A new look for .NET Reference Source
This post was written by Alok Shriram, Program Manager on the .NET Framework team. He will show you a significantly improved experience around .NET Reference Source.Today I'm very excited to announce...
View ArticleAnnouncing the new Roslyn-powered .NET Framework Reference Source
In 2007 ScottGu's team announced they were releasing the .NET Framework source code for reference. Just a little later, Microsoft made it possible to step through the .NET Framework Source code while...
View ArticleIndependent UK-based developer surpasses 3.5 million downloads on Windows...
I love seeing developers succeed. So when Judge Dredd vs. Zombies recently surpassed 1.55 million downloads on the Window Windows Phone Windows Store, I couldn’t wait to talk with James Valls, Senior...
View ArticleIndependent UK-based developer surpasses 3.5 million downloads on Windows...
I love seeing developers succeed. So when Judge Dredd vs. Zombies recently surpassed 1.55 million downloads on the Window Windows Phone Windows Store, I couldn’t wait to talk with James Valls, Senior...
View ArticleAnnouncing TypeScript 1.0RC
We’re happy to mark another significant milestone for the TypeScript project with the release of the 1.0 Release Candidate. Since the first release in October of 2012, the TypeScript language has...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2, Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2 RC and...
Today, we have released Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2, a go-live Team Foundation Server 2013 RC and TypeScript 1.0 RC. Coming shortly on the heels of Update 1, this update release preview includes...
View ArticleTesting and debugging your geofencing apps
In a previous blog post, we talked about how to use geofences to make your apps smarter and more useful by having them respond to changes in the user’s location. With geofencing, your apps can do...
View ArticleTry the Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP 2
The Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP 2 is ready for you to download and try. Our team remains committed to delivering regular improvements to Visual Studio 2013 through new capabilities and bug...
View ArticleAnnouncing new Web Features in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2
Today, the Visual Studio team announced the release of CTP2 of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 . Our team added a few useful features and did some bug fixing in this update to improve the web development...
View ArticleTFS Lab Management with multiple SCVMM servers
The ALM Rangers recently received a user request to clarify the following concept: “with Team Foundation Server 2013 you can configure a different SCVMM server for each team project collection”. This...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2
Today, we have released Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2 , a go-live Team Foundation Server 2013 RC and TypeScript 1.0 RC. This update release preview includes several significant feature additions as...
View ArticleWhen is it stealing?
Anything you put on the internet is gonna get stolen. It's preferable if it gets shared or linked to but often it gets copied and copied again. RSS is magical but it makes it even easier to...
View ArticleRyuJIT CTP2: Getting Ready for Prime-time
This post announces an updated preview of the .NET team’s new 64-bit Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler. It was written by Mani Ramaswamy, Program Manager for the .NET Dynamic Code Execution Team.The...
View ArticleWindows Store trends – Feb 2014 Update
This blog post is the latest in a recurring series that provides details about recent trends in the Windows Store across categories, markets, and more. Understanding these general trends can help you...
View ArticleNew JSON editor features in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2
The Customer Tech Preview (CTP2) release of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 contains a new JSON editor. In this release, the JSON editor includes a number of features such as colorization, and JSON syntax...
View ArticleTeam Explorer Everywhere 2013 Update 1 available
You can download Team Explorer Everywhere 2013 Update 1 (version 12.0.1) from the Download Center or install the TFS plug-in for Eclipse from directly within your Eclipse IDE (update site URL:...
View ArticleVisual Studio Online Update – Feb 28
Today we finished the deployment for sprint 61. You can read the service news to see what’s new. A lot more new code was deployed than is apparent. We’re gearing up for some big announcements in...
View ArticleAnnouncing the release of Dynamic Data provider and EntityDataSource control...
Today, we are pleased to announce RTM of ASP.NET Dynamic Data and EntityDataSource control for EntityFramework 6What’s in this release- Dynamic Data provider for Entity Framework 6- EntityDataSource...
View ArticleAVX2 Support in Visual Studio C++ Compiler
AVX2 is yet another extension to the venerable x86 line of processors, doubling the width of its SIMD vector registers to 256 bits, and adding dozens of new instructions . AVX2 shipped with Intel's...
View ArticleVisual Studio Online early adoption period extended!
When we announced Visual Studio Online back in November of 2013 , we wanted to thank all those developers who trusted the service from the beginning—ever since the early Team Foundation Service bits...
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