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New feature to enable C# 6 / VB 14
The model to leverage updated versions of C# or VB in web apps has changed over the past few years. In the past to leverage a new version of C# or VB you would get the runtime and build tools by...
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Optimizing apps for Continuum for phone
With Windows 10, you have the productivity of a PC in your pocket. Continuum for phone enables you to connect a Windows mobile device to any external display with the new Microsoft Display Dock, USB-C,...
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Using Visual Studio 2015 to debug an Android app built with Marmelade
For this blog post, we welcome Alex Baude of Marmelade as a guest author on our blog. His team’s most recent release of Marmelade Platform now supports Visual Studio 2015 and we invited him to tell us...
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Announcing the Git Credential Manager for Windows 1.0
I’m pleased to announcing version 1.0 of the Git Credential Manager for Windows (GCM) is available. Since we introduce the first beta in October 2015, we received great feedback from the community and...
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Awaken Your Creativity with the new Windows.UI.Composition
We live and work in a fast-paced, real-time, information environment where the scarcest resource of all is not information itself, but human attention to that information. This is why user experiences...
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Bing 2016 election experience: How do the candidates measure up?
The 2016 elections cycle has already been quite a ride. If you’ve tuned in to the twists and turns of the debates, the issues and candidate drama, you know it can be challenging to follow along.To give...
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The week in .NET - 12/08/2015
The week in .NET - 12/08/2015Welcome to the second "The Week in .NET" post. It was great to see how well the first post was received. Thanks to all who sent messages of encouragement and contributions...
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Connect(“demos”); // 2015: HealthClinic.biz
During Connect(); //2015 we showcased many technologies available to you as a developer across Azure, Office, Windows, Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team Services. We’ve also heard from you that you...
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Bing Predicts goes 10-6 in Week 13, now 122-70 for the year
Week 13 Results:Bing Predicts was 10-6 in Week 13, with key correct picks including Kansas City’s road win over Oakland and Tampa Bay pulling even at 6-6 with their win over Atlanta. Our models started...
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Inspire Students to Learn to Code with the Minecraft Hour of Code
This week is Computer Science Education Week, and it’s a great opportunity to tell you about the Hour of Code, a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. The Hour of...
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Creating Load Test Plugins for Cloud-based Load Test
This week I have had two questions that involved the need to create a load test plugin. In the latest scenario the person wanted the for Cloud-based load test to ramp up the user count randomly (yes...
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Announcing Open Live Writer - An Open Source Fork of Windows Live Writer
Today is the day. An independent group of volunteers within Microsoft has successfully open sourced and forked Windows Live Writer. The fork is called Open Live Writer(also known as OLW) and it is part...
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Windows IoT Core and Azure IoT Hub – Putting the ‘I’ in IoT
Hello, Makers!Earlier this year, we announced the availability of Windows IoT Core – a new edition of Windows designed for maker boards and small devices. We’ve been busy the past few months continuing...
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Support Ending for the .NET Framework 4, 4.5 and 4.5.1
As previously announced, starting January 12, 2016 Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, technical support or hotfixes for .NET 4, 4.5, and 4.5.1 frameworks. All other framework versions,...
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Discover Menu Favorites with Bing
Excited to try a new restaurant but not sure what to order? No problem. Now you can see recommended dishes from the restaurants you search for with the new “Menu favorites” feature on Bing.Leveraging...
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December Dev Center update: Multi-user and other new capabilities
As part of the periodic improvements to Dev Center, I want to share details about several new capabilities, as well as ideas on how to make best use of them:Multi-user access with roles: support...
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The .NET Journey: Recapping the last year
Having just completed Connect(); // 2015, we thought to take a moment to review everything that’s happened with .NET over the last year, between last year's and this year's Connect();. And what a year...
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Adding a custom field to a work item
Thank you everyone for your patience, but the wait is finally over. Today begins our journey delivering process customization to Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)! We’re releasing the first stage of...
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Custom work item fields and more – Dec 10
We’ve got quite a few things to cover in this week’s deployment. Let’s jump right in…Custom work item fieldsI’m happy to announce that, with our deployment this week, all customers now have the ability...
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Visual Studio 2015 Test Tools getting started content
One of the most common requests we get is for getting started content. To this end this post will high light the labs, videos and getting started posts that will help you get started. If you happen to...
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