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Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.5 Preview

October 25, 2017 Oct 25, 2017 10/25/17
Vahe Minasyan
Yesterday we released the second Preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 and we would love it if you would try it out and tell us what you think. We’ve polished up some features that were introduced with the first Preview, addressed some of the issues you’ve reported, and made improvements in the product’s fundamentals such as ...

Five-Star Apps with Visual Studio Mobile Center

October 25, 2017 Oct 25, 2017 10/25/17
Vahe Minasyan
Five-star mobile apps are all about consistent and predictable output. It’s not a good experience for users when an app suddenly crashes or doesn’t format correctly on their mobile screens. Developers can easily avoid these scenarios by testing for various scenarios on different devices, and Visual Studio Mobile Center makes it easy to ...

Cray Supercomputers are coming to Azure

October 25, 2017 Oct 25, 2017 10/25/17
Vahe Minasyan
I’m thrilled to share our new, exclusive partnership with Cray that will provide our customers unprecedented access to supercomputing capabilities in Azure to solve their toughest challenges in climate modeling, precision medicine, energy, manufacturing, and other scientific research...

Experiment with Azure for FREE!

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
With all the things Azure can do, it’s hard to know where to start answering these important questions. But there’s a really easy way to explore the potential of Azure completely free and at your own pace: by creating a free Azure account. In fact, if you’re a Visual Studio subscriber either on your own or through your employer you ...

Adaptive UI with Xamarin.Forms

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
Xamarin.Forms has supported iOS, Android, and Windows for a long time. We’ve also added new platforms to keep up with the changing landscape, such as Tizen and macOS, with Linux and Windows WPF on the horizon. These platforms run on a wide variety of devices including phones, tablets, desktops, and TVs. This presents an interesting challenge...

User accounts made easy with Azure

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
One of the most common requirements for web applications is for users create accounts for the purpose of access control and personalization. While ASP.NET templates have always made it easy to create an application that uses a database you control to register and track user accounts, that introduces other complications over the long term. As ...

Plugin and Permission Changes with iOS 11

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
iOS 11 introduced some fun updates around permissions when accessing certain features on the device. I first noticed these changes when trying to access a user location with the Geolocator Plugin in a Xamarin.Forms application. To my surprise, nothing happened. Upon further investigation of the application’s Output, I noticed a message ...

Announcing the .NET Framework 4.7.1

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
Today, we are announcing the release of the .NET Framework 4.7.1. It’s included in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. .NET Framework 4.7.1 is also available on Windows 7+ and Windows Server 2008 R2+.  We’ve added support for targeting the .NET Framework 4.7.1 in Visual Studio 2017 15.5...