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When you hear the name Microsoft the first thing that comes to mind is probably software, however, in Microsoft Services, it’s as much about people as anything else.  We have a worldwide services organization engaged with customers and partners to help them get the most out of our technology.  Premier Support for Developers is just one many global ...

It’s no secret that our team is pretty excited about the possibilities of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality in the hands of innovative developers.  Our Practice Leader, Jeremy Rule, recently featured this post on the Premier Developer blog.  The conversation continues this month on the Taste of Premier Podcast discussing the next generation or ...

Check out this blog from Premier Developer consultant Marius Rochon for information on how to integrate ASP.NET applications with CA Siteminder. A customer was having a problem integrating an ASP.NET application with CA Siteminder v12.52. Firstly, there was a problem with using SAML2.0 token formats. To get around that, we reconfigured SM to use ...

Senior Application Development Manager, Mike Finley, spotlights why more and more enterprises are choosing Xamarin to answer the demands of mobile development. With most mobile users on Android, Apple and Windows phones, companies are facing challenges of supporting their applications on multiple platforms. Microsoft acquired its longtime pa...

Premier Developer Consultant Brian Gregor kicks off a new 3 part series with this overview on implementing Tabbed Navigation with SharePoint. Recently, I changed roles and have more opportunity to work in areas that have more of a development slant to them. One of my customers recently wanted to convert their Intranet portal into a more friendly...

In his latest blog post, Premier Developer consultant Ben Williams brings us this article on asynchronous code. One of the general recommendations you may often read is to use ConfigureAwait(false) in library code. This is so that when the library is used, it does not block the synchronization context in use by the application (e.g. the UI thread...

When we started the Premier Developer blog, we wanted it to be a reflection of our team and business.  Unlike many Microsoft blogs that focus on one technology or product, you may notice we cover a lot of ground here.  Sometimes post topics are technical in nature, sometimes they are purely business or process focused.  Perhaps the most important v...

In this post, Senior Consultant, Marius Rochon showcases how to discover 'AuthorizeAttribute' role names. The AuthorizeAttribute is used in ASP.NET code to decorate controller classes and methods which require authorization, e.g. [Authorize(Roles =“admin”)] public class HomeController : Controller { Meaning that to call any method in this c...

Senior Application Development Managers, Justin Wendlandt and Doug Owens reflect on Microsoft Certifications and why now is a great time to consider updating yours Microsoft Certifications have been around since 1992. They provided IT Professionals with the ability to prove themselves and their understanding of the technology stack to which the ...

In the latest post on his blog, Senior Premier Developer Consultant Brian Gregor discusses an error when using Distributed Cache PowerShell cmdlets with a user account that includes a $ in the name. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/briangre/2017/01/24/when-using-sharepoint-dont-use/