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Windows Phone 7’s latest update: 7.10.8107.79
I got the latest Windows Phone update: 7.10.8107.79 It fixes the following: On-screen keyboard....
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/03/2012
Here it comes…Kinect for Windows SDK
Here it comes… Kinect for Windows. You can use the power of Kinect to change the world. Kinect has...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2012
Office 15 begins Technical Preview
Are you ready for “Office 15”? Hough, CVP of Office Division announced in his blog that they reached...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2012
Download: Exchange Server 2010 SP2
Now you can download Exchange Server 2010 SP2 (remember Bharat Suneja’s blogpost). Microsoft...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 01/19/2012
Next Generation Windows file system: ReFS
Have you heard about “ReFS”? ReFS stands for Resilient File System. It’s the next generation Windows...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 01/18/2012
COM+/MTS custom application : CreateObject or CreateInstance?
Recently i was working with a developer customer, who created an Visual Basic/COM+ based solution...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 01/18/2012
Click to connect MSDN/TechNet forums from your desktop
Using MSDN Forum Assistant and TechNet Forum Assistant gadgets offer a convenient way for the forum...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2011
Video: Role of a Software Architect in today’s world
Recently viewed this interview - Brian Prince, Principal Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, and...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/06/2011
Outlook 2010: Migrating CDO based application to Outlook Object Model(OOM) library
Recently one of my developer customer migrated from Outlook 2003 to 2010. He tried running the...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/06/2011
Fix: Windows Phone 7.5 & Facebook Password update “0x83cf1202”
Recently one of my customer changed his Facebook password via laptop. Later when he tried connecting...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/05/2011
How to get the EWS endpoint URL from Outlook 2007/2010?
You can try the following steps to get the EWS endpoint URL from Outlook 2007 or 2010: CTRL+Right...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/01/2011
Outlook Object Model 2010: Programmatically check whether the search is synchronous or not?
In Outlook 2010, you have a way to check whether the search is synchronous or asynchronous or not....
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2011
ESE, SQL
Recently I was talking to one of my customer. He was suggesting why MS should consider SQL instead...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2011
Client Shutdown in MAPI (Outlook 2010 fast shutdown)
I am sharing this as couple of my customers were enquiring is there any changes or effects of Client...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 10/19/2011
EWS GetItem() call fail to return recurrence-id for meetings created/modified using Outlook 2003 & Exchange 2010
One of my customers reported an issue while they were reading a recurrence calendar with exceptions...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2011
Outlook 2007: How to ‘quickly’ disable add-ins?
Try the following steps to disable add-ins in Outlook 2007 (it also applies to InfoPath 2007,...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/04/2011
Download: Microsoft Online Services Migration Tools
The Microsoft Online Services Migration Tools is used to support migration of Microsoft Exchange to...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/03/2011
Outlook Programming: How to retrieve unread messages from any Outlook folder?
Recently one of my customer updated that he got a requirement to programmatically retrieve unread...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/03/2011
Download: Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1
Click here to download Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1. Some of the known...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/28/2011
Windows Phone 7 - Mango RTM
It’s nice to see an update from Windows team blog regarding from Terry Myerson Windows Phone 7’s...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/26/2011
Code named ‘Windows 8’
Earlier this year at CES 2011, MS announced that the next version of Windows will run on...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/21/2011
Download: Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector for Windows Home Server 2011
Today Windows Server Home Server announced the release of the Windows Server Solutions Phone...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/15/2011
My View on Microsoft Office Binary File Format validator (beta) utility - Post # 1
What I tried? Sometime earlier i reviewed (tried) the new command-line utility Microsoft Office...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/13/2011
SQL Server: Let us know what you think about Denali?
Haven’t you tried the new SQL Server cloud-ready information platform Microsoft SQL Server Code Name...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2011
An insight @ Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview
IE10 – Platform Preview? IE10 Platform Preview is released periodically to give web developers,...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2011
Office 2010 SP1 (Outlook) improvements
Improvements of Office 2010 (Outlook) SP1 improvements: Outlook 2010 SP1 includes Office 365...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2011
Download: Microsoft Office 2010 SP1
Microsoft Office 2010 SP1 release: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides the latest...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2011
Microsoft Office 365 is where Office meets the cloud
Using Microsoft Office 365 you can anywhere access email, documents, contacts, and calendars so...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/28/2011
Developer Hub: Documentation & samples for Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) & 7.0
For the Windows Phone 7 developers, Microsoft has published (pre-release documentation) for the next...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/25/2011
Developer Hub: Download Windows Phone Developer tools SDK 7.1 (Mango) beta & 7.0
Now you can download the new Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 (Mango) Beta can be used to develop...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/25/2011
Download: CDO 1.21 (Ver # 6.5.8211.0)
As you know using CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1), a package providing access...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/04/2011
Comprehensive guide: Windows Phone development resources
Looking for a comprehensive guide to development resources for Windows Phone? Visit the Windows...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 04/27/2011
MIX 11: Hardware-accelerated HTML5, IE9 & Mango
Last March 2010 @ MIX 10, we (MS) announced Hardware-Accelerated HTML5, Pushes Boundaries on Web and...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2011
Download: Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1
Here we go… you can download the latest released Update Rollup 3 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 04/12/2011
Exchange Server Protocol docs
You can find the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 RTM Protocol technical documentation set...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 04/11/2011
What you mean by Recommended vs. Supported vs. Deprecated vs. Deemphasized?
When we talk to customers they want to know what is the difference between Recommended, Supported,...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/20/2011
Exchange Server 2010 Architecture and its feature set
You can download the following PDF file - a poster, which highlights the architecture and feature...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2011
Download: Exchange Server 2001 SP1 standalone help
You can download a standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Help, which may help you...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2011
Windows Phone: How to get first Windows Phone update?
…my Windows Phone first update? This first update for Windows Phone is designed to improve the...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/24/2011
How to:Get MAPI Header and library files
Want to get and install MAPI header and library files? MAPI header and library files are included as...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/24/2011
Download: Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2011
MFC MAPI: How to view GAL entries
You can download the latest MFC MAPI utility to view GAL entries, which uses the Messaging API to...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2011
"MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER" when you try to connect to a mailbox on an Exchange 2010 from an Exchange 2003 server
Recently one of my customer updated that when he tried connecting to a mailbox that is located on...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/22/2011
Installing Ubuntu 10.10 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
I used the following steps to install Ubuntu (10.10) version in the my Windows Server 2008 R2...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 01/26/2011
@ DevConnections 2010
Listen or watch the latest series of Bytes by MSDN as 17 influential community members and Microsoft...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/23/2010
Bytes by MSDN Interview: Visual Studio 2010 and IntelliTrace
One of the most talked about features in Visual Studio 2010 is IntelliTrace. Dave Mendlen, Senior...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/22/2010
Windows Phone 7 Sales: 1.5 million units sold @ first Six weeks
According to Achim Berg, Corp. Vice President of Business and Marketing, Windows Phones, Windows...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/21/2010
Feedback: Go Live, VS 2010 SP1, .Net Framework 4 KB2162169 Beta
We are pleased to declare that Visual Studio (VS) 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta and the .NET Framework 4...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/14/2010
Book review: Programming Windows Phone 7
Are you the Windows Phone 7 developer or want to know how to create WP7 apps? Then this book is...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/14/2010
Security/Privacy: How safe are you while you browse web?
Do you know the new feature “Tracking Protection” of Internet Explorer? It is the new...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2010