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What’s your software development capability? Try a Developer Foundation Assessment to find out.

March 6, 2015 Mar 6, 2015 03/6/15
Developer Support
Senior Application Development Managers, Pete Fuenfhausen and Paul Martissa spotlight how our Development Foundation Assessment can help identify areas of improvement in your development lifecycle. Do you wonder how effective your team is at building applications?  Have you ever considered that you may not be taking advantage of the ...

Premier Support for Partners: A Winning Strategy

February 17, 2015 Feb 17, 2015 02/17/15
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David Weiler, Application Development Manager, explains how the Premier Support for Partners relationship provides value above and beyond traditional technical support. Most already know about Premier’s fantastic support for Enterprise customers and Software Development Teams. If you are running a business that relies on Microsoft...

Microsoft HoloLens and the Internet of Things. Two sides of the same coin?

February 9, 2015 Feb 9, 2015 02/9/15
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Mark Taylor, Premier Services Senior Consultant and David S. Lipien, Director in Microsoft’s Premier Services present a 3 part installment on the internet of things (IoT). Augmented reality brings the software world into the real world enabling mind bending experiences.  The Internet of Things brings the everyday world into the world...

Controlling WebBrowser Control Compatibility

February 4, 2015 Feb 4, 2015 02/4/15
Pam Lahoud
If you have an embedded browser in your Windows application, you may be encountering a rendering or some other kind of compatibility issue with the content you are trying to display. In his most recent blog post, Premier Developer Consultant Pat Altimore discusses some options to try to fix common problems with the WebBrowser control in .NET. ...

Should an application handle user credentials?

January 20, 2015 Jan 20, 2015 01/20/15
Pam Lahoud
With development of standard authentication protocols like WS-federation, SAML and OAuth, there should be very few situations where a web application has to implement its own storage and logic for handling user credentials. This blog from Premier Developer consultant Marius Rochon enumerates the benefits of using out-of-the-box authentication ...

Build development capabilities in the Microsoft Cloud faster with Premier Support for Developers

January 8, 2015 Jan 8, 2015 01/8/15
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Hilton L’Orange, Senior Application Development Manager, shares how Premier Support for Developers can help customers rapidly leverage development capabilities and services in Azure. Today, many development teams recognize how valuable services offered in the Microsoft Cloud can be.  These services can make their lives easier ...

What’s next for Developers in 2015?

January 7, 2015 Jan 7, 2015 01/7/15
Developer Support
2015 is positioned to be an exciting year for developers.  Considering the momentum around announcements at Connect and with Build 2015 right around the corner, now is a good time to be thinking about modernization and cloud strategy.  If you haven’t significantly revised the way you build apps and run development projects in the last few...

Windows 10 Insider + Premier Support for Developers: A winning combination to get your app ready for Windows 10

December 17, 2014 Dec 17, 2014 12/17/14
Developer Support
Greg Roe, Senior Application Development Manager, spotlights the exciting new opportunity that Windows 10 represents for developers and shares several great suggestions to help you get started!   By now you've likely heard Microsoft's recent  announcement of Windows 10.  This is an exciting new opportunity for developers ...