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EF 2.0 I am a believer

October 26, 2017 Oct 26, 2017 10/26/17
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This post is provided by App Dev Manager, Marcus Fernandez who shares first impressions of EF Core 2.0. I am not much of a database guy. I enjoy code but not a big fan of learning tools like SQL Management Studio, SSIS, etc. Not my forte. So I am working on a project and exploring database evolution.  The original project started ...

Exploring Windows Mixed Reality, switching between 2D / 3D and embedding Web Views

October 25, 2017 Oct 25, 2017 10/25/17
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In this post, Senior App Dev Manager, Davide Zordan explores switching between Unity 3D and XAML 2D views and integrating the access to UWP APIs for content hosted on Web Views. (image) This scenario could be particularly useful if an app needs to reuse existing code, perhaps available in a website, with the requirement to access the ...

SQL Server 2016 Express SP1 – Always Encrypted

October 18, 2017 Oct 18, 2017 10/18/17
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This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager, Chris Tjoumas who provides an overview of Always Encrypted with SQL Server 2016. Introduction In this post, I want to focus on the Always Encrypted security feature of SQL Server 2016 SP1, specifically with the Express edition. This post is motivated by a customer who was hoping to ...

Jump Start ASP.NET Core Application on Nano Server

October 17, 2017 Oct 17, 2017 10/17/17
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This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager, Linkai Yu who shares some tips to speed up ASP.NET Core Application dev on Nano Server.With the Nano server release from Windows 2016 Server, I’m excited to see the new application deployment practice to work with the thin and fast OS.If you are new to ASP.NET Core application deployment on ...

The Forgotten Roles in an Agile Transformation

October 9, 2017 Oct 9, 2017 10/9/17
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This post is provided by App Dev Manager Tuan Nguyen who spotlights the importance of Agile roles and contributions across the business.Most of the organizations I have been involved with that adopted Agile tend to treat non-developers as an afterthought. This is not surprising as Agile is usually driven by the IT department but it can be ...

Using ADAL with Angular2–Part 2

October 8, 2017 Oct 8, 2017 10/8/17
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In this post,  Senior Application Development Manager, Vishal Saroopchand who follows up his first post to demonstrate how to pass and revalidate the JWT token. In my last blog posting, I explained how to use Adaj.js with Angular2 and demonstrated how to retrieve the JWT token from AAD. I also stated you can supply the JWT to your back...

Getting the most from your Premier Contract

October 7, 2017 Oct 7, 2017 10/7/17
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This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager, Mark Meadows who shares some tips on getting the most from your Premier Support for Developers contract.A Microsoft premier contract can be a very valuable asset to you and your company.  You not only get access to a wealth of reactive and proactive engineers and services, but an advocate ...

SharePoint portal on O365

October 6, 2017 Oct 6, 2017 10/6/17
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This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager, Michael Mano who walks through the basics of setting up SharePoint Online Portal. For a successful migration you need to have a good understanding of business needs and goals. The SharePoint / Office 365 platform delivered by Microsoft will enable customers to successfully manage ...

Surviving Hurricane Irma: Microsoft is a great place to work!

October 5, 2017 Oct 5, 2017 10/5/17
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This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager, Paul King who shares a personal story about what it means to be part of the Microsoft team and Premier Support for Developers. I have a fun hobby outside of work where my wife and I work on a Christmas light display at our home. You can see a sample video here, or check out our Facebook ...

Publishing and Managing your NPM Packages with VSTS

October 4, 2017 Oct 4, 2017 10/4/17
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This post is provided by App Dev Manager, Andrew Kanieski who walks us though publishing and managing NPM packages with VSTS.Writing packages in the javascript world historically has been troublesome. The javascript community has been challenged with shifting and numerous standards for package development. In recent years the introduction of ...