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Top News for September 2015
Hello everyone! Every month we share some top stories from the previous month, and here’s our round-up for September.Open-source, cross-platform MSBuild: Continuing the open-source, cross-platform .NET...
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Using Encrypted Media Extensions for interoperable protected media
Media Source Extensions and Encrypted Media Extensions provide websites with new options for streaming premium audio and video. These specifications provide a framework for building media websites...
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Agile at Microsoft
Here's a nice Forbes article on Agile at Microsoft...http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/10/27/surprise-microsoft-is-agile/Brian
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Writing and Using Custom Code in U-SQL – User-Defined Functions
In my last blog post, I introduced U-SQL as the new Big Data query language for the Azure Data Lake that unifies the benefits of SQL with the expressive power of your own code. Today we are announcing...
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Announcing DragonBoard 410c support in Windows 10 IoT Core, Arduino...
It’s been an exciting time over the last six months with our first release of Windows 10 IoT Core during //build/ 2015, the first public release in early August 2015, and most recently a new Windows...
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Transforming Sports with Technology
The world of sports is changing – not along the lines we are used to, like rule changes, or the increase in athletic prowess – but rather advancements of technology related to sports are driving a...
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iOS / Linux Fall Survey
Do you develop primarily on iOS or Linux? Take this short survey ! Cross-platform scenarios are important; this survey will give us additional insights and, if you opt-in to chat with us, more details...
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How to simulate a low bandwidth connection for testing web sites and...
Facebook just announced an internal initiative called "2G Tuesdays" and I think it's brilliant. It's a clear and concrete way to remind folks with fast internet (who likely have always had fast...
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WPF Community Projects
WPF Community ProjectsIf you do a quick search with WPF as the search query of GitHub, you get over 6K results. That shows the incredible community support WPF has been blessed with over the years. We...
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Improvement to Debugging C++ Access Violations in Visual Studio 2015 Update 1
In this blog post I will introduce a small but useful Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 improvement for debugging C/C++ code.When writing C/C++ code it is common to deal with complex lines that utilize...
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WPF in .NET 4.6.1
In addition to the platform and tooling improvements that we delivered in .NET 4.6,, we started looking into WPF App Local as a means of delivering platform improvements in March of this year. We had...
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Profile Your CPU in the Debugger in Visual Studio 2015
This blog post introduces the updates to the CPU Usage tool in Visual Studio 2015 Update 1. First we will define and introduce the CPU Usage tool and then we’ll go over some of its features.If you...
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Announcing .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC
We are pleased to announce the release of .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC today. This release includes ~150 fixes and some new features. You can read about the new fixes and features that are included in the...
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Visual Studio Update 1 RC
Today we released Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 RC, which builds on the Update 1 CTP we released three weeks ago. In addition to the features introduced in the CTP as described here, the Release...
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Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 RC Available
Hello. Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 Release Candidate ( known issues ) is available now. It includes a number of goodies for C++ developers, but before we take a look, the Visual C++ team wants to thank...
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Windows App Studio Release – Windows 10 Store Package support and other new...
The Windows App Studio Windows 10 Store Support Release is now available, allowing you to easily create and publish a universal Windows app in record time with no code required. This release builds on...
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Dashboards, improved pull requests, test results and more – Oct 30
I’m excited to announce that we have released our dashboards feature in Visual Studio Online! Dashboards are a customizable canvas and replace your existing Team Overview page. They enable your team to...
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Kicking off the 2015 MVP Global Summit
Today we open the doors to Microsoft’s 2015 MVP Global Summit, the largest technical community event in the world. It’s something we look forward to all year, as it offers an unparalleled opportunity...
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Announcing Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 – standalone C++ tools for build...
Together with the availability of Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 RC, we’re also announcing a new way of acquiring the C++ tools: as a standalone installer that only lays down the tools required to build...
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Introducing Notifications Visualizer for Windows 10
Notifications Visualizer is a new Universal Windows app in the Store that helps developers design adaptive Live Tiles for Windows 10.The app provides instant visual previews of your tile while editing,...
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