Developers have been asking me about the revenue you can get from your Windows 8 sales, because now that the product is new, you have a very good opportunity to be on the top apps for many categories, we only have by now not more than 42,400 apps...

  It’s that time of year again – Microsoft Gulf is launching the second annual Open Door event across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE. Open Door, Microsoft’s largest I.T. event organized annually in the Middle East and Africa region is here...

Microsoft Gulf wishes to formally congratulate the local finalists of Imagine Cup UAE .  These young and bright students have come up with some of the most innovative ideas on how to utilize technology to make an impact and change the world and they...

Now you can get Windows Phone application installed on your Windows 8 laptop/desktop/tablet to sync files between your phone and PC via USB cable. Features: Sync music, photos, movies, TV shows, and podcasts from your existing Apple iTunes library...

Microsoft has announced a new milestone reached by the Windows Phone developer community. There are currently over 130,000 apps available in the Windows Phone Store, with 15,000 of them designed specifically for Windows Phone 8 devices. How are...

Summary: The future could see touch gestures move beyond use in games and casual consumption to more applicability in business productivity tasks, such as executing commands on data sets by finger-drawing symbols. 2 Comments 0 Votes...

When developers want to create a navigation architecture on Windows Phone Apps they need to take care about how they want to link the pages with the Business Logic and the Data. One of the most extended programming methodologies on Windows Phone 8 and...

I don’t know about you, but I don’t usually go to the store and buy something without trying it on first!  Check out the TechNet Evaluation Center and gain access to a wealth of the newly released Microsoft products at your fingertips!  These...

The Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) team is excited to announce a new course in the popular “ Jump Start ” series of live online training events! This one-day event will feature Technical Evangelist David Tesar and IT Security and Infrastructure...

IntelliTrace debugging is like watching a video of the stage play. You can fast-forward past the boring parts and rewind if you missed something. The one thing you can’t do is change what is happening since it has already happened in the past. You give...

As a Microsoft UAE employee for the past three and half years, I am proud to share that Microsoft UAE has won first place on Great Place to Work Institute UAE’s annual list.  This is actually the third year in a row that Microsoft has been recognized...

In case you missed ALM Summit this year, the videos are now available on Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/ALM-Summit/ALM-Summit-3 *Update* Slide decks also available here ALM Summit 3 keynotes and sessions provide deeper insight into the modern...

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Windows Server 2012 provides a dynamic, highly available and cost-effective server platform for the modern datacenter and the cloud. Its impact scales from a few servers all the way to multitenant-aware, multisite environments in the largest organizations...

Microsoft Technology Evangelist Symon Perriman and Principal Program Manager Jeff Woolsey deliver a fast-paced class showing how to leverage Hyper-V to perform essential tasks in the Windows Server 2012 platform. Key topics include: Hyper-V Infrastructure;...

Beyond the new UI, are there any real improvements for IT? How will Windows 8 make IT and the rest of the organization better? Why is the industry reacting differently to this version of Windows? If these are the types of questions you’re asking...

If you’re not able to join us in person today, please take a few minutes to tune in online.  We’re broadcasting LIVE now from the Kuwait Convention Centre with fantastic demos and announcements from Microsoft Kuwait.   http://www.facebook.com...

  Did you know that we just reached 1,000,000 registrations across the globe to Microsoft Virtual Academy ?  WOW!  That means that 1,000,000 technical individuals like yourself are gaining access to FREE technical trainings and learning...

Use change to your advantage throughout the modern app lifecycle instead of resisting it by adopting agile practices with Visual Studio 2012.   When it comes to creating custom applications, too many of us live in denial. We want to believe that...

    To speed interactions between operations and development, it is essential to quickly detect and fix problems that might need assistance from the engineering team. System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) , Operations Manager can integrate...

Let me share with you the latest tip I learned about Visual Studio 2012 when I was attending some training in Amsterdam last January. Now you can download all MSDN documentations OFFLINE on your machine so that you can browse/search them so easily without...

Developers and Designers, we are inviting you to the first App Academy in Kuwait on Feb 10, 2013. It will be held at Gulf University for Science and Technology in the main auditorium. This program will ramp up your development skills on Windows 8 and...

  Have you heard about the Windows 8 Warriors Facebook Group and Community Page ?  If you haven’t, we highly suggest that you check it out! Windows 8 Warriors is a place for everyone, across the Gulf and the globe, to get instant access to information...

The 3-day training event ‘Microsoft App Academy’ hosted by Microsoft Oman, in collaboration with the leading knowledge based community platform in the Sultanate, Knowledge Oman, has attracted over 130 attendees at the auditorium of the Middle...

By Tim Stevens http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/05/microsoft-surface-pro-review/ It's a compelling proposition: all the power and application compatibility of a laptop running a proper desktop operating system...