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Simplifying your network with a bridge - Making an FIOs ActionTec MI424-WR a...
I have FIOs Fiber-optic internet at my house and I'm very happy with it - have been for years. I get 35Mbit/s both up and down and it's rock solid. It's not technically all fiber of course, as the...
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Review: The Linksys WRT1900AC Dual-Wireless Router is the second coming of...
I just blogged about how I simplified my home network with a MoCA/Ethernet bridge. As a part of my home network rebuild, I swapped out my Netgear N600 for a shiny new Linksys WRT1900AC Wireless...
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.NET Native Performance
This post was authored by Xy Ziemba, the Program Manager for .NET Native performance, and Andrew Pardoe, Program Manager on the .NET runtime team.In our previous blog post introducing .NET Native, we...
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Microsoft plus the Nokia Devices and Services business: what it means for...
We are excited to announce an important milestone today, which is the conclusion of the Nokia Devices and Services business acquisition. As we bring the two teams together, we will double down on our...
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Inside Windows Phone 73: Peter Torr on Targeting Multiple Resolutions
At Build 2014 we announced the ability to build universal app projects in Visual Studio that can be leveraged to easily deliver apps for both Windows Phone and Windows PC/Laptop/Tablet. This new...
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Background transfer API in universal Windows apps: what you need to know
This blog was written by Himadri Sarkar, Program Manager, Windows NetworkingWith the Visual Studio 2013 Update 2, we can now build Windows Store and Windows Phone Store apps from a single source...
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//build 2014 highlights #4: so much more!
In our previous three posts of this series we’ve covered a wide extent of //build 2014. In this final post, then, we wanted to complete the story.First are a number of additional sessions on the...
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Brisbane ALM User Group: Integrating Application Insights in the end to end...
The warming weather and the Thunder Showers this weekend definitely left me a little homesick for Australia…which compelled me to announce this weeks ALM User Group in Brisbane. Next week is “bring a...
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Advanced Developers Conference C++ 4/29 – 4/30
Tarek Madkour and Daniel Griffing join other notable speakers at ADC++ in Munich, Germany this week. Tarek and Daniel each have a couple talks in the two day event agenda : Keynote - Modern C++...
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Introducing the Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool
The .NET Setup team has made some significant investments over the last couple of years in improving the deployment experience for the .NET Framework setup and its updates. In spite of this effort,...
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Azure: 99.95% SQL Database SLA, 500 GB DB Size, Improved Performance...
Earlier this month at the Build conference, we announced a number of great new improvements coming to SQL Databases on Azure including: an improved 99.95% SLA, support for databases up to 500GB in...
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How to Use Open Type in OData
OData protocol introduces conception of open type which allows clients to add properties dynamically to instances of the type by specifying uniquely named values in the payload used to insert or update...
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“Just My Code” for JavaScript (Pierson Lee)
With the new Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 – March 2014 Update comes a feature called “Just My Code” for JavaScript, which can speed up your debugging experience by allowing you to...
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Brokered WinRT component project templates now available
At //build 2014, we introduced features of Windows 8.1 Update that help enterprise developers move apps to modern, touch-enabled, mobile devices while leveraging their long-term investments in existing...
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How Visual Studio Online won me over in under 90 minutes
Someone forwarded me a link to a blog post that put a smile on my face today. I enjoyed reading how VS Online was such a natural journey for this person. I’d like to think Azure would be a great...
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ODataLib 6.3.0 Release
We are happy to announce that the ODL 6.3.0 is released and available on nuget along with the source code oncodeplex (please read the git history for the v6.3.0 code info and allprevious version)....
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"It's just a software issue"- Edge.js brings Node and .NET together on three...
There was an engineer I used to work with who always said "That's just a software issue." No matter how complex the issue, no matter how daunting, they were confident it could be solved with...
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Get your libraries ready for Windows Phone 8.1
Two weeks ago, we released the Windows Phone preview for developers. In this post, I’ll cover what this means for library and app developers.What this means for library developersAs a .NET developer...
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Improving Setup in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
A few weeks ago at the Build conference, we released a release candidate of the second update to Visual Studio 2013. This update of Visual Studio contained significant new functionality including being...
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Launch apps faster with prefetched content
This blog was written by Stelios Anagnostopoulos, Program Manager, Developer Ecosystem & Platform groupOne of the best things you can do to create a great user experience in your app is to launch...
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