The new Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP - April Refresh went live today http://developer.windowsphone.com

I will be blogging hence forth on news and my views on the Windows phone. Thanks for reading my past Compatibility blogs.

I am retiring my old blog on Compatibility and will now be blogging on news about Windows phone. Thanks for reading so far and hopefully my new interest will also interest you.

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Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Windows 7 Compatiblity Center

Run, play, explore Win7 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx More details on this blog: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/05/07/preparing-for-windows-7-with-the-windows-7-upgrade-advisor...

This is a must read I think before writing apps for Win7 http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Win7DeveloperGuide

The Windows 7 App quality cookbook release today. This is a great doc which gives some best practices in writing applications for Windows 7. http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Windows7AppQuality

This is a pretty neat doc: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=129586 for the PDF version Enjoy!

This is a nice link: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-high-dpi-resolution.aspx

Register ( http://www.microsoftpdc.com/Registration/ ) for PDC2008 by August 15 at ( www.microsoftpdc.com ) to save $200!

On December 31, 2007 Microsoft stopped supporting MSJVM: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/default.mspx Any applications dependent on it should've hopefully been transistioned to other JREs which are not avaliable. Read the transition doc...

The next Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC): October 27–30, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This is a great chance to know more innovations on the Windows Platform!

We would like to make sure that the community is aware and ready for the changes that WS08 will incorporate. For example, the networking stack in WS08 has been completely re-written (as compared with WS03 and XP). The new features that may pose potential...

Feb. 27, 2008 date announced for Server 2008 along with SQL 2008 and VS 2008. Details here .

This is a pretty cool much awaited solution by Microsoft. A Home Server can bring multiple applications and functionalities to the home network: More details: http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/

New public release of a preview version of Windows Server 2008, get more details here . If you have a server app this is a good time to start testing on the Windows Server 08 pre-release bits, look out for compat issues enlisted in the cookbook .

New Logo Program launched for Server 2008 during TechEd 07 this year. Please visit Booth 22 in the Yellow TLC area for more information. Server 2008 beta 3 was out last month for you to try out your applications for compatibility and be ready by RTM...

I have seen a lot of apps come in today depending on Java. Java 6 update 1 helps your application to run on Windows Vista. It can be downloaded fom here:http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Make sure to get you application (or a place it can be downloaded from) to the "Bring you Own Apps Lab" in room S329 and test it on Windows Vista. Get assitance from Windows Experts in helping you unblock any issues which you encounter during your 45...

I debugged two applications at TechEd both of which were hosted in IE. Internet Explorer on Windows 7 runs in the protected mode and will not be able to write directly to disk while in the Internet or Intranet zone. Protected Mode builds on the...

The labs at Tech·Ed 2007 from Windows Vista Application Compatibility are free for Tech·Ed attendees, but require registration. Windows Vista Application Compatibility instructor-led Lab: Room S331C 'Bring Your Own Apps' Windows Vista Application Testing...

Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2008 introduces a new concept called Server Core. Server Core is a minimal server installation option for computers running Ws 2008. It provides a low-maintenance server environment with limited functionality...

The Zw Xxx routines provide a set of system entry points that parallel some of the executive's system services. I have seen some apps calling unsupported Zw Xxx routines. They run the risk of breaking between new versions of Windows when those change...

There is a new revision of Application Compatibility Cookbook which lists some cool features of the next Windows Server codename "Longhorn" and are good look out points for server apps.