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Mar 16, 2021
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Leverage Microsoft Graph in Electron Applications using Microsoft Graph Toolkit!

Amrutha Srinivasan

The Microsoft Graph Toolkit recently released an Authentication provider specifically for Electron applications that allows authentication and Graph integration with very few lines of code. This post walks you through the process of building a Graph powered Electron application using the Microsoft Graph Toolkit.

Feb 10, 2021
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Creating a Windows Service with C#/.NET5

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets create a simple app with C#/NET5 and see how we can register it as a Windows Service, logging information into the Windows Event Viewer, and moving some files around based on the outputs of a Machine Learning Model.

Feb 3, 2021
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Command Line Parser on .NET5

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets learn how to parse command-line arguments in a C#/.NET5 application, and how a simple NuGet package can make this process much easier and declarative.

Jan 27, 2021
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Using WinML in .NET5

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets get our hands down and create a simple .NET5 console app that uses WinML to analyse an image and classify what it is using a pre-built machine learning model.

Jan 25, 2021
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Use a Custom Resource Markup Extension to Succeed at UI String Globalization!

Herrick Spencer

In this post, we give an alternate option to the common guidance for resource string globalization in XAML. We will give you a insiders peek at how Microsoft inbox apps use a custom markup extension to do this and the benefits that provides.

Jan 7, 2021
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WinUI 3 Preview 3

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Microsoft released Windows UI Library (WinUI) 3, an evolution of the UWP/XAML platform, that decouples the XAML UI framework from the Windows OS, and ships it in its whole as a NuGet package, effectively allowing developers to support new features of XAML on older versions of Windows 10 without the need of end-users to upgrade their OS.

Oct 21, 2020
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A Sneak Peek of New Features with Microsoft Graph Toolkit v2.0.0

Beth Pan

In this post, we introduce you to some exciting new features that is coming to Microsoft Graph Toolkit v2!

Oct 7, 2020
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MVVM Toolkit Preview 3 & The Journey of an API

Michael Hawker

In this post, we cover the journey of creating an easier to use API, how a .NET Native issue required a workaround, and how that ultimately proved to be a greater success!