Check out the newly refreshed Microsoft Volume Licensing website with easy ways to understand all of the licensing agreements that Microsoft offers and uncover what licensing requirements you require for your organization. Follow the Blog, Activate a...

We are excited to announce the availability of the CTP of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 , as it bring forwards a number of improvements for the XAML developer. The following are some of the key improvements you will find in this release: WPF, SILVERLIGHT...

Please join us for our upcoming Windows Server 2012 and Infrastructure Management IT Pro Camp. Microsoft IT Pro Camps are expert-led, no-cost, hands-on training events for IT professionals, centered on the issues and workloads you’re tackling in your...

Where do you go to learn about designing games? Programming? Creating apps? Thomas Suarez, a self-taught teenaged developer, has used trial and error to help him create his apps like “Bustin Jeiber” (a whack-a-mole game) and “Earth Fortune...

  Team Foundation Service is a new way for teams who care about rapid software delivery to plan and manage projects. And for teams up to 5 developers, it's free. Writing code is fun, but managing development can be complicated. Do you keep your code...

If you want to sell apps in the Windows Store, you need to open a developer account. You need to open a Windows Store developer account even if you already have a developer account for other Microsoft services—for example, for Windows Phone. Sign up steps...

As Windows Phone app developers, we were waiting for this release with expectation , we had the Windows Phone 7.0 SDK, the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK and the update to 7.1.1 that allows you to work with 256-MB Devices. Later in October 2012 we had the release...

This is a frequently asked question in MSDN forums: I have an iOS or Android app. How do I port it to Windows Store app? Here is the answer: http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/OneCode/How-to-Port-iOS-apps-to-Windows-Store-apps http...

  The Evaluation Center is proud to announce the launch of the System Center 2012 SP1 Evaluation experience for IT professionals . The download was made live yesterday to all IT Professionals worldwide and is a key component update component in the...

  Come and join us for an amazing MVP Led Community Event hosted at the Microsoft Dubai Office, Dubai Internet City Bldg. #8, GEMS Seminar Room.  Check out the Event Page HERE for additional details on the global roadshow and read below for...

Get this : Forrester Research says the global market for cloud computing is going to be $241 billion by 2020. With the Windows Azure cloud platform you can quickly build, deploy, and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters...

We are very excited to announce that we have launched Imagine Cup, which is the biggest student technology competition in the world, for the second time in Qatar. After the excellent results we've seen the Qatar local team celebrate last year (being ranked...

Are you ready to launch your Windows Store app at DEMO Mobile 2013? If you have a Windows Store app idea, we want you to apply and compete for a chance to launch your app at DEMO Mobile on April 17th, 2013. It’s easy to enter the challenge...

At the 11th Annual J.P. Morgan Tech Forum at CES 2013 today, Windows Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tami Reller announced that Windows 8 has sold 60 million licenses to date . This represents the cumulative sales of Windows 8 including...

As the Country Community Manager for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, I am pleased to announce to our MS Gulf Community that we have launched a fantastic resource for all of our User Groups and Technical Communities.  If...

If customers can use your app for free during a trial period, you can design your app to exclude or limit some features during the trial period. You can also enable features, such as banners or watermarks, that are shown only during the trial, before...

LAPTOP AND TABLET hybrid devices movement will be big in 2013 as consumers look to save money by buying one device that is both a laptop and tablet in one, giving them one less device to carry around. Here's the rundown of the top 10 convertibles launched...

This infographic has been used by the Microsoft recruitment team to show the wide and varied careers available at the company. Whether it's search, cloud, social, NUI, gaming, developer tools, phones, Windows, Kinect - there is something for everyone...