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MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
The time has come To take YOU to the next level
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over 1 year ago
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Natasha Zaza
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Get a FREE Training seat from Microsoft Gulf for each purchased license of Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN! Training will take place in July 2011 for developers, testers and IT Professionals in Dubai and Kuwait! Just e-mail this promotion code...
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Next Release of Windows Phone – Mango
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over 1 year ago
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Sekna Khanafer
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Last week, Microsoft showed off many of the new features coming in the next version of Windows Phone, code named Mango. I stumbled across a blog post by Matt Bencke , General Manager, Windows Phone Developer and Marketplace Experiences, and thought it...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Case Study: Travelocity moves to the Windows Azure Platform
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over 1 year ago
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Ashraf Abdulhadi
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Windows Azure is the PaaS offering from Microsoft and adoption has been on the rise in markets where it is offered. I am pleased to share with you the details in the form of the Travelocity case study and video which have been published by the Cloud and...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Publish an App and get an XBOX 360® game – it’s that simple
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over 1 year ago
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Sekna Khanafer
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This is a great new competition for developers! Whether you’re a student or a professional developer, you can participate. Yalla Apps, the Windows Phone 7 developer portal that helps developers publish their Apps to the Marketplace, is launching...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Taking SharePoint 2010 to the Next Level with Visual Studio
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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Now SharePoint developers can take advantage of enhanced support from Visual Studio 2010! Visual Studio 2010 provides a wide array of project templates, designers and deployment infrastucture, making.NET developers more efficient and effective on SharePoint...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Microsoft Case Study: From Java to .NET
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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Moving from Java to Microsoft .NET Framework? CoreLab Partners decides to do just that! The multi-national company made the switch by moving the development of their application to the .NET Framework , using the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Team...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Digital Marketing in the Middle East, some great stats!
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over 1 year ago
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Neil Garner
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I came across some recent stats on Digital Marketing in the Middle East which made some very interesting reading and helped reinforce some of the evidence we’ve seen on the ground. We already know that SharePoint 2010 is very capable at...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Windows Phone 7 App Showcase June 11
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over 1 year ago
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Natasha Zaza
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This Windows Phone 7 event will cover a variety of topics to get phone developers up and running on their app development. Attendees will walk away from this event with the knowledge to develop and monetize on their own Windows Phone 7 application and...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Best New Features In Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" Coming This Fall!!
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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What's all the buzz around "Mango" for Windows Phone 7.5? We can hardly wait until this Fall to see all the new features! Here's a sneak peek at some of the things to look forward to: Internet Explorer 9 includes with hardware acceleration with...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Why Upgrade from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server?
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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Back in 1992, Visual SourceSafe (VSS) was considered state-of-the-art technology. Since then, as technology has rapidly advanced, development teams have generally grown in both size and complexity. Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) is the replacement...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Best Practices for Windows Phone 7 Games
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over 1 year ago
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Natasha Zaza
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Technorati Tags: Windows Phone 7 , Game Development , Best Practices , WP7 Games The practices discussed in this article will help you have the most success possible in the marketplace with your Windows Phone 7 game. Merely meeting the expectations of...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
System Center 2012 CTP program
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over 1 year ago
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Mohamed Baher [MSFT]
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The System Center team is pleased to announce the Community Evaluation Program. The program is designed to provide IT professionals a structured approach to evaluating System Center and Forefront products before their final release. Members of this program...
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Yalla App-a-thon – Publish an App and get an XBOX 360® game!
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over 1 year ago
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Mohamed Baher [MSFT]
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That's right; it's as simple as that! Yalla Apps, the Windows Phone 7 developer portal that helps developers publish their Apps to the Marketplace, is launching the Yalla App-a-thon competition. Yalla Apps is now giving away Fable 3 or Halo:Reach...
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Windows Azure Marketplace … More on DataMarket
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over 1 year ago
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Ashraf Abdulhadi
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By now, we are all familiar with “appstore”, “marketplace”, and other online services that supply ready-to-use applications; but it is very interesting how this very notion is expanding to reach out to different commodities that...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Enhanced Virtualization Support for Exchange 2010
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over 1 year ago
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Mohamed Baher [MSFT]
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We just released the post for the enhanced virtualization support for Exchange 2010 which include UM and running DAG over Hyper-V cluster with live migration enabled. Read the post Here
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Worldwide Telescope with KINECT
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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Microsoft Research held an event on Microsoft Campus called TechFest, where various new projects and prototypes are showcased from their labs. TechFest is an annual event that allows researchers from Microsoft Research’s locations around the world...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
FREE Developer Training Online for Students :)
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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Don’t forget, through DreamSpark students get FREE training from PluralSight! See below list of trainings available for you today. We strongly encourage you to take advantage of these amazing learning opportunities to help you prepare for the world...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Free E-book - Windows Phone 7
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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Check out the e-Book, "Designing for Windows Phone 7" published by Avlade, a sales partner for technology companies. This 89-page book is full of many lessons and awesome content for WP7 development. Check it out online now and start designing!
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Proving the value of user experience design to organizations and clients
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over 1 year ago
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Neil Garner
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One of the recurring themes I see time and time again is digital design & user experience , its growing importance in the market place and how our customers are demanding more from their web channels. Sometimes I’m asked by customers to help...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Creative Uses for Kinect
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over 1 year ago
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Sekna Khanafer
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As we approach the release of the Kinect SDK, we are seeing an increasing amount of videos surface online showing the potential of Kinect. At MIX 11, they displayed a few fun/creative ideas. How about a Kinect powered lounge chair? How...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Imagine the Future with Skype + KINECT...Wow!!!
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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Now that Microsoft has purchased Skype for over 8 Billion dollars, the next logical question, is now what? With the world watching, we can’t help but start to imagine what our future would look like when these two companies combine forces. The future...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Resources for Arabic Developers
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over 1 year ago
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Sekna Khanafer
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There is some great content in Arabic for developers. What’s great about this initiative is that it was developed by Arabs for Arabs Students from around this region have put in a lot of work towards “Arabizing” the content. ...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
New Use for Kinect: Teaching Kids in Africa
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over 1 year ago
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Sekna Khanafer
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A story that began with a mischievous Icelandic volcano has ended happily with South African schoolchildren using Kinect for Xbox 360 to learn English. As Kinect continues to gain more momentum, we are seeing various uses for this technology. ...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
MS Gulf Community is on Twitter...Tweet, Tweet!
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over 1 year ago
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Maureen Mansour
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If you haven't already heard, our MS Gulf Community is now on Twitter !! Make sure you follow us and get information about technology trends, Microsoft events, updates and much more! This is a platform we you can really engage with one another about the...
MICROSOFT GULF COMMUNITY BLOG
Windows Azure Platform Training Course, Download Now!
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over 1 year ago
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Natasha Zaza
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The Windows Azure Platform Training Course includes a comprehensive set of hands-on labs and videos that are designed to help you quickly learn how to use Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and the Windows Azure AppFabric. The February 2011 update includes updated...
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