Have you heard about our new Windows 8 Launch Publisher Programme which is open to those who publish their Windows 8 app to the Store before 26 October 2012 (Windows 8 GA). The programme will give members access to a range of exclusive benefits including...

If you have an app almost ready to publish, you are invited to the Windows 8 App Excellence Lab. This two hour one-to-one session with a trained Microsoft Engineer will accelerate your time to completion. The App Excellence Lab is an incredibly valuable...

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll know that Windows 8 has RTM’d and is available for download via MSDN. If you’re not an MSDN subscriber but you have been using Windows 8 to develop applications then you might well want to continue to do...

One of the questions that got asked at a recent Windows 8 developer camp was around how a control like a XAML GridView/ListView can deal with a large amount of data or, even, an “infinite” amount of data. I thought that I’d write that up here with the...

Be our guest at the Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 virtual launch event. Watch the live debut of Visual Studio 2012 on September 12, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. BST. Experience all of the incredible new features of Visual Studio 2012 from wherever you happen to be...

One of the questions that got asked at a recent Windows 8 developer camp was around how the XAML GridView control can be used to set up a view that looks something like the one used in the People app which is a bit like this;   That is – a GridView...

  Just a reminder that the first of the latest round of free UK Windows Azure Developer Camps kicks off next week in our London Office in Victoria. The Windows Azure Developer Camp will take you from knowing nothing about the cloud to actually having...

  Hi everyone!  Windows 8 is almost here and places are filling up fast for the Dev Camps!  So that you can see what events are running where, here’s a list of camps for you to attend.  There are limited numbers at each event so if...

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SQL Server FAQ have just dropped over the events that they have planned all the way up to Christmas! Here’s a quick run down of what’s coming up! Get your diaries out and register early to avoid disappointment. Wed, 8 Aug - SOUTHAMPTON...

There have been a flood of Windows 8 announcements in the past few days… The RTM of Windows 8 has been announced and we know that from August 15th the RTM code will start to drop into the hands of developers and IT professionals who have MSDN and TechNet...

Earlier today we announced that Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 have reached the RTM stage.  You will be pleased to hear that to go along with that Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 has also been announced as “Complete” by Somasegar! For MSDN Subscribers...

The Windows team have just announced that Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 have both been released to Manufacturing!  The wait is almost over! People will be able get Windows 8 starting on October 26 th either by upgrading for $39.99 or on a new...

Michael Stephenson has started a new Wiki page over on the TechNet Wiki that is all about Behaviour Driven Development with BizTalk which focuses on developing software that fits with the way the business works.  At the time of writing this was what...