
Since we released Visual Studio 2015 on July 20th we’ve been busily answering questions on our forums, here on the blog, on Connect, and on StackOverflow. Here are some of the common questions.Install...
View ArticleMulti-select backlog items, reorder when changing columns, client libraries...
Note: The improvements discussed in this post will be rolling out throughout the week. Please follow progress of the deployment at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsoservice/.Multi-select items on the product...
View ArticleMicrosoft Universal Foldable Keyboard - Dual Bluetooth Pairing and Three...
I have a Surface Pro 3, an iPad 2, and an iPhone 6+. I also have a few Android devices for development. Sometimes I'm on a plane and want to do email, or I'm playing a game on my iPad and I've got my...
View ArticleHello, Windows 10 IoT Core
Greetings, Makers!We are excited to announce the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. Visit the Windows IoT Dev Center to choose your target board, then...
View ArticleAzure Storage Release – Append Blob, New Azure File Service Features and...
We are excited to announce new capabilities in the Azure Storage Service and updates to our Storage Client Libraries. We have a new blob type, Append Blob, as well as a number of new features for the...
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