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Getting the most out of your Premier Support for Developers Contract

June 28, 2017 Jun 28, 2017 06/28/17
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In this post, Application Development Manager, Deepa Chandramouli shared some tips on getting the most of your Premier Support for Developers contract. Microsoft Premier Support manages the highest tier support programs from Microsoft. Premier Support for Developers (PSfD) empowers developers and enterprises to plan, build, deploy and ...

A higher level of Premier Support for Developers – Premier Mission Critical

May 28, 2017 May 28, 2017 05/28/17
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In this post, Sr. Application Development Manager, Wyn Lewis-Bevan spotlights Premier Mission Critical Support. So, you have a multi-million-dollar revenue generator that uses Microsoft supported technologies, either on Premise, in the Azure cloud, or both. Because it generates a significant portion of your company’s revenue and is ...

Empower your Cloud development with Microsoft Premier Developer

May 8, 2017 May 8, 2017 05/8/17
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In this post, Application Development Managers Frank Ellero and Larry Duff, along with Technical Delivery Manager Dan Simmons, spotlight package offerings from Premier Support for Developers to help make your cloud transition a success. The Cloud. The quintessential IT buzzword of the 21st Century. It is a paradigm shift that rivals any we ...

Microservices Application Architecture: One Customer’s Journey from Azure Cloud Services to Service Fabric

April 7, 2017 Apr 7, 2017 04/7/17
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In this post, Senior Application Development Consultant, Greg Roe, shares insights from a cloud transformation using Azure Cloud Services and ultimately, Service Fabric. I love helping customer's optimize their Applications using Microsoft technologies such as Azure. In doing so, our team helps customers proactively vet architectural ...

Introduction to PSfP support for EAS licensees

February 27, 2017 Feb 27, 2017 02/27/17
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Senior Application Development Managers, David Huang and Sheldon Ledbetter spotlight support options for EAS licensees Exchange ActiveSync, also known as EAS, is a development protocol requiring purchase of Microsoft Licenses. Almost all major mobile device manufacturers who use Microsoft EAS API to develop their email, calendar, and ...

Bots on Azure – Not as Complex as it Sounds

January 17, 2017 Jan 17, 2017 01/17/17
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This post is provided by Dan Simmons, a Technical Delivery Manager within our team here at Premier Support for Developers. I was having a discussion with a colleague about how customers will help you better understand them.  I had asked if they had thought about putting a bot on their webpage to help them with this and she said they had ...

Getting started with your DevOps journey

September 6, 2016 Sep 6, 2016 09/6/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Ilias Jennane  explains about navigating through the Dev Ops journey. You have probably started to hear all the noise about DevOps. Most likely you fall into one of the following categories: I have no idea what DevOps is. Sounds promising. Where can I buy it? We realize ...

Millennial Manager

August 24, 2016 Aug 24, 2016 08/24/16
Developer Support
Unlike a lot of technical blogs, Premier Developer covers a range of both technical and business focused topics.  Why?  Simply put, developers need to understand the business and the business needs to understand developers.  This post is provided by Dan Simmons, a Technical Delivery Manager in Microsoft’s Modern Application Domain and a...

Ironman or Pokémon: Both are helping make the virtual real!

July 29, 2016 Jul 29, 2016 07/29/16
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This post is a collaboration between David S. Lipien- Director in Microsoft’s Premier Services, Jeremy Rule- Practice Manager in Microsoft’s Premier Services, and Dan Simmons- Technical Manger. They are all part of the Enterprise Services Business where they enable clients to leverage IT for business success in the cloud and on the ground...

Let’s talk about Technical Debt

July 22, 2016 Jul 22, 2016 07/22/16
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It seems that every company has at least one application built on aging technology and held together by virtual duct tape. Have you been that developer, fighting to upgrade a solution before it breaks? Have you been that business guy making the tough budget decision—maintenance or new development? This post is for both of you. How did we get...