Windows Azure is Microsoft's public cloud platform and for ASP.NET developers there has never been a better time to try it. With a trial account, you can host an ASP.NET website 24x7 for 90-days free of charge!
If you're a developer, Windows 8 Consumer Preview gives you a chance to see what is coming. In this product guide, you get an overview of what you'll need to know.
A full understanding of the sequence of events that occur in your Windows Phone Silverlight application for common user scenarios is critical to writing a robust and responsive application. This whitepaper focuses on the flow of events that occur, and what actions the developer should perform in each event.
The users of your mobile app already have a Facebook, Google, Twitter ID. Here's how you can outsource user authentication without make them jump through any hoops.
With Windows Phone OS 7.1, you can store relational data in a local database that resides in your application's isolated storage container. This topic walks you through creating a basic single-page to-do list application that uses a local database for storing data.
Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools (WPDT) and experiment with the latest tools release for Windows Phone. WPDT provides the tools necessary to target the Windows Phone OS as well as provides productivity enhancements such as an app profiler and an improved emulator.
Get step-by-step instructions for creating a basic application that combines Silverlight and the XNA Framework. You'll target the Windows Phone OS 7.1 platform.
This document library provides the documentation (e.g., code samples, design resources, class library reference) that you can use to build engaging consumer applications for Windows Phones (7.1)
See the steps to buiding a web application that runs in Windows Azure and stores its data in SQL Azure.
See how easy it is now to sign up for Windows Azure as well s how to set a cap so you don't spend money you don't want to spend.
An aggregated set of resources for a structured learning of cloud computing through a set of courses designed to hone your skills progressively. Each course is comprised of a set of hands-on labs and videos that focus on Windows Azure that is Microsoft public cloud.
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With Windows 8 Consumer Preview, you can get started building exciting apps that are alive with activity and vibrant content. This article directs you to the tools and information you need to get started today.
Developers are wondering how much of their existing C# or Visual Basic source code they can expect to reasonably port to build a new Metro style app. In this post, get an overview of the APIs that are available to you.
Watch this short video to learn how you can get a jump start on sending Push Notifications to your Windows 8 client apps from Windows Azure via the Windows Push Notification Service - all in about 4 minutes. Then get the Windows Azure cloud toolkit for Windows 8 to get going.
If you're a developer, Windows 8 Consumer Preview gives you a chance to see what is coming. In this product guide, you get an overview of what you'll need to know.
Microsoft Windows 7 has been enjoying rapid consumer adoption and glowing press reviews. This makes it a great platform to launch your next Killer App. Explore how to architect an application to take advantage of several compelling Windows 7 features.
A high-level overview of the Microsoft Windows 7 API Code Pack, which provides access to Windows 7 features for .NET developers using Visual Basic or C#.
Adam Tuliper takes a look at cross site scripting and cross site request forgery - how these attacks occur and what you can do to prevent them.
Learn how WCF RIA Services simplifies the development of n-tier solutions for Rich Internet Applications (RIA), such as Silverlight applications.
In this webcast, we look at what HTML5 means to you today, and how you can use the power of HTML5 to write applications that feel fast, rich, and native.
In this webcast you learn how you can use the Pinned Sites feature to access your favorite websites directly from the Windows taskbar without having to first open your browser. With Pinned Sites, your standards-compliant web application is at the center of the user experience.
Looking to unlock more advanced capabilities in Silverlight? Silverlight 5 adds significant features including Multiple Windows, Unrestricted File Access, P/Invoke, Group Policy, 64-bit, and HTML support. This session will dive into the features, their APIs, and the scenarios these features can enable.
Using the easy to learn and expressive to use Razor view engine with Umbraco allows you to create dynamic sites super-fast with clean markup and managed content. You'll also see how to use the free Microsoft WebMatrix IDE to work with the Umbraco site and to access an incredibly rich array of Razor functionality.
The Windows Phone Application Deployment tool allows you to deploy your application to developer registered devices for testing before you submit your application to Windows Phone Marketplace. The client tool is a stand-alone application that is installed automatically when you install the Windows Phone Developer Tools.
This SDK contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, samples, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on SharePoint 2010 products and technologies.
Visual Studio 2010 provides a project type that enables developers to build Business Data Connectivity (BDC) Models that produce .NET connectivity assemblies for Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010. This allows you to connect external data sources and expose them to SharePoint. In this example, a BDC Model will be created that accesses and updates data in a SQL Server database.
A Content Type is a reusable collection of settings that can be defined and applied to data in a SharePoint list or library. Visual Studio 2010 provides project types that support the creation and deployment of content types. Learn how to create a SharePoint 2010 Content Type from Visual Studio 2010.
Visual Studio 2010 provides a project type that enables developers to build Event Receivers that perform actions before or after selected events on the SharePoint 2010 site. Learn how to create an Event Receiver for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010. In this example an event will be added to the Adding and Updating actions for Custom List items.
List Definitions and List Instances that are based on those definitions are fundamental part of Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 provides developers with a project type that simplifies the creation of List Definitions in XML and the creation of List Instances based on those definitions. Tight integration with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 allows List Definitions and List Instances to be deployed to a SharePoint site directly from Visual Studio 2010.
With the new Visual Studio Achievements Beta, your talents can be recognized as you perform various coding feats, unlock achievements and earn badges. Earn achievements in Visual Studio, socially share your accomplishments, brag on your blog!
Review the essential code and concepts you need to create a Metro style app using C# or Visual Basic. You'll use XAML to define the UI, and your selected language to write the app logic.
MSDN subscriptions come with up to $3,700 of cloud benefits annually at no charge. Build your resume and learn how to apply the cloud to scenarios like migrating an ASP.NET app to the cloud.
Discover how to get started and make the most of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server to apply ALM.
In this introduction to the webcast series on Visual Studio 2010, Mike Benkovich takes a look at what has changed and what remains the same in this latest release. From project types to the start page to the toolboxes and more we explore how you can use the new integrated development environment (IDE) to build great software.
Learn how the new code visualization, UML, and Architectural Validation tools inside Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 come together to help you understand existing code bases, model domain specific problem domains, and maintain the proper control and visibility of those software systems.
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Listen or watch influential community and Microsoft developers talk on topics they are passionate about.
Let's talk Windows Phone 7! Join our latest series of Bytes by MSDN as Tim Huckaby kicks it off with an interview with Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience for Windows Phone 7 at Microsoft.
Jim O'Neil explains how cloud computing can be a startup's best friend.
Cliff Simpkins and Brian Gorbett discuss the Windows Phone 7 developer experience and how they will make developers rich.
Whurley disucsses why developing on the Windows Phone 7 platform is enjoyable.
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