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Microsoft & GitHub: Technology for all students, everyone, everywhere
The GitHub Student Developer Pack is a great free offer for those students, with terrific tools and...
Author: Ahmed_Waheed Date: 01/13/2015
Automatically set a startup project for Windows Universal Apps
Hello Developers! Now with Universal Apps we have 3 or more projects loaded into the Visual Studio...
Author: Rami Sarieddine Date: 01/13/2015
Microsoft Developers Meet-up on Jan 13th in Dubai
Join us in our 4th Microsoft Developers UAE meet-up at our offices in Dubai. This gathering...
Author: Karinemadi Date: 01/08/2015
.NET Guidance for Modernizing LOB Apps
If you're modernizing your existing applications or creating new solutions from scratch, Microsoft...
Author: Ahmed_Waheed Date: 12/31/2014
Skype Translator Preview – An Exciting Journey to a New Chapter in Communication
Source For more than a decade, Skype has been breaking down geographical barriers to make every day...
Author: Ahmed Ebrahim Date: 12/23/2014
What do I need to build Xamarin.iOS apps on Visual Studio
Hello Developers and enthusiasts! I am sure most of you have heard about Xamarin, somewhere. Xamarin...
Author: Rami Sarieddine Date: 12/22/2014
Meet Visual Studio's Code & Compile Error Assistant
Developers! Have you ever suffered from error research frustration? Did you ever complain from...
Author: Rami Sarieddine Date: 12/18/2014
Active Directory from on-premises to the cloud – Azure AD whitepapers
We released 8 new documents on AAD: Azure AD/Office 365 single sign-on with AD FS in Windows Server...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2014
Success with Enterprise Mobility
The “Success with Enterprise Mobility” is a series of articles published by our EMS...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/11/2014
Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines choose Surface Pro 3 to equip pilots
Lufthansa pilot Andreas Ritter with a Surface Pro 3. Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines are equipping...
Author: Ahmed Ebrahim Date: 12/07/2014
Azure websites migration assistant
Migrate to Azure now using the Azure Websites Migration Assistant, and you’ll never have to...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/02/2014
Top 10 Reasons for SMBs to Choose Office 365
Independent professionals and small businesses have to do more with less. It’s about staying...
Author: Ahmed Ebrahim Date: 12/01/2014
Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Roadmap
Finally, I managed to put the time to complete the updated version of the Window Phone 8.0 Developer...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 11/30/2014
Heroes
It’s such a rewarding and exciting opportunity to see astartup blossom right before our eyes....
Author: Raihana Alhashmi Date: 11/27/2014
Microsoft Band: Building Custom Notifications
Since the launch of Microsoft Band, many people have stepped forward looking to create custom...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 11/26/2014
Kickstarting your first Cloud Enabled App–Part 1
In this blog post we will be covering Azure Mobile Services, one of the popular PaaS...
Author: mertunan Date: 11/26/2014
Office 365 Platform for Developers
Hello Microsoft Gulf Technical Community, this is my first blog to the community and I hope I'm able...
Author: Ahmed_Waheed Date: 11/24/2014
Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event
A great online event is coming to Microsoft Virtual Academy in December. IT Pros, generalists,...
Author: Rami Sarieddine Date: 11/24/2014
Microsoft Dev Center Benefits
Hello Developers!! I wanted to share with you the news about the updated rewards functionality in...
Author: Rami Sarieddine Date: 11/18/2014
Microsoft Adds Android Emulator to Visual Studio
Among the array of exciting announcements following yesterday’s Visual Studio “Connect()” developer...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 11/13/2014
Don’t Miss out on our Live Online Event: Azure IaaS for IT Pros on Dec 1-4, 2014
Dear IT Pros, generalists, implementers, and others working with virtualization technologies, Join...
Author: Karinemadi Date: 11/09/2014
OneNote power toys
Are you a heavy user for OneNote and wanted to do some tasks that is not available out of the box in...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2014
Extend Your Reach with Universal Apps
During BUILD 2014 Microsoft launched the initial iteration of “Universal Apps”, allowing code...
Author: Michael Mansour Date: 11/02/2014
C#: Encoding and decoding Base 64 strings
Sometimes you would have to make sure that data in images, PDF files or documents of other file...
Author: Shamlia Date: 11/02/2014
Azure Automation and Runbook Gallery generally available
Azure Automation enables the creation, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of resources in Azure...
Author: Kevin Ashby Date: 11/02/2014
Kinect Apps for Windows Store
Kinect continues to be a popular platform onto itself, going well beyond its grassroots...
Author: Michael Mansour Date: 10/30/2014
How to get FTP Credentials for Microsoft Azure Websites
Some of you, who have been using Azure or planning to use it at some point, might come across this...
Author: Rami Sarieddine Date: 10/22/2014
Get ready for Microsoft Cloud Day 2014
Hello developers,IT pros, IT enthusiasts and everyone reading this post. If you are into Public...
Author: Rami Sarieddine Date: 07/12/2014
Workaround to adding Service Reference to Windows Phone 8.1 (Runtime app)
I’ve got lots of queries recently from fellow developers about their inability to consume WCF...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 06/24/2014
How to associate your published Windows Phone app to your published Windows Store app (Share your App’s identity) without coding
One of the cool new features to the latest store update is allowing the developer to share app...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 05/25/2014
Starting with Windows Embedded Apps
First thing you have to know about writing applications with Windows Embedded, is the version that...
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 05/17/2014
Mobile POS experience with Windows Embedded Handheld 8.1
This week I had the pleasure to meet the guys from Bluebird, one of the main OEMs that are building...
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 05/16/2014
Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Resources (JumpStart + //Build/ + CodeSamples)
->Download Windows Phone 8.1 SDK from here. ->Windows Phone 8.1 Code Samples...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 04/30/2014
Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer 11
“I used to access to my internal portal everyday and now is not loading properly, how can I go back...
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 04/22/2014
Windows Rebuild for Developers Kuwait 29th April
Did you miss the Build 2014 Event? Come and see what’s new for developers in the Microsoft...
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 04/22/2014
Creating documentation in C# using Visual Studio and Sandcastle
Imagine that you are creating an awesome application, let’s say for example for Windows Phone, but...
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 04/22/2014
SurroundWeb, the evolution of IllumiRoom
Probably you remember IllumiRoom, this Microsoft project that projects images beyond your TV....
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 04/19/2014
Windows Phone Dev Center Changes + Credit card validation no longer required
After Build we have had many announcements regarding to the Windows Store and the Store Dev Centers....
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 04/18/2014
Microsoft Dynamics Summit - Largest Dynamics Event in the Middle East!
Think of a bundle of easy-to-learn, easy-to-use business solutions designed and tailored to your...
Author: Maureen Mansour-Khoury Date: 04/16/2014
Starting with Universal Apps on Visual Studio 2013
As probably so many of you are still excited after Build Event, this is the best moment to start...
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 04/16/2014
Building Apps for Windows Phone 8.1 Jump Start
After 2 weeks playing with the new toys that where presented on the Build 2014 event, finally we...
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 04/14/2014