Our developers have encountered some issues regarding testing their Windows Phone 8 apps either because their PCs lack the required specs to run the emulator or the lack of devices to test their apps. I found a solution that should ease the pain and help...

If you are interested in developing Windows Phone 8 apps that would connect to SharePoint 2013 . I’d like to announce that Microsoft released SharePoint 2013 SDK for Windows Phone 8 . Install the tools: 1. Prerequisite: Make sure you have the Windows...

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...

Since the latest Windows Phone 8.0 SDK release , resources and documentation for Windows Phone 8 development have been increasing day after the other. I have worked on collecting these resources and putting them together and sharing them with you. I hope...

You can now Watch Windows Phone sessions from BUILD 2012 from here . [Please read the DISCLAIMER for this blog here .]

You can now download the Windows Phone 8 Hands On Labs from here . [Please read the DISCLAIMER for this blog here .]

For Windows Phone 8 Development, Microsoft has availed a lot of resources for developers to get started with development. So far, here’s what was made publicly available for developers to use starting from downloading free development tools , including...

Similar to Last Year for Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Learning is thrilled to announce a new Jump Start for developers focused on building apps for Windows Phone 8. This special live online course is scheduled for two full days of fast-paced, demo-rich...

Hello folks, Valid till November 7th, 2012 , don’t miss the chance, you can pay $8 instead of $99 if you register between 10/30/12 and 11/7/12 for an Individual account on your Windows Phone Dev Center. Click here to join. Click here for more details...

Hello Everyone, You can now download the new Windows Phone 8 SDK at http://t.co/raOsHVVg [Please read the DISCLAIMER for this blog here .]

Watch Windows Phone 8 Launch tonight at (7:00 PM Cairo Time, GMT +2) at Windows Phone 8 #WP8 launch will be live @ 10AM Pacific, 5PM GMT on http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/windowsphone/ or https://www.facebook.com/windowsphone/app_517349678277512...

Find your country in the below list and check whether you can register a developer account in your country on the Windows Phone Dev center or not. Then, check the corresponding Payout; if it is set to Yes then your registered account support paid apps...

Title : Windows Phone on Dynamics CRM Speaker : Mohamed Yamama, Technical Evangelist, Windows Phone, MEA HQ. Guest Speaker : Ahmed Kamal, CRM Specialist. Session Language : English. Session Duration : 1 hour. Description : A how to session on developing...

According to Yalla Apps’ blog post, you can now migrate your Yalla Apps account to Dev Center for free . Here’s the full post from Yalla Apps: Microsoft is expanding the availability of the Dev Center (formerly App Hub ) and you can...

-->     I have run into this website that walks you through Windows Phone app development in a 4 week time frame. Starting from downloading the tools, building and designing your app, including some guidelines on porting your apps from...

You can download Free eBooks about programming on Windows Phone from the below links. Programming Windows Phone 7 PDF EPUB MOBI Programming Windows Phone 7 (Special Excerpt 2) PDF [Please read the DISCLAIMER for this blog here .]

As per your requests kindly find attached XNA Slide Deck and Demoes :) [Please read the DISCLAIMER for this blog here .]

Mahmoud Manasrah, our Windows Phone Community Champ from Jordan, has delivered an amazing session in ARABIC on How to make an Angry Birds like App on Windows Phone. Enjoy :). http://www.youtube.com/user/ManasrahAcademy [Please read the...

We have always been discussing Windows Phone integration capabilities with SharePoint 2010. You may download an offline training kit that would help you developers to create your own custom applications on the phone that leverage SharePoint 2010 data...

Mango offers a lot of new capabilities for developers to create even better, more immersive user experiences on Windows Phone. This course will give you hands-on experience with important developer features in Mango. After completing this course, you...

Windows Phone MVPs Rob Miles and Andy Wigley train developers to build amazing applications and games for Windows Phone 7. Andy and Rob provide a good bit of humor along with their incredible depth of knowledge. There are 19 self-paced sessions in...

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“In this ToolBox module you discover principles of good UX design. You also discover how to start and build your prototype using the SketchFlow Template for Windows Phone. Along the way, you find out how to add sample data, and customize the look and...

In cooperation with Hosam Kamel , a Microsoft Developer Evangelist Specialist, and the DPE team in Egypt, we have prepared this nice step by step guide on how to avoid common errors when publishing your Windows Phone apps to the Marketplace. Check it...