Mat Velloso's Blog
Microsoft dev, Azure, identity, bots, machine learning and stuff
Yesterday I've published a new Channel 9 video:...
Date: 02/25/2015
If you only have 20 minutes and you want to have an overview of SharePoint online and O365 REST...
Date: 11/07/2014
I have started a new Channel 9 series called Explain that to me. The idea is to explain often...
Date: 07/22/2014
Today I just put together a step by step guidance to get Azure Active Directory Authentication...
Date: 07/02/2014
Just posted it today with screenshots and code samples:...
Date: 06/30/2014
Many people ask how to get started with authentication on their mobile app, web app, web service,...
Date: 06/05/2014
I've posted a little step by step guide in order to show how to get both an o365 and Azure...
Date: 05/05/2014
This has become a common topic people ask me about so I decided to write it down for future...
Date: 04/23/2014
If you're diving into building cross platform apps using Xamarin and you need to use Active...
Date: 04/22/2014
I was volunteering in a robotics class when one of the boys started playing with Microsoft...
Date: 11/21/2013
I've been using the Venue 8 Pro for a few days now and I personally think the 8 inches form factor...
Date: 11/20/2013
Samsung has created a page to help you with drivers and everything. Enjoy :)...
Date: 04/05/2012
I haven't been updating my blog for quite a few months now. And there's a reason for that: I have...
Date: 09/27/2011
I've been helping these guys on the ImagineCup competition. Please come to check out their work with...
Date: 03/31/2011
I know I speak for many of us at Microsoft when I say: WELCOME NOKIA! We are very glad to work with...
Date: 02/11/2011
After playing a bit with a Windows 7 slate I decided to create a project, just for fun, to test a...
Date: 01/27/2011
We finally uploaded the BluesBox v2 to Marketplace. Should be available soon. Beyond Daryl "Mad dog"...
Date: 12/12/2010
So a few of you have asked how to implement the bid functionality using the Trade Me API and I...
Date: 11/30/2010
From now on I'll be maintaining this list of NZ made WP7 applications that are currently available...
Date: 11/02/2010
In case you didn't see this, it's a free downloadable pdf format ebook, including source code...
Date: 10/28/2010
The beta of the Windows Phone 7 connector for Mac is available to download here:...
Date: 10/27/2010
The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) kicks off this Friday (29 October) morning...
Date: 10/27/2010
And I'm very keen to see what people have been building. Feel free to drop me an e-mail with your...
Date: 10/26/2010
Hi, An important correction since lots of people asked this specific question: If you want to be one...
Date: 10/19/2010
If you didn't know that yet, it's now confirmed! So if you want to be one of the first in the world,...
Date: 10/19/2010
Don't panic! Usually these issues are very easy to fix: 1-Zune software isn't installed or wrong...
Date: 10/14/2010
Record this date: 14th of October, 2010. A (not so) small step for a team, and a huge step for New...
Date: 10/13/2010
Shame on me for not reading the API documentation. In my defense, I didn't have much time anyway!...
Date: 10/12/2010
If you are building localized applications for Windows Phone you should read this article before...
Date: 10/12/2010
If you have 1 minute (it will probably be 5 seconds), please respond to this question:...
Date: 10/10/2010
I always wanted to create a way of making it very easy for someone with very little music knowledge...
Date: 10/10/2010
An important lesson from using the SoundEffect and the SoundEffectInstance classes is how you load...
Date: 10/07/2010
No, we won't! Someone asked me this question after reading the terms and conditions of the...
Date: 10/07/2010
I received this e-mail today about things you should be double-checking before publishing your app...
Date: 10/04/2010
Mr. Paul Stubbs posted a great article about writting apps on Windows Phone 7 for SharePoint...
Date: 10/04/2010
Yes! All ready to go. You can read more about our competition here: www.microsoft.co.nz/wp7challenge...
Date: 09/30/2010
One of the challenges when using the emulator is that yous simply don't have some hardware specific...
Date: 09/23/2010
As more sites are making use of the new IE 9 technologies we can start building a more interesting...
Date: 09/23/2010
Showing some love for VB developers: Visual Basic CTP for Phone Developer tools is available for download!
Although I'm more a C# person, I know that many of you would much more prefer to develop using...
Date: 09/23/2010
As announced today (...
Date: 09/22/2010
Air New Zealand did a wonderful job customizing Flight Simulator for this video:...
Date: 09/22/2010
Internet Explorer 9 Beta Guide for Developers:...
Date: 09/21/2010
Another brilliant app for Windows Phone 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjcqTWC1EuI More details...
Date: 09/20/2010
You can register here:...
Date: 09/20/2010
I've collected a few examples of what people are doing on Windows Phone 7 and would like to share...
Date: 09/17/2010
Internet Explorer 9 beta is here! And I am very happy to see the feedbacks from people who have been...
Date: 09/16/2010
Testing, testing, 1,2,3... Can you hear me? Wow, a MSDN blog, that's awesome! Very keen to start...
Date: 07/29/2010