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Ever Asked Yourself “Why Windows”?
There is a healthy competition ecosystem in the technology sector. Consumers have many choices...
Author: Sekna Khanafer Date: 11/15/2011
Customer comment on the VMware pricing/licensing/terms dance
VMware is claiming they’re doing current vSphere 4 Advanced customers a favor by upgrading them...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/14/2011
Windows Phone 7 Training Kit: Silverlight & XNA Game Development (Hands-On Labs)
This training course is geared for beginners who want to get started with developing applications...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 11/07/2011
Only 9 Days Left for the Windows Phone Kickoff Contest….to Seychelles!
If you haven’t registered yet for the Windows Phone competition to Seychelles, please do it...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 11/03/2011
Windows Azure SDK for PHP
What is Windows Azure SDK for PHP? As part of Microsoft’s commitment to Interoperability, this open...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 11/02/2011
Kinect Beyond Gaming
Microsoft ads showcase social impact of Kinect by Matt Chapman, 02 November 2011, 9:00am Microsoft...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 11/02/2011
Basic Design Principles for Windows Phone using Expression Blend with SketchFlow
“In this ToolBox module you discover principles of good UX design. You also discover how to start...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 11/01/2011
Private Cloud Community Evaluation Program Launched
Do you want to build your own Private Cloud infrastructure from scratch? Want to shape the nature of...
Author: Neveen K Nassif Date: 11/01/2011
F# 3.0 Featured at BUILD Conference - Developer Preview Now Available!
F# 3.0 debuted at the Microsoft BUILD Conference in September after a developer preview was made...
Author: Maureen Mansour-Khoury Date: 11/01/2011
Turning Any Surface into a Touchscreen
I stumbled upon this article and was really amazed at what people are doing using Kinect. This...
Author: Sekna Khanafer Date: 10/31/2011
Visual Studio roadmap
For those of you wondering what the next release of Visual Studio has in store, the product team set...
Author: raboschs Date: 10/31/2011
Idea of the Week–Creative Competition for Students
If you're a student – you’re lucky There are so many programs offered for students, and it...
Author: Sekna Khanafer Date: 10/31/2011
Join us for the November Testing Webinar!
Attention Business and Project Managers, Developers, Testers, Architects, and IT Professionals......
Author: Maureen Mansour-Khoury Date: 10/31/2011
SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit Available Now
Check out this very cool new set of resources, including labs, demos and presentations on SQL2012...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 10/25/2011
10 Reasons Why Cloud is Changing IT (reprint)
As we continue to see a rapid migration of infrastructure and services to the cloud, we list the top...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 10/24/2011
Develop Websites Quickly With WebMatrix
WebMatrix is a free download of the Web development stack that makes it easy to build websites...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 10/24/2011
Tech Out | Race To The Seychelles!
Dear Phone Developers, We are thrilled to present our special edition Tech Out event, Race to the...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 10/24/2011
Last Call for Microsoft Student Partners in the UAE!
Attention students! This is the last and final week to submit your application for the prestigious...
Author: Maureen Mansour-Khoury Date: 10/19/2011
The SQL Database Consolidation Appliance
At PASS the SQL Server team annouced the first Database Consolidation & Private Cloud Appliance...
Author: Kevin Ashby Date: 10/16/2011
SQL12 announced!
At SQL PASS in the US the SQL team announced SQL12 the next release of SQL Server. We will be...
Author: Kevin Ashby Date: 10/16/2011
WINDOWS SERVER 8 HYPER-V OVERVIEW
In case you see didn’t this blog post from Mike Neil....
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 10/15/2011
Building an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud Using Windows Server 8
Interesting article on TechNet about Building an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud Using...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 10/08/2011
Design. Code. Scale. Get started now with the Windows Azure Platform!
The MSDN portal for Windows and SQL Azure has it all. Get the tools and SDKs that you need,...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 09/30/2011
Meet Two Outstanding Microsoft Student Partners!
The Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) Program in the Gulf is full of amazing students doing amazing...
Author: Maureen Mansour-Khoury Date: 09/26/2011
31 Seats Left! Tech Out | Azure Developer Day
Dear Web and Cloud Developers, We have only 31 seats left, so hurry up and REGISTER...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 09/26/2011
Going to Gitex 2011, then visit the Microsoft Business Solution Stand (TA-B1)
If you are going to Gitex then stop by the Microsoft Business Solutions stand to experience and...
Author: Kevin Ashby Date: 09/26/2011
Codename: Windows Server 8 Sneak Preview, Available Now!
Are you interested in Windows Server 8, the codename for the next version of Windows Server 2008...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 09/25/2011
Be the first to take the BareMetal Training
BareMetal:Mission Critical is a start to finish 'hands on lab' that will lead you through the...
Author: Kevin Ashby Date: 09/22/2011
Cool New Windows Phone App on Yalla Apps:Talking Translator
The other day I met a young and bright developer who is addicted to Windows Phone, so much so...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 09/19/2011
Microsoft Virtual Academy Launches in Gulf!
Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) is a free, virtual learning center that helps IT Professionals...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 09/18/2011
Download the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview!
Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview provides an integrated development experience that seamlessly...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 09/18/2011
Cisco Virtual Networking for Hyper-V
Please welcome Cisco Virtual Networking for Hyper-V...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 09/16/2011
Windows Server 8: Hyper-V 3.0 Evens the Odds with vSphere
Copied from...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2011
Virtual Machine Manager 2012 RC Available
We are excited to announce today that the release candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 09/12/2011
Join us for our Agile Testing Webinar - Load Testing with VS 2010!
It's that time again....time for our monthly testing webinar! We hope you will join us on Wednesday,...
Author: Maureen Mansour-Khoury Date: 09/12/2011
BING Translator .NET
Bing (Microsoft) Translator .NET Extension Methods is an open source .Net Extension Methods for Bing...
Author: Maureen Mansour-Khoury Date: 09/12/2011
Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure … Short Video
It is very fascinating to take a look under the hood at what enables the Microsoft Cloud Services...
Author: Ashraf Abdulhadi Date: 09/08/2011
Meet the Engineers of SQL Server Code Name "Denali" …
… and ask them hard questions! Ever wanted to know the answer to the unanswerable question? Wondered...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 09/07/2011
Bringing Hyper-V to “Windows 8”
Copied from https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/07/bringing-hyper-v-to-windows-8.aspx In this...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2011
2 DAYS OF FREE SQL SERVER TRAINING!
Two Days of Free SQL Server Training Tomorrow at this time, we'll be knee-deep in free SQL Server...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 09/07/2011