Kanban Updates, new Branch Policies, and more... – Sep 18
Inline tasks on the Kanban boardThis sprint we’ve enabled a new feature that lets you break down stories on your Kanban board, without having to leave the board. Tasks can now be added, edited, and...
View ArticlePacking Technology Survey
Another Friday, another survey . We get it. Surveys can be annoying (but not our survey ). But they can also be a good way to help us understand larger patterns around a feature, scenario or...
View ArticleDreamforce 2015: Strengthening the Microsoft and Salesforce Partnership
Salesforce and Microsoft have A LOT of mutual customers - millions of business users trust Microsoft and Salesforce’s industry-leading apps and platforms to run their businesses. These customers have...
View ArticleThe Visual C++ team is at CppCon 2015
Are you in town to attend CppCon this week? It's going to be an exciting week in C++ and especially exciting for the Visual C++ team! We've got a dozen talks scheduled that discuss everything from the...
View ArticleReview: 3D Scanning wtih the HP 3D Capture Stage on the HP Sprout PC
The 7 year old and I have been trying to make various things with the HP Sprout (review soon) and Dremel Printer. I was sent review versions of both to explore and give feedback on. We've learned a lot...
View ArticleUnderstanding versions in an evergreen browser
The most recent Windows Insider Preview release (build 10547) contains a new set of features now available for Insiders to test – we encourage you to check out our Microsoft Edge changelog to see...
View ArticleIntegrating with Instagram using ASP.NET WebHooks Preview
In the blog Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview, we gave an overview of how to work with Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks. We described how you get out of the box provide support for a variety of...
View ArticleBing brings some of its magic to help you achieve even more with Office 2016
Bing brings information directly to users where and when they need it across a growing number of Microsoft and third party experiences. We’re pleased to announce the latest Office experiences to...
View ArticleASP.NET Community Standup - September 15, 2015
This is the next in a series of blog posts that will cover the topics discussed in the ASP.NET Community Standup. The community standup is a short video-based discussion with some of the leaders of...
View ArticleSurvey: Are you using the Tools for Apache Cordova?
In July, we released the first version of our Tools for Apache Cordova. Since then we’ve been busy improving the tools, focusing on issues reported by our users. We’ve also talked with many, many...
View ArticleUsing cross-app communication to make apps work together (10 by 10)
With Windows 10, the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) provides a number of improvements to better support sharing data and files across Windows apps.Cross-app communication in Windows 10Windows 10...
View ArticleSonarQube Integration Plans
Back in April (2015) we announced our first step in integrating MSBuild and Team Build with SonarQube, At the start of that post, we briefly explained why we were targeting the problem of managing...
View ArticleHow to customize the Windows 10 Start Menu
It's been a few months, and pretty much everyone in my family and neighborhood has slowly upgraded to Windows 10. Some have upgraded from Windows 7 and others from Windows 8. For the most part, from a...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Code Camp Next Weekend! Intro to .NET Core & ASP.NET 5
It’s that time of year again in the Bay Area. Silicon Valley Code Camp takes place next weekend October 3rd and 4th. This time, it’s at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose. There’s a lot great...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Windows 10 IoT Core
Back in early August I was pleased to announce the Windows Insider release of Windows 10 IoT Core, a version of Windows 10 targeted towards small, embedded devices that may or may not have screens, and...
View ArticleA Summer of ASP.NET: Catching up with .NET Web Developments
Summer 2015 has come and gone (in the northern hemisphere at least!), and four releases of ASP.NET have hit the internet in that time. With the Visual Studio 2015 release in July the team released...
View ArticleAccessibility: Towards a more inclusive web with Microsoft Edge and Windows 10
Microsoft is committed to accessibility as a core part of software design, and today we would like to share more about how Microsoft Edge is evolving to improve support for assistive technology beyond...
View ArticleNetwork simulation and more in the VS Emulator for Android
By now, hopefully you’ve heard about the new Visual Studio Emulator for Android, which is available as a standalone download for Eclipse and Android Studio users. Today, we’re issuing an update that...
View ArticleIntroducing U-SQL – A Language that makes Big Data Processing Easy
Microsoft announced the new Azure Data Lake services for analytics in the cloud that includes a hyper-scale repository, a new analytics service built on YARN that allows data developers and data...
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