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Microsoft Kinect Effect Reaches Into Hospitals, Senior Centers
Tiger Place, an independent living center in Missouri, uses technology such as Kinect to closely...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/22/2011
Introducing the Cloud Fundamentals Video Series
Tim Rains, Director of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, is introducing the Cloud Fundamentals...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/22/2011
Get Started with Silverlight 5
Silverlight 5 has just been released. You can download the developer runtime (32-bit or 64-bit),...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/21/2011
Mobile Clients for Microsoft Lync Available on Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad, Android
Mobile clients (smartphone apps) for Microsoft Lync are available for Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad,...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/21/2011
Building Apps Using SQL Azure and SQL Azure Reporting (Content)
Thanks to all who attended my webcast on "Building Apps Using SQL Azure and SQL Azure...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/16/2011
Learn Windows Azure: Recorded Sessions
All sessions of the live event “Learn Windows Azure” are now available at Channel9. During the panel...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/13/2011
Windows Azure and Windows Phone Presentation at MN IT Symposium
Thanks to all of you who attended our workshop of “Emerging Technologies and Trends” at the MN IT...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/13/2011
Learn Windows Azure LIVE Online Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9 am – 5 pm PST
Join us LIVE from the Microsoft Redmond Campus next Tuesday, December 13, 2011 for “Learn Windows...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/09/2011
Windows Azure Dev Camp at DC, Dec. 14, 2011
Windows Azure Developer Camps are free, fun, no-fluff events for developers, by developers. You...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/09/2011
Windows Azure Contest: Rock Paper Azure Challenge
In this online game, based on Rock Paper Scissors, developers code their own player...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/09/2011
Get Windows Defender Offline (Beta)
Windows Defender Offline Beta can help remove hard to find malicious and potentially unwanted...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/09/2011
Cool Windows Phone Demo on iPhone, Andriod and HTML5-enabled Browsers
Navigating to web address aka.ms/wpdemo on your iPhone, Android device or a web browser that...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/30/2011
MoDevEast Conference at Tyson’s Corner VA, Dec. 2, 2011
We are hosting a Windows Phone and Cloud workshop at the MoDevEast conference Friday afternoon...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/29/2011
Microsoft Announces Windows Azure and Windows Phone Challenges for Imagine Cup 2012
Today, Microsoft announced two individual Challenges for Imagine Cup 2012: Windows Azure Challenge...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/22/2011
Developing Android Apps Using Windows Azure Toolkit
Good news for Android developers. Initial release of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Android...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/21/2011
Developing iOS Apps Using Windows Azure Storage
The Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS provides an easy and convenient way of accessing Windows Azure...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/21/2011
Developing iPhone and iPad Apps that Leverage Windows Azure
Watch this one-hour MIX11 presentation to find out what Simon Guest has to share with iPhone and...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/21/2011
Creating and Publishing a Web Application to Windows Azure in 15 Minutes
Windows Azure SDK 1.6 (November 2011 Release) has made it much easier to deploy a web application...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/18/2011
Microsoft Store Grand Opening at Tysons Corner Center Today
Please join us in celebrating the grand opening today at the second level of Tysons Corner Center at...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/17/2011
Fujitsu launches Hybrid Cloud Services for Microsoft Windows Azure customers
Fujitsu announced today Hybrid Cloud Services for Microsoft Windows Azure. The offering enables...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/16/2011
Windows Azure SDK and Tools – November 2011 Release
This November 2011 Windows Azure SDK and Tools (SDK 1.6) release comes with improved and new...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/15/2011
Windows Azure DevCamps in DC, Dec. 14, 2011
Click Here to Register Today! Chevy Chase Microsoft Office 5th Floor MPRs 5404 Wisconsin Ave...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/11/2011
Apps for Entrepreneurs Challenge–Get Started TODAY!!
