August Hosted Build Pool Image Updates
Today we are rolling out a new image to the hosted build pool with the following updatesXamarin for Visual Studio 4.1.1.3Xamarin Studio 6.0.05174-0For a full list of software see...
View ArticleWindows 10 Anniversary Update SDK Now Available! Windows Store Open for...
Today I’m pleased to announce that following the Windows 10 Anniversary Update we have released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK, build 14393 along with Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. The new SDK...
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Building Universal Windows apps targeting the Windows 10 Anniversary SDK
Today we are releasing an update to the Universal Windows App development tools in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 to enable you to build apps that target the Windows 10 Anniversary SDK (build 14393). In...
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The week in .NET – 8/2/2016
To read last week’s post, see The week in .NET – 7/26/2016.On .NETWe had no show last week, and the guest for this week is still to be determined. Please check the On .NET channel on YouTube for...
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Announcing .NET Framework 4.6.2
Today we are excited to announce the availability of the .NET Framework 4.6.2! Many of the changes are based on your feedback, including those submitted on UserVoice and Connect. Thanks for your...
View ArticleC/C++ Cloud Services Survey
Hi everyone,The C++ team is conducting a survey to better understand cloud services needs for C++ developers across all platforms. The information you provide will be used to improve the experience...
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Create high quality mobile apps with Ionic & Visual Studio
Are you a web developer building mobile applications today? Are you considering joining the ranks of web developers moving beyond the mobile web to mobile app development? If so, then we have a treat...
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TypeScript Definitions for Bing Maps V8 Released on GitHub
Last month we announced the general availability of the Bing Maps V8 web control. Today, we are happy to announce that we have released of TypeScript Definitions for Bing Maps V8. These provide...
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The Ink Canvas and Ruler: combining art and technology
How easy is it to integrate Inking into your app?As easy as one line of XAML.In this post, we’re going to walk you through the new Windows 10 Inking capabilities, which are making communication via...
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Collecting Windows 10 "Anniversary Edition" Keyboard Shortcuts
I'm a big fan of keyboard shortcuts.There's a fantastic list of Windows 10 shortcuts *inside* the Windows 10 Insiders "Feedback Hub" app. The in-app direct link (not a web link) is here but I think the...
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Team Services Extensions Monthly Roundup
It’s been 9 months since we launched our new extensibility platform and Marketplace for Team Services and it has been exciting. So far we’ve seenOver 200 publicly published extensions…Totaling over...
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What I missed while I was relaxing this summer
I missed blogging about a ton of stuff that happened in late June and most of July while I was out. I’m not going to try to recap is all. You can find lots of it on the Visual Studio ALM blog or in...
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Evolving the Visual Studio Test Platform – Part 2
As promised in the previous post, what follows is a recap of all of the Testing-related features implemented and delivered in the Visual Studio 2015 cycle until now. Each of the features might be...
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Bing Predicts eSports: Dota 2’s The International 2016
Bing Predicts is expanding into eSports predictions, starting with one of the biggest tournaments of the year: Dota® 2’s The International 2016. Our predictions are live now and you are welcome to...
View ArticleAugust 2016 evaluation Windows developer virtual machines
We’re releasing the August 2016 edition of our evaluation Windows developer virtual machines (VM) on Windows Dev Center. The VMs come in Hyper-V, Parallels, VirtualBox, and VMWare flavors and will...
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TFS “15” RC1 is available
Today we released Team Foundation Server 2015 Release Candidate 1. This is a “go-live” release, fit for production use and supported by our support team. You can find all the details on the following...
View Article[Announcement] RESTier v0.6.0 Release
We are happy to announce that the RESTier 0.6.0 is released and available on NuGet.0.6.0 is a release add fix several issues and add several key features, it has minor public API change comparing with...
View ArticlePre-reqs for Team Foundation Server 15
A couple of aspects of this have come up on the post where I announced the TFS 15 RC1 and I thought it was worth a more explicit call out. First some context.We have 2 release “types” for TFS – major...
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Polishing Your App with Animations and Audio Cues
There are plenty of well-designed apps out there. Often what distinguishes a great Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app from a good one is the small touches, like animations and audio cues. This post...
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The week in .NET – 8/9/2016
To read last week’s post, see The week in .NET – 8/2/2016.On .NETLast week on the show, we had Frank Krueger to talk about his amazing Continuous C# and F# IDE for the iPad.This week, we’ll speak with...
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