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A 4-Part Virtualization Experts Series

I’ve been out on the road delivering events and writing my first Windows 8 app, so today I am catching up on the blog series underway with our...

0 replies - 781 views - 03/27/13 by Tommy Patterson in Articles

Using Azure to Build Back-End Services for Win8 Apps

Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) Using Windows Azure to Build Back-End Services for Windows 8 AppsAbstract: Peter Laudati and Brian Hitney welcome fellow...

0 replies - 888 views - 02/08/13 by Brian Hitney in Articles

Splash Screens in Windows 8

Introduction You may have noticed that after creating a new Windows Phone 8 application that the SplashScreenImage.jpg does not exist in the project as it...

0 replies - 2785 views - 01/09/13 by Michael Crump in Articles

A Windows Kernel Dev Discusses Windows 8

In this 40-minute video, Greg Columbo discusses some underlying changes to Windows 8 and the impacts these have on performance and security.  The specific...

0 replies - 2884 views - 12/24/12 by Eric Genesky in Articles

Back-end Data Services for Windows 8 Apps: Azure Mobile Services

If you've been following along with this series so far, you know we've come along way, from my overview of the series, which described the target scenario of...

0 replies - 1864 views - 12/18/12 by G. Andrew Duthie in Articles

WNS Badge, Toast and Tile Reference

 Using WNS as part of your Windows 8 Store app? Digging into Windows Azure Mobile Services?  The Windows Notification Service is a key part of the...

0 replies - 2305 views - 12/14/12 by Chris Koenig in Articles

Building Back-end Data and Services for Windows 8 Apps: OData - Part 2

In part 1 of this post , I showed how to create a SQL database in Windows Azure, create a schema for adding leaderboard functionality to a game, create an...

0 replies - 3504 views - 12/07/12 by G. Andrew Duthie in Articles

What is "the cloud?"

Recently, I had the great opportunity to speak on Azure Storage at the North Dallas .NET User Group in Dallas, Texas to a group of about 60 developers. Before...

0 replies - 872 views - 11/26/12 by Casey Watson in Articles

Push Notifications via Windows Azure Web Sites: Part 1

If you haven't read my previous post on push notifications for Windows 8 applications, you may want to do so before continuing with the next few...

0 replies - 1723 views - 11/19/12 by Jim O' Neil in Articles

Augmented Reality, Windows 8, and Cloud Computing – Part 2

The purpose of this post is to create the starting project for the web service backend.Later, we will create the augmented reality Windows 8 client. Let's...

0 replies - 3369 views - 11/03/12 by Bruno Terkaly in Articles

Augmented Reality in the Cloud - High Level w/ Windows 8 as Example

Augmented reality is a very promising technology. In some ways it is better than virtual reality. Augmented reality has the advantage of...

0 replies - 3057 views - 10/30/12 by Bruno Terkaly in Articles

The Definitive Windows 8 Linksheet

With today's release of Windows 8, we decided to put together this gigantic list of Windows 8 links.  Whether you're mildly interested in this launch or super...

0 replies - 11258 views - 10/26/12 by Allen Coin in Articles

Rumor: Microsoft to Manufacture Own Phone?

The interwebs have been stirring in the past few days with rumors that Microsoft is planning to manufacture and sell its...

0 replies - 3633 views - 10/04/12 by Allen Coin in Articles

Adding Notifications to Your Windows 8 Game

Successful apps are sticky; they make us want to come back again and again, whether it’s to check in on Foursquare, send a Tweet, or get a quick answer...

0 replies - 1855 views - 09/22/12 by Jim O' Neil in Articles

Creating Windows 8 Applications using Windows Azure Mobile Services [video]

In this video Scott Guthrie shows how using Windows Azure Mobile Services one can add a cloud backend to a Windows 8 application in a few minutes. You can...

0 replies - 2141 views - 09/19/12 by Zhiming Xue in Articles