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MIDI Enhancements in Windows 10
As Windows 10 evolves, we are continuing to build in support for musician-focused technologies.Let’s take a look at MIDI. Windows has had built-in MIDI support going back to the 16-bit days. Since...
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Reusing Configuration Files in ASP.NET Core
IntroductionThe release of ASP.NET Core 1.0 has enticed existing ASP.NET customers to migrate their projects to this new platform. While working with a customer to move their assets to ASP.NET Core, we...
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Import Git repos and view work item attachments – Sept 21
We have some exciting new features this sprint!View work item attachmentsContinuing to improve the work item attachment experience, you can now view attached images without leaving the work item. When...
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Check Out this Fall’s New TV Shows, Movies & More
As summer fades and the weather cools, people begin to spend more time indoors, in front of their screens and devices, looking for entertainment. To help you navigate the deluge of offerings, the Bing...
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Announcing TypeScript 2.0
Today we’re excited to announce the final release of TypeScript 2.0!TypeScript 2.0 has been a great journey for the team, with several contributions from the community and partners along the way. It...
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Bing App joins the AMP open-source effort
From the start, the Bing App (voted #5 of top 100 iPhone apps of 2016 by PC Magazine) has been designed to help you “find” and “do” faster, wherever the information is needed. With best-in-class news...
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Background Audio and Cross Platform Development with Xamarin (App Dev on Xbox...
We are back with yet another app, Backdrop, an open source sample media app developed to showcase a cross-device music experience. In this blog post, we will dive deep into the new background model in...
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Introducing .NET Standard
In my last post, I talked about how we want to make porting to .NET Core easier. In this post, I’ll focus on how we’re making this plan a reality with .NET Standard. We’ll cover which APIs we plan to...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Server “15” RC 2 available
Today we released RC2 of TFS “15”. The key links are here:Team Foundation Server 15 RC2 ISOTeam Foundation Server 15 RC2 web installerTeam Foundation Server Express RC2 ISOTeam Foundation Server 15...
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Fire!
When you have a farm like I do, with a lot of pastures, a lot of fence lines and a lot of trees, you inevitably spend a lot of time clearing dead trees, fallen limbs, etc. from your fences and fields....
View ArticlePricing for Release Management in TFS “15”
Since the new version of Release Management was introduced in TFS 2015 Update 2, it has been in “trial mode”. Any user with Basic access level was able to access all features of Release Management. For...
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Use Bing to Livestream Presidential Debates and Register to Vote
The U.S. presidential election kicks into high gear tonight as the nation watches Clinton and Trump face-off in their first official debate. This falls just one day prior to National Voter Registration...
View ArticleRun cloud-based load tests using your own machines (a.k.a. Bring your own...
When you run a cloud-based load test, the load testing service automatically provisions the necessary machines (load agents) for generating the load to your application. Once the load test run has...
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The week in .NET: On .NET on Orchard 2 – Mocking on Core – StoryTeller – Armello
To read last week’s post, see The week in .NET: On .NET with Steeltoe – C# Functional Extensions – Firewatch.On .NETLast week, Sébastien Ros was on the show to talk about Orchard 2:This week, we’ll...
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Learn and Explore with Bing
As part of our commitment to make learning more interactive and fun, the Bing team has released a new set of experiences that will help students as they settle into the new school year. These...
View ArticleC++ code analysis: tell us what you think!
We’d love to hear more about what you would like to see in C++ code analysis. We’re running a short survey–just 20 questions–to help us understand how to make C++ code analysis and Visual C++...
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Get the most out of your PRs with Branch Policies
Pull requests have been widely accepted as a best practice for teams using Git to peer-review code changes. Peer reviews are a great practice for discussing how to improve code and for spreading...
View ArticleTeam Services Update – Sept 28
This week we are rolling out our sprint 106 work. Here are the release notes. By now, the update has made it out to most customers and it should finish by the end of the week.Overall, sprint 106 was...
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One more farm story for this week
Sorry for the back to back farm stories but I was relating the Fire! story to someone the other day and remembered another story I hadn’t shared.As a cattle farmer, I go through a lot of hay – about...
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FIXED: Xbox One losing TV signal error message with DirectTV
I've got an Xbox One that I love that is connected to a DirectTV HDTV Receiver that I love somewhat less. The setup is quite simple. Since I can control the DirectTV with the Xbox One and we like to...
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