Apps For Entrepreneurs Challenge Win $20,000 in prizes - PLUS $10,000 if you build for Windows Phone...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/11/2011
Microsoft Recruits Veterans through the Military 2 Microsoft Program
The Military 2 Microsoft program helps veterans and those serving in the National Guard and Reserve...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/11/2011
Eight Scenarios Where Developers Can Build Cloud Apps on Windows Azure
While websites, social apps and mobile apps are common scenarios for cloud-based application...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/10/2011
Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games
You can download the source code here. The Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games allows you to...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/08/2011
Open Government Data: From the Cloud to the Phone–Dev Dinner Event Nov. 17, 2011
Event ID: 1032498321 Event Title: Microsoft Public Sector Developer Dinner Event: Open...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/07/2011
Have You Seen a 6-Story Big Windows Phone in New York City?
You can find it in the middle of New York’s busy Herald Square. It is is 150 times bigger than the...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/07/2011
Windows Azure InfoKit for Public Sector
You can download a PowerPoint or JPEG file of the InfoKit here. Or you can view it at SlideShare....
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/02/2011
Automating Windows Azure Build Process with MSBuild
While you can run, debug, build and deploy a Windows Azure application using Visual Studio, you can...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/01/2011
Enabling Support for 32-bit IIS Applications in Windows Azure
Windows Azure web roles are hosted on IIS, which allows to enable 32-bit applications in the...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/31/2011
BlobShare – A File Sharing Sample Solution Built on Windows Azure
The BlobShare Sample is a simple file sharing application that utilizes the storage services of the...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/31/2011
Windows Azure Special offer for MSDN Subscribers
If you’re an existing Visual Studio Professional, Premium or Ultimate with MSDN subscriber, you get...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/28/2011
Improvement over Windows Azure In-place Updates to Deployed Services
Windows Azure now supports a wider range of changes to a deployed service without requiring the use...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/19/2011
Sending and Receiving Email in Windows Azure
The Windows Azure environment itself does not currently provide a SMTP relay or mail relay service....
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/14/2011
Attend Windows Azure User Group Online and Watch Recordings of Past Events
The Windows Azure User Group hosted at https://www.azureug.net/ meets 2nd Wednesday of every...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/13/2011
Geo-Load Balancing with the Azure Traffic Manager
My colleague Brian Hitney put together a nice post about what the Windows Azure Traffic Manager is...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/12/2011
Share Your Windows Azure (Cloud Computing) Ideas
Mike Wickstrand, Senior Director of Product Planning for Windows Azure, has set up a web site where...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/11/2011
Meet Windows Azure Experts at SIC
If you plan to attend Seattle Interactive Conference to be held from November 2-3, 2011 in download...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/03/2011
Accelerate Your Career with Private Cloud
This is an opportunity to advance your IT career with Microsoft private cloud technology and...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/03/2011
Getting Started with SQL Azure Development
This article explains differences between SQL Server and SQL Azure, walk you through the process of...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/29/2011
Windows Phone Marketplace Web Site Goes Live!
Microsoft's Windows Phone Web Marketplace is now available to Windows Phone users to discover and...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/27/2011
Learning Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Computing
Below is a list of recorded Windows Azure presentations you may find useful in learning the...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 09/22/2011
Creating Smartphone Apps Using Windows Azure Toolkits for Windows Phone, iOS and Android
You can download the Kit here or watch a demo video here.
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/31/2011
SharePoint Saturday in DC 8/11-8/13/2011
About SPSTC What A community-focused, educational event filled with sessions from respected...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 08/04/2011
SharePoint 2010 and Windows Phone 7 Training Course
The Windows Phone 7 platform contains great out of the box integration with SharePoint under the...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 07/25/2011
Microsoft MAP Toolkit Adds Capabilities for Office 365 and Cloud Assessments
The next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is available for download...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 07/25/2011
Flight Kintroller Using Kinect for Windows SDK
My colleague Russ Williams at Microsoft Technology Center creates a flight simulator dubbed...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 07/02/2011