Cloud Load Test Support in mstest.exe command line and XAML Builds
As part of TFS 2015, we have added two tasks to help users run load test as part of the new Build System. You can read about it here https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/tfs2015-vs.aspx#loadtest. We...
View ArticleVisual Studio Tipps & Tricks, Teil 58: Windows 10 Extension SDK APIs erkennen
In einem vorherigen Blogpost bin ich bereits ausgiebig auf eines der für mich wichtigsten Features von Windows 10 eingegangen: Die Möglichkeit Code auf unterschiedlichen Geräteklassen ausführen zu...
View ArticleBizSpark: tutti gli aggiornamenti sul programma dedicato alle startup
Questo post è dedicato a tutti coloro che hanno una startup, un progetto in essere, o un'idea di progetto, che potrebbe realizzarsi in una nuova startup.Come qualcuno di voi già saprà, Microsoft mette...
View ArticleWhy I need an Xbox One in my classroom!
I get asked this at BETT every year, people are thinking how they can use this consumer technology in the classroom (or how they can persuade their spouse that they need one for work!). It is relative...
View ArticleCréer une police de pictos vectorielle.
Avec l’arrivée massive du vectoriel dans les interfaces applicatives et la généralisation du principe web de responsivité, il est plus que temps de regarder quelles sont les solutions pour conserver...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Snapshots for SharePoint
…or perhaps better titled, “why you really shouldn’t consider using snapshots with SharePoint (but fine, if you insist…)”.A common question that comes up for SharePoint is how to snapshot/rollback...
View ArticleInsightful graph: The ship date predictor
The best graphs are the ones that require no explanation. You are just told what the x- and y-axes represent, and the answer just jumps out at you. One of the greatest graphs I've seen at Microsoft is...
View ArticleLicensing issues with Visual Studio Online - 8/24 - Investigating
Update: Monday, 24 August 2015 18:43 UTC Our DevOps team continues to investigate licensing related failures that some of our customers are experiencing. Root cause is not fully understood at this time...
View ArticleThe imported project "C:\Program...
While trying to create any C# shared or Windows Phone projects using the Visual Studio 2015 IDE, you may receive an error message as highlighted below: This is a known issue and it would be fixed in a...
View ArticleMicrosoft Account: How to get the most out of it and how not to get locked out
We have seen an increasing number of questions about the Microsoft Account so we thought we would provide you with a simple overview, some answers to the most popular questions and a quick list of...
View ArticleImagine Cup 2015 Games Winner Team IzHard’s ‘Ovivo’ picked up by Nekki Games
If you were one of the many thousands of viewers who saw Team IzHard’s presentation at the Imagine Cup World Championships, then you too came under the spell cast by their black and white 2-D puzzle...
View ArticleNotice regarding this week’s ebook deal of the week
You may have received a Special Offer email from the Microsoft Press Store this morning featuring Deploying and Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: Tools for cloud-based and hybrid...
View ArticleDynamics CRM: Making it easier for families to understand their child...
A call centre can be a stressful environment to work in regardless of whom you’re helping: managing the constant queue of callers within SLA targets, prioritising cases, finding the right resolution as...
View Article[Webinar] Creating Reports for Power BI Using Power BI Desktop
Join Power BI Product Manager Miguel Llopis to learn about creating reports using Power BI Desktop. Power BI Desktop is a free new standalone application that enables business analysts to create...
View ArticleLocal Tile Layers in Bing Maps WPF
Earlier this year the Bing Maps WPF control was updated with a number of performance and bug fixes. Most notably, navigating the map using touch works much better in Windows 8 than it did before. This...
View ArticleBrazilian MVPs Support Windows 10 Launch
On July, 29th, Microsoft launched Windows 10, the new version combining the classic interface of Windows 7 and the new design of Windows 8. The new version creates a versatile environment allowing the...
View ArticleDeploying to Linux & Windows Docker Containers
Last week we shipped an update to the Docker Tools for Visual Studio adding support for Windows Containers.While the tools support both Linux and Windows, and you can deploy the same project to Linux...
View ArticlePowerShell reference for Windows Containers now available
We have just published the PowerShell reference for Windows Containers in Windows Server 2016 TP3. You can read it...
View ArticleManagement Reporter CU13 Hotfix Now Available
An issue was discovered with Management Reporter CU13 related to how reporting trees displayed in the web viewer. The scrollbar in the reporting tree window doesn't display when the reporting tree...
View ArticlePerformance problems on high cardinality column in tabular model
Marco Russo has a great article regarding optimization on high cardinality column in tabular model at Optimizing High Cardinality Columns in VertiPaqThe basic idea is to avoid having high cardinality...
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