Task and Task in .NET 4.0 are absolutely awesome types and they provide the basis for async support that came in .NET 4.5. One somewhat unexpected behavior they have that can occasionally cause bugs in your code is that when a Task completes, it can execute continuations inline. In this post, I explain this and what you can do to avoid it when it b...
Our technology landscape has never been more diverse. Developers are taking on an increasingly broad range of tools and skill sets under the flag of innovation and agility. Senior ADM, Rob Reilly reflects on experiences in the manufacturing industry to ask important questions about efficiency, creativity, and maturity. https://www.linke...
Premier Support for Developers provides access to a wide range of advisory and training options that include most popular developer technologies. Options range from onsite, instructor-led workshops to remote training, and even access to a distinguished team of Developer Consultants for specialized advisory needs. Content frequently incl...
On Jan 12, 2016, IE11 will be the only supported version of IE on most Windows versions. In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Pat Altimore covers the essentials to jumpstart your migration. There are three main areas to plan for when you migrate: deployment, configuration, and compatibility. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/patricka/archive/2015/12/0...
Build 2016 will be back in San Francisco, March 30-April 1 at the Moscone Center. Build is for developers looking for the latest vision and direction from Microsoft. Be sure and mark your calendars!
Rich Maines, Senior ADM, and Jeremy Rule, Services Practice Leader, share an important message about how Open Source is shaping our industry. Microsoft is. At the last BUILD conference, Satya Nadella famously stood in front of “Microsoft ♥ Linux” and spoke to the work Microsoft had done to with Linux in the Azure public cloud as well as on-...
Premier Development Consultant Marius Rochon explores the combination of Universal App Platform (UAP) with SOAP using OAuth2 protocol for authentication. One possible application of this approach might be migrating from WCF to REST and/or needing to mix REST and SOAP services. Although the sample uses a UWP client, the same code would apply to othe...
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If you looking to familiarize yourself with all the great new functionality in our 2015 ALM toolset, here’s an easy way to get started. Check out the Visual Studio ALM VM 2015 (including both Visual Studio 2015 and Team Foundation Server 2015) along with many popular demo scripts. Don’t want to download the giant VM? Check out the TechNet Virt...
As a key component of today’s announcement, Microsoft is offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the preferred choice for enterprise Linux workloads on Microsoft Azure. In addition, Microsoft and Red Hat are also working together to address common enterprise, ISV and developer needs for building, deploying and managing applications on Red Hat softwar...
