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What’s next for Developers in 2015?

January 7, 2015 Jan 7, 2015 01/7/15

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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

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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 ...

The Right Services, Right from the Start

December 1, 2014 Dec 1, 2014 12/1/14

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Scott Robinson, Senior Application Development Manager, walks us through a kickoff meeting with Premier Support for Developers and how we work with key technical and business stakeholders to build a delivery plan specifically for your business. There comes a point in every development organization when the decision is made to look ...

Why you are failing with Waterfall – Consider Agile and Scrum

November 24, 2014 Nov 24, 2014 11/24/14

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Rick McGuire, Senior Application Development Manager, shares what many development teams are discovering in their effort to build better software: Agile has many advantages over traditional waterfall methodologies. Surprisingly there are still a lot of development teams clinging to the old Waterfall methodology for software ...

The Value of an ADM

November 20, 2014 Nov 20, 2014 11/20/14

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Rich Maines, Senior Application Development Manager, discusses how a strategic ADM relationship translates into business value for customers. What if you could have your own trusted advisor within Microsoft, a resource whose primary responsibility is to maximize the business value of your investments in Microsoft technologies? The ...

ImmutableObjectGraph has some big updates now, and more coming soon

November 19, 2014 Nov 19, 2014 11/19/14

Andrew Arnott

I was able to work out a model for continued open source development of ImmutableObjectGraph -- at least in a limited way. This means that the 16 month silence on the public repo is over, and I was able to push a bunch of the commits I had been keeping internal to the public. For those of you not already familiar with the library/tool, you ...

Development practices to minimize OS end of life risks

November 17, 2014 Nov 17, 2014 11/17/14

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Derrick Sharpe, Senior Application Development Manager, talks about application compatibility and how to minimize the risk associated with OS end of life transitions. In case you haven’t heard by now Windows Server 2003 support ends on July 14, 2015.  Microsoft will no longer patch Windows Server 2003 for new security ...

When QA Testing isn’t enough to keep your application error-free

November 12, 2014 Nov 12, 2014 11/12/14

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Linkai Yu, Senior Application Development Manager, discusses his experience with enterprise applications that fail after being deployed in production and how Premier Developer works with customers to resolve and prevent these types of issues. Even though Applications Go Through Rigorous Tests It’s true that most applications ...

Connect(“November 12 & 13”); is almost here!

November 11, 2014 Nov 11, 2014 11/11/14

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Premier Developer wanted to give a shout out to our Visual Studio and Azure friends hosting an exciting event this week. The live Connect(); two-day virtual developer event starts this Wednesday, so save the date, connect with a community of dedicated developers, and get a jump start on the road ahead! (image) Day 1, November 12th: ...

Windows 10 Technical Preview is Available–Time to Start Thinking About Compatibility

October 30, 2014 Oct 30, 2014 10/30/14

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Every new version of Windows brings new features and opportunities for developers, but also some challenges with compatibility of existing applications.  It’s never too early to plan ahead, so big thanks to Premier Developer consultants Maarten Van De Bospoort and Pat Altimore for this piece on Windows 10 compatibility. The ...