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Oct 11, 2017
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Time Travel Debugging is now available in WinDbg Preview

We are excited to announce that Time Travel Debugging (TTD) features are now available in the latest version of WinDbg Preview. About a month ago, we released WinDbg Preview, which provides great new debugging user experiences. We are now publicly launching a preview version of TTD for the first time and are looking forward to your feedback.

Oct 6, 2017
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Get the latest on building the innovative apps of the future right now – at Connect(); // 2017 (Save-the-date)

The inspiration for our Connect(); event has always been about developers and the innovative applications they create. I am excited to announce our popular and highly anticipated Connect(); 2017 returns Nov. 15-17.  From the earliest days of computing, developers have shaped the future and changed the world. We’re at a critical inflection point whe...

Oct 6, 2017
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Welcome to the New Blog Template for ASP.NET Developers

Have you always wanted to build a blog or other web application but haven’t had the time or educational resources to learn? With our blog template, available in our GitHub repo, you can create your web application fast and effortlessly, and even learn to master the new Razor Pages architecture along the way. This blog post will explore how to use R...

Oct 6, 2017
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Xamarin.Forms Stable Comes to .NET Standard 2.0

Today, we are thrilled to share our latest stable release of Xamarin.Forms, version 2.4.0. This is our fastest, most stable release ever and we think you’re going to love it!

Oct 6, 2017
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The Solar System with ARKit and F#

A few years ago, my colleague Joel Martinez and I wrote a F# program we called “Oculus Thrift” that demonstrated iOS SceneKit in a Google Cardboard stereoscopic viewer. With the recent release of iOS 11, I wanted to see if we could do something similar with ARKit, Apple’s augmented-reality framework. It took just 8 lines of F# code.

Oct 6, 2017
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.NET Framework 4.7.1 Runtime and Compiler Features

This post describes the new Runtime, Compiler and Base Class Library (BCL) improvements in the .NET Framework 4.7.1. You can try out these features by downloading the Developer Pack, described in the Welcome to the .NET Framework 4.7.1 Early Access blog post.

Oct 6, 2017
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Visual Studio and Xamarin take iOS support to 11

With the first wave of new iPhone 8 devices landing in people’s hands, and the installed base of iOS 11 users growing rapidly, it’s an exciting time to build apps for iPhone and iPad, as well as macOS and the new 4k Apple TVs and Cellular Apple Watches. Of course, Visual Studio and Xamarin are ready to enable you as .NET developers to create native...

Oct 4, 2017
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SQL Server 2017 available for download

Final version of SQL Server 2017 is available for download. New version of SQL Server has a lot of enhancements compared to the previous version. In this post will be highlighted some of the new features that are available: Cross-platform support – you can run SQL Server 2017 on Windows, Linux, and Docker containers. Built-in intelligence – SQL Ser...

Oct 4, 2017
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Xamarin at Local Developer Events this October

We’re at the height of conference season, and that means tons of new and exciting releases, tooling, and updates to talk about with your local developer community! Mobile .NET developer conferences and meetups are the perfect opportunities to learn the latest on Xamarin and related technologies while networking with other developers. Below are just...

Oct 4, 2017
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Achieve better savings with best-in-class cost management on Azure

Last week at Ignite, our customers and partners like UPS, HSBC, Ernest & Young, and more shared incredible stories of how they are transforming their IT and businesses with Azure – revamping dev/test processes, modernizing applications, running mission critical workloads such as SAP, and taking their cloud investments to the next level with mac...