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Incorrect hash value when installing Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC introduces some cool new features and adds an option to slipstream the install of VS2013 RTM with Update 2 RC, but some attempts to download it have had the following...
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Storing Images in Azure Blob Storage in a LightSwitch Application
LightSwitch has always had support for storing pictures in a database through its “Image” business type. However, often it is not feasible to store images in a database, due to size and/or...
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Happy 50th Birthday, BASIC!
The Visual Basic team joins Dartmouth and developers worldwide whose lives have been touched by this amazing language in wishing Dartmouth BASIC (and indeed the whole BASIC family of languages) a very...
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MSDN Magazine article on Application Insights
Chuck Sterling did a nice article on using Application Insights in the latest MSDN Magazine issue:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn683794.aspxBrian
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The 5 most common questions I heard in April
During last month’s //build/ conference we delivered a ton of news and technical content to help you capitalize on the shift toward mobile-first and cloud-first development. Reactions to our new...
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Inside Windows Phone 74: Thomas Fennel on the Windows Notification Platform
The most compelling mobile apps take advantage of notification services in order to dynamically update based on external criteria. On Windows Phone, Live Tiles are perhaps one of the most distinct...
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Guest Post: Resources Available for VSTO Developers Wishing to Customize the...
[Guest Post by Marty Andren, Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft]As a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer / Office Developer, a question I’m often asked when helping customers develop VSTO solutions is...
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QuickVB Goes Open Source!
Yesterday we published a copy of a fun “Roslyn”-powered retro editor for Visual Basic called QuickVB in honor of the 50th birthday of BASIC. We thought this was a neat application to showcase our love...
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Foundbite dev finds Windows Phone 8.1 gives developers more control, enhances...
“Windows Phone 8.1 enhances users’ experiences, bringing apps to life in new ways.”London-based developer James Mundy recently ported his highly-rated app, Foundbite, to Windows Phone 8.1, and he found...
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Visual Studio Graphics Frame Analysis in action!
As mentioned in this blog post a few weeks ago, one of the features we're adding in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 ( Download Update 2 RC ) is Graphics Frame Analysis. This feature can be useful to help...
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Cloud Power: How to scale Azure Websites globally with Traffic Manager
The "cloud" is one of those things that I totally get and totally intellectualize, but it still consistently blows me away. And I work on a cloud, too, which is a little ironic that I should be...
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*New* video series on Windows Store App development using Visual Basic on...
Hey VB hackers,Microsoft Virtual Academy recently published a six-part series all about building modern apps for the Windows Store using your favorite language and staring Visual Basic MVP Bill Burrows...
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Import virtual machines or template operation of Microsoft Test Manager...
The content of this blog is applicable if you are using Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 4 with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2. Problem: When you try to import a virtual machine or...
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LightSwitch Community and Content Rollup – April 2014
Two Beths for the Price of OneThis month’s content rollup is not written by the fabulous Beth Massi, but instead being written by a different Beth. Hi, I’m Elizabeth Maher. You’ve probably seen me...
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First Portland F# Meetup, Sat May 17, 2:00pm - Hands-on intro to machine...
A new F# meetup is starting in Portland, OR! The first session is scheuled for Saturday, May 17, a Hands on Introduction to Machine Learning with F#.Mathias Brandewinder (@brandewinder on Twitter)...
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Tomorrow night in Silicon Valley, Carnegie Mellon Campus - Four Companies...
Tomorrow night (Wednesday) in Silicon Valley, the Bay Area F# Meetup has an event What we do with F#: Show and Tell:Let's see how everyone else is using F#! This evening will be organized as a series...
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Announcing the .NET Framework 4.5.2
We are happy to announce the availability of the .NET Framework 4.5.2. It is a highly compatible, in-place update to the.NET Framework 4, 4.5 and 4.5.1. You can download the releases now,.NET Framework...
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FREE Pluralsight video: "Get Involved" in community!
I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that my feature-length collaboration with Rob Conery called "Get Involved" is now available FREE from Pluralsight!You can watch the whole movie RIGHT now for FREE....
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Talking to robots (or other devices) using Bluetooth from a Windows Runtime app
This post was authored by Eric Schmidt, Content Developer 2, Xbox Developer ContentMicrosoft recently sponsored a team to complete in the “Build for Good” LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robo Competition, a team...
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ASP.NET 4.5.2 and EnableViewStateMac
A few months ago, we posted that we were making changes to the way EnableViewStateMac behaves in ASP.NET. I’ll forego the typical blog post ceremony and cut right to the chase:Starting with ASP.NET...
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