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C++11/14 Feature Tables For Visual Studio 14 CTP1
As I promised last week in my post about the STL changes in VS14 CTP1 , here are tables listing the implementation status of C++11/14 Core Language/Standard Library features. First, let's look at the...
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Zattoo TV launches Live TV Universal Windows App
Today, I contributed a guest post on the Apps for Windows blog, highlighting the app published today by Zattoo TV. We've been talking quite a bit these last several months about the power of universal...
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UPDATED 2014: How to setup CrashPlan Cloud Backup on a Synology NAS running...
I still have a Synology 1511+ NAS and I still think it's lovely. I recommend Synology NAS's but I recommend ones with an Intel processor as I feel the ARM versions are underpowered. I run Plex on my...
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New Memory Usage Tool for WPF and Win32 Applications
In Visual Studio 2013 we added a tool in the performance and diagnostics hub to enable you to analyze memory usage for Windows Store apps built using XAML. Since last fall, we’ve gotten requests to...
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The effect of Updates
There was a question on one of our internal aliases today about version to version improvements in our test capabilities. One of the program managers in that area wrote a response that really caught...
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Project Support for Natvis
The past two releases of Visual Studio have evolved the Natvis format to allow developers to easily visualize their debug data inside the VC++ expression evaluator. The first Visual Studio “14” CTP...
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New Environment Verification fails Saying invalid 'Domain User Name' using...
Problem : This issue happens if you create a template with Os profile properties set to join a domain and the user for joining domain is selected from list of run as accounts in System Center Virtual...
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Are customers a bag of sand?
I sometimes use an analogy to a bag of sand. I use it to refer to treating something in the aggregate. Each grain of sand can be inspected for mineral content, density, porosity, size, color, etc....
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Adapting app content to the user’s location
This blog was written by Gilles Peigné, Program Manager, Developer Ecosystem & PlatformWhen we think about localization, we typically think in terms of translating UI strings and making sure we use...
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Compiler Switch Deprecation/Removal Changes in Visual Studio “14”
In the upcoming release of Visual Studio, we are making some changes to the Visual C++ compiler switches. Two areas are impacted by these changes, 1) projects built with certain variations of /clr and...
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VB Universal App Part 1: Getting Started
This is Part 1 of the "VB Universal App" series:> Part 1: Setting up the universal app in the Dev Centers, and in VS Solution ExplorerPart 2: Sharing XAML, Assets and Code [June 17th]Part 3: Local...
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VB Universal App Part 2 (for the developer): sharing XAML, Assets and Code
This is Part 2 of the "VB Universal App" series:Part 1: Setting up the universal app in the Dev Centers, and in VS Solution Explorer> Part 2: Sharing XAML, Assets and CodePart 3: Local and Roaming...
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Announcing Internet Explorer Developer Channel
Just a few weeks ago, we talked about creating a more open dialog between the IE team and the Web development community. Today we’re excited to announce the release of the Internet Explorer Developer...
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DEVELOPER SPEAK: Drift Mania series downloaded 6 million times; developer to...
Pat Toulouse is first and foremost a 3D artist and Unity developer, but he also established Ratrod Studios in Canada, and has since enjoyed huge success. His Drift Mania series has accrued 6 million...
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Thinktecture.IdentityManager as a replacement for the ASP.NET WebSite...
In ASP.NET 2005 (v2 timeframe) there was a web-based tool called ASP.NET Website Administration tool that folks could use the edit users and generally administer the ASP.NET Membership database. This...
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Free one year prime[31] Unity plug-ins
This blog was written by Jaime Rodriguez, Principal Program Manager, and Sonal Pardeshi, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Windows MarketingUnity, the popular game engine for Windows and Windows...
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Download SQL Server Express
There's a funny blog post about how to download SQL Server Express from Long Zheng. It surprisingly how complex some companies make downloading things. I've always thought that a giant Download Now...
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Dependency Injection in ASP.NET vNext
Dependency Injection (DI) is a software design pattern, a particular case of the Inversion of Control pattern, in which one or more dependencies are injected into dependent objects. The pattern is used...
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TFS Planning, DR avoidance and TFS on Azure IaaS v1.4 guidance landed …...
We are pleased to announce that the v1.4 flight of the TFS Planning and DR Avoidance Guide has firmly landed, after Bill Heys completed the copy editing and the product owner has given us the “thumbs...
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How to Contribute to the F# Compiler/Library Implementation
The F# Open Engineering Group has an excellent new website and a blog post explaining How to Contribute to the F# Language, Compiler and Core Library Implementation, including impressive details onHow...
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