Making It Better: Updates for ASP.NET 5 in Visual Studio 2015 CTP 5
It's been about two months since we released the first beta of ASP.NET 5, and today we happy to announce that ASP.NET 5 Beta2 is available. For developers using Visual Studio, you'll find great new...
View ArticleProject Spartan and the Windows 10 January Preview Build
Yesterday, we announced that Windows 10 will ship with a brand new browser, codenamed “Project Spartan.” Designed for Windows 10, Spartan provides a more interoperable, reliable, and discoverable...
View ArticleWindows 10 is empowering developers to dream again
Yesterday Terry showed you how Windows 10 will usher in a new generation of Windows by powering innovation and more personal computing across the largest range of devices, including Microsoft Surface...
View ArticleNow Available in Dev Center: Windows Download Badges in More Languages
We know you are always looking for ways to increase awareness and downloads, and download badges are a great way to do it. Now, Windows and Windows Phone Store download badges are available in several...
View ArticleUpdates for the F12 developer tools in the Windows 10 January Technical Preview
Last week, we shared the latest news for the Windows 10 Web platform and introduced Project Spartan, the browser built for Windows 10. In addition to building Project Spartan, we have been hard at work...
View ArticleSubmit games to the Windows Game Developer Contest – win up to $10,000
Publish your best apps and games in the Windows and Windows Phone Stores – and have a chance to win big cash for your creative efforts – in the Windows Game Developer Contest, running now through March...
View ArticleSimplified Adaptive Video Streaming: Announcing support for HLS and DASH in...
Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8.1 introduced support for Professional Quality Video using Media Source Extensions (MSE) and Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). With Windows 10, Microsoft is announcing...
View ArticleMillions download role-playing app built by recent grad; he will publish to...
Zoltán Gubics is a hugely successful mobile game developer; his role-playing game, Medieval Apocalypse, has accrued 1.1 million downloads on the Windows platform. Gubics graduated just last year from...
View ArticleWindows 10 Coming to Raspberry Pi 2
This blog was written by Kevin Dallas, General Manager, Windows IoT Group.Today the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the retail availability of their new board, the Raspberry Pi 2. We’re excited to...
View ArticleIntroducing the Selection API specification
Developers who build rich text editing experiences (such as email, blogs, wikis, etc.) are familiar with challenges supporting a diversity of browsers. Today’s browsers support different functions and...
View ArticleDebugging ASP.NET 5 framework code using Visual Studio 2015
In the previous versions of ASP.NET it was possible to debug certain parts of the framework stack but setting up the development environment and compiling all the binaries was not the easiest task....
View ArticleASP.NET MVC 5.2.3, Web Pages 3.2.3 and Web API 5.2.3 Release
While the MVC team is working hard on MVC 6 as part of the ASP.NET 5 effort, we also keep working on the 5.x packages. Today we are releasing ASP.NET MVC 5.2.3, Web Pages 5.2.3 and Web API 5.2.3.This...
View ArticleFebruary 2015 security updates for Internet Explorer
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-009This critical security update resolves one publicly reported and 40 privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. For more information, please see...
View ArticleImprove performance by optimizing queries for ASP.NET Identity and other...
If your application is using ASP.NET Identity or other membership systems such as SQL, Universal or Simple membership, then you might be running into the following issue.If you are using ASP.NET...
View ArticleInternet Explorer in the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones
Last year, we committed to the principle that the mobile web should just work for everyone, and introduced hundreds of targeted improvements to Internet Explorer in the Windows Phone 8.1 Update to...
View ArticleReporting enhancements for Windows Phone developers
Today Windows Dev Center released reporting changes to Windows Phone Appdownloads and In-app products reports. We know having data as soon as possible is important to make decisions about your apps, so...
View ArticleHTTP Strict Transport Security comes to Internet Explorer
As part of our ongoing commitment to help build an interoperable, secure web that “just works,” we're excited to announce support for HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) in Internet Explorer. This...
View ArticleTappsi app helps hail cabs in Bogota
Microsoft cloud and mobile technologies deliver a simple, efficient service for getting a taxi ride in crowded Bogota, Colombia. Sometimes great ideas spring from mundane events. For Juan Salcedo, it...
View ArticleBringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Windows 10
Earlier today, we flipped asm.js to “In Development” at status.modern.ie. Support for asm.js has been one of the top 10 most-requested items at the IE Suggestion Box on UserVoice since we launched it...
View ArticleOpen sourcing and releasing ASP.NET Identity 2.2.0
We are releasing the final version of ASP.NET Identity 2.2. The main focus in this release was to fix bugs and address performance issues.Open sourceWe have also made the source code publicly available...
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