In case you missed it yesterday, the release candidate of Silverlight 5 is now available for you to download and test against. Silverlight 5 has a tonne of new features for developers to take advantage of. Back at the UK Tech.Days event in May, I talked...

We’re not far away from the final version of Mango hitting the streets – whether it be in new handsets or delivered as a free update to existing Windows Phone users – so I thought it might be useful to try and précis some of the more interesting improvements...

Want to get up to speed quickly with Windows Azure? The Windows Azure Bootcamp will take you from knowing nothing about the cloud to actually having written some code, deployed it to the cloud service and made a simple application available on the public...

In the light of the recent story about Amazon’s EC2 cloud platform being zapped by a lightning strike , I was reminded of the forecasters’ maxims – “…calculate the development time, then double it” and “…calculate the required budget, then double it”...

Looking for a new opportunity? MSemploy is the only job board for Microsoft Certified Professionals serving the Microsoft Partner Network and they've added over 70 new roles with Microsoft Partners in the UK. Register here . This fortnight's featured...

Our new series of free Tech.Days Online Conferences for developers gives you access to hand-picked video content and technology training from our UK team, and the chance to get involved online, listen to speakers and ask our panel questions - live. ...

Our new series of free Tech.Days Online Conferences for developers gives you access to hand-picked video content and technology training from our UK team, and the chance to get involved online, listen to speakers and ask our panel questions - live. ...

Our new series of free Tech.Days Online Conferences for developers gives you access to hand-picked video content and technology training from our UK team, and the chance to get involved online, listen to speakers and ask our panel questions - live. ...

Introducing the new series of free TechDays.Online Conferences! Our new series of free Tech.Days Online Conferences for developers gives you access to hand-picked video content and technology training from our UK team, and the chance to get involved online...

Missed Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky’s announcements on Windows 8 at the Build conference? Don't worry, you can watch the keynote any time. There's a lot of resources out there - to get started head to the new Windows Dev Centre...

A few weeks ago I blogged here about the Windows Phone “Mango” Jump Start Training with Rob Miles and Andy Wigley that was taking place on 23/24th August. The Windows Phone team have done an outstanding job and the recordings are already available to...

Kicking off this Saturday is our new series of Windows Phone Camps in London (and next Saturday in Manchester). If you are the few lucky ones (as the first two camps have already been fully registered) who have scored a seat, here is a quick preview of...

The MSDN Library has some free (yes free!) brand new resources available on Agile, F# and WCF. Take a look below for more information. Learn to Create and Manage an Agile Organization There's a free online version of the book Becoming Agile...in an...

MSemploy is the only job board associated with Microsoft that accepts IT Professionals and Developers based upon certification. Search from over 200 live roles with Microsoft Partners. Here's this fortnight's featured jobs... Role: .NET Developer...

We had a great start to the new series of Windows Phone Camp in London last Saturday with more than 70 developers getting together at LBi for a full day of learning, coding and networking. Dave Crawford kicked off the day with an introduction to design...

By Matt Lacey A wide variety of different people attend meetings of the Windows Phone User Group (WPUG). They're mostly developers but a number of designers and even a few people who are just interested in the platform come along too. The experience...

Kicking off this Friday is our new series of Windows Azure Boot camps in Manchester (and next Friday in London). If you are the lucky ones (as the first two boot camps have already been fully registered) who have scored a seat, here is a quick preview...

If you've never heard of BUILD, get yourself over to the Windows Dev Centre and check out the next version of Windows.

A whole load of new videos are available as a result of the build conference. Here is the complete list of the Windows Azure ones – I hope something here takes your fancy…   Introduction to Windows Azure: the cloud operating system Inside Windows...

Want to get started developing with Bing maps but don't know where to start? Here's a quick guide to everything you need. 1. Choose your Bing Maps API The Bing Maps platform provides multiple API options for your application including an AJAX control...

Here on the UK MSDN blog team we’ve been working behind the scenes making some tweaks to the look and feel of the site. We're updating the way it looks to mirror the MSDN website and making some small changes to the navigation to improve the way...

Make the most of theTech.Days UK Online Conference and get your questions answered! In the up-coming Tech.Days UK Online Conference we welcome you to participate and join the discussion. Get your questions answered around getting started with Windows...

The first installment of the new series of Windows Phone Camp (powered by UK Tech.Days) took place in London and Manchester in September. We have met and talked to developers and IT professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds who learnt the basics...

“It was with a sense of trepidation that I blogged a request for people who might like to help create a Windows Phone eBook back in February 2011. Despite my initial scepticism, there was an overwhelming response; both from people interested in the idea...