Note
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories.
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories.
Information + Context = Solution
Several developers have been confused recently because they created new UWP apps using .Net Standard...
Date: 02/14/2018
Several developers have asked why a ComboBox on a Flyout attached to an AppBarButton ignores mouse...
Date: 09/14/2016
Windows Store app projects stopped generating the .appxupload file after installing VS 2015 Update 1
Problem A few people have noticed that their Windows Store app projects stopped generating the...
Date: 01/08/2016
The title says it all: when you make a network connection from your Windows Store app to a resource...
Date: 06/24/2015
function CopyCode(elemName) { var obj = document.getElementById(elemName);...
Date: 06/17/2015
Windows Phone Silverlight apps had a MarketplaceReviewTask to prompt users to review an app. Windows...
Date: 06/11/2015
Windows Phone 8.1 devices have a number of different audio output options. Most of the time the...
Date: 05/29/2015
// Recently I was writing a simple HttpClient to interface with a REST API. Typically I just pass...
Date: 05/21/2015
When helping customers implement MDM solutions for Windows 8.1, we frequently encounter scenarios...
Date: 05/14/2015
In one of the previous posts published on this blog we’ve learned how to integrate Facebook in a...
Date: 04/30/2015
I worked a support case recently where the customer had a Windows Phone Silverlight 8.0 background...
Date: 04/23/2015
In Update 1 for Windows Phone 8.1, the ability to use the sharedUserCertificates capability was...
Date: 03/26/2015
Recently I worked with a customer who was implementing a MDM solution and was running into an issue...
Date: 03/18/2015
WebView's NavigateToLocalStreamUri is a method used by developers who want to locally host content...
Date: 02/27/2015
Our support team over at Microsoft is really getting into cross platform development. ...
Date: 02/16/2015
When it comes to develop a mobile application, a common requirement is the integration with...
Date: 02/12/2015
Windows Phone 8 users without the 8.1 Update may experience issues accessing certain secured (HTTPS) websites.
Problem Windows Phone 8 users without the 8.1 Update may experience issues accessing certain secured...
Date: 01/26/2015
One of the challenges of writing Windows Runtime apps with .NET is that they use a simplified...
Date: 01/22/2015
We often get asked by customers about how they can manage non-admin users using MDM. This blog...
Date: 01/14/2015
Problem The WebView control itself does not scroll when the HTML Body exceeds the size of the view....
Date: 01/06/2015
Visual Studio 2013 comes with the Behaviors SDK that can be used when developing Windows 8.1 Store...
Date: 12/10/2014
MDM: Configuring WLANProfile with a specific Wi-Fi network type returns error 500 on Windows phone 8.1
I recently helped a customer configure a Wi-Fi profile through MDM. The issue that they were running...
Date: 11/19/2014
I've seen support cases and forum posts asking this question: "Why doesn't the Windows...
Date: 11/10/2014
There are a number of different audio capture and playback APIs on Windows Phone 8.x. Unfortunately...
Date: 10/31/2014
If you are writing a Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 application and using Windows Notification...
Date: 10/17/2014
// Working in developer support at Microsoft we see a lot of cases in the forums and customers that...
Date: 10/16/2014
I was helping customers with deploying Company apps to Windows Phone 8.1 through MDM and here are...
Date: 10/09/2014
Universal apps are a great way to share code between your Windows and Windows Phone versions of your...
Date: 10/02/2014
The Windows 8.1 Enterprise Device Management Protocol document talks about the different contexts...
Date: 09/25/2014
I'm Confused I'm a big fan of simplicity. There are times that I look at sample code and cannot...
Date: 09/18/2014
This walkthrough creates a Mobile Service locally. It in no way is connected to your Azure...
Date: 09/11/2014
Since the release of Windows 8 Developer Preview I have been pushing our Multimedia group to add...
Date: 09/04/2014
I recently investigated a Windows Phone problem, reported by one of our forum contributors, in which...
Date: 08/25/2014
Here is an attempt to provide a brief overview of Windows Phone 8.1 MDM Push functionality. In...
Date: 08/21/2014
Differences between Windows Phone Silverlight apps and Windows Phone Store apps are a recurring...
Date: 08/07/2014
Programmatically create and configure a Client Certificate for use in your Windows Runtime based app
Often there is a need in your Windows Store app (including Windows Phone 8.1) to access resources...
Date: 07/31/2014
The MSDN documentation on “How to handle file activation”, for Windows and Windows Phone...
Date: 07/25/2014
function CopyCode(elemName) { var obj = document.getElementById(elemName);...
Date: 07/17/2014
We get quite a few questions in the forums about how to handle playlists when using the...
Date: 07/11/2014
If you are a developer with applications published in the Windows Store for Windows or Windows...
Date: 06/26/2014
Scenario A forum post recently asked about navigating to a page that that contains images that are...
Date: 06/20/2014
Touch screens are cool. Being able to drag and manipulate pictures and objects on the screen is fun,...
Date: 06/10/2014
The concept of Universal apps lets you share common code targeting the Windows Runtime between a...
Date: 06/05/2014
Hello everyone, Recently the .NET Native Preview has been announced. I was thrilled to read the...
Date: 05/22/2014
function CopyCode(elemName) { var obj = document.getElementById(elemName);...
Date: 05/08/2014
This is a companion text blog to the video blog that will be released on Channel 9 next week. I...
Date: 05/02/2014
// You can very easily have your app Poll for Live Tiles. What is cool about that is that you don't...
Date: 04/30/2014
A musical score is a great way to add zip to your app, but many people are stumped because the Xaml...
Date: 04/24/2014