Clik here to view.
Visual Studio 2012: “Where is the Test Toolbar. Couldn't find it anywhere”
On Jason Zanders’s blog I noticed somebody had asked the question: …where is the Test Toolbar. Couldn't find it anywhere. In Visual Studio 2012 we made an effort to simplify the user interface to give...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Windows Store now open to all developers in 120 markets
Today’s an especially great day to be a developer. We’re very excited to announce the last significant milestone in the rollout of the Windows Store before the general availability of Windows 8 on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Integrate OpenAuth/OpenID with your existing ASP.NET application using...
Over the past couple of weeks I have come across lots of questions/discussions on while OAuth/OpenId is cool as a feature in the ASP.NET templates in Visual Studio 2012, but how do I easily integrate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Odin ships Axe 3.4 simultaneously with Visual Studio 2012
One of the frustrating things about Test Automation is that to do it properly you need your testers and developers to work together but the problem arises from the fact developers don’t want to write...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TeamCompanion 4.7 for Visual Studio 2012 releases and they celebrate their...
A common concern I hear from customers with every new version of Visual Studio is the availability of their favorite addins and 3rd party tools. With Visual Studio 2012 we made early builds just to all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visual Studio 2012 launch is today!
Today is the launch of our 2012 wave of developer products, including Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and .NET 4.5. We’ll be having a small “in person” event in Seattle today but all of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing F# Tools for Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web!
The F# team is excited to announce that F# Tools for Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web is now available! Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web (available here) is a free development environment that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Integrating your cloud service with the file picker contracts
In the past, users organized, shared, and maintained their documents, photos, videos, and music on the local PC. But the cloud is quickly providing users with much richer ways to access, experience,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop is Here
A few months ago, Soma announced plans for a Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Desktop. Today, we are happy to share that this new Express product is available for download. (You can find...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visual Studio Update this Fall
For a while now we’ve been talking about increasing our delivery cadence for Visual Studio. Jason first talked about it at DevConnections in the Spring and I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop
As you may have seen, Soma announced today that Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop is now available for download. For C++ developers, the Express for Windows Desktop includes many of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tune in to the Visual Studio 2012 Launch
This morning we kicked off the VS 2012 launch with an event in Seattle. You can tune in to the online coverage at http://www.visualstudiolaunch.com/ for live interviews and session recordings. In this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Launch
Today is the formal launch event for Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5, a state-of-the-art development solution for building modern applications that span connected devices and continuous services, from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Improvements coming to our online app store
Many of you already know about the infrastructure upgrades to the Windows Phone Dev Center we’ve been rolling out the last two months. Less obvious is that these backend changes have also allowed us to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Static analysis of "is"
Before I get into the subject of today's fabulous adventure, I want to congratulate the whole rest of Developer Division on the tremendously exciting product that we are formally launching today....
View ArticleClik here to view.
No Jeans at the Launch
I saw on Twitter some people expressing their disappointment at my wearing formal clothes for the launch keynote. I feel it necessary to defend myself Ok, not really, but there’s a funny story here....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Windows Phone 8 SDK Preview program is now open
Today we begin accepting requests for access to the Windows Phone SDK 8.0 Developer Preview program. The objective is to let developers of our most-downloaded apps start optimizing them for Windows...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Future proofing your apps
How do you ensure that an app built for an earlier release of Windows Phone continues to work great on Windows Phone 8? Whether you participate in the SDK preview program Todd Brix talked about today...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Celebrating the Visual Studio 2012 launch with the release of a popular App
Today, we’re happy to announce the launch of Visual Studio 2012 and the .NET Framework 4.5. You can read more about the Visual Studio 2012 launch on Jason Zander’s blog. We’ve been using the new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Data Access Guidance Published
On 9/11 we published a new* set of pages on MSDN offering guidance for getting started with data access in ASP.NET. If you're already using ASP.NET, parts of these pages will just repeat what you...
View Article