news|Jul 20, 2015

Visual Studio 2015 Released

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2015 today including many features for developers working outside of the Windows platform.  This release is one of the biggest advances in the Visual Studio platform and also includes .Net 4.6.  Microsoft is celebrating the release of Visual Studio 2015 with an online virtual event including more than 60 on-demand…
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News|Jul 16, 2015

Microsoft Quietly Slips Out Windows 10 RTM Release

Microsoft isn’t exactly known for it’s subtlety but this week’s release of Build 10240 of Windows 10 could be an exception.  While Microsoft hasn’t yet made the announcement, all indications are that Build 10240 is in fact the RTM version of Windows 10 which would be used by manufacturers to preload Windows 10 in time…
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survey|Jul 13, 2015

Windows 10 Launch Is Coming? Will You Upgrade?

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 10 Launch is turning into quite a party, literally.  On July 29th Microsoft is planning to celebrate the 5 million users who took part in the Windows Insider program by hosting special events in 13 cities including Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, New Delhi, Dubai, Nairobi, Berlin, Johannesburg, Mardrid, London, Sao Paolo, and…
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editorial|Jun 15, 2015

What Facebook Disconnecting Microsoft Really Means

There’s been no shortage of click-bait on the Internet last week about how the changes to Facebook’s API has affected Microsoft’s support for integration from Windows 8.1 and Windows Mobile.  The reality is that this disconnection of synced contacts and email will have very little impact on Windows users unless they have a strong aversion…
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survey|Mar 4, 2015

Is Microsoft Trying to Take Over Android?

Recent announcements from Mobile World Congress show that Samsung will preload Microsoft’s cloud services such as OneDrive and Microsoft Office apps on their new flagship Galaxy S6 phones.  Is this the beginning of a bigger move by Microsoft? Rumors have swirled for several weeks but earlier this week at Mobile World Congress confirmation has come…
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Video|Feb 23, 2015

Interview with Matthew Gertz

Kathleen Dollard talks to Matthew Gertz, Principal Development Manager of Visual Studio Managed Languages at Microsoft about how they are becoming more transparent, ways in which the open source developer community helps Microsoft make better products, and the future of Roslyn.  
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Video|Feb 18, 2015

Interview with John Robbins

In this video we interview John Robbins about a new and open Microsoft, the potential of Roslyn, and how debugging has changed over the years. John Robbins is a cofounder of Wintellect, where he heads up the consulting and debugging services side of the business. He also travels the world teaching his Mastering .NET Debugging…
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azure-and-cloud-computing|Feb 3, 2015

Microsoft’s Most Popular Mobile Apps Aren’t Necessarily on Windows Phone

You may have heard that Microsoft has released mobile versions of their Office apps for Android and iOS, but that’s only scratching the surface of what they’ve published.  What’s more some of their apps are more popular on Android and iOS than Windows Phone. Microsoft’s recent move to open up the Office platform to Android…
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editorial|Dec 15, 2014

Fighting For the Cloud: Why Microsoft’s Battle Matters

Microsoft is fighting a US based court order demanding access to email stored on its servers in Ireland and has garnered support from major cloud players including Apple, Amazon, AT&T, and many others.  The results of this fight could change the shape of cloud computing forever. In December of 2013, the US Government hit Microsoft…
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news|Dec 2, 2014

Microsoft Updates its “By The Numbers” Interactive Visuals

Microsoft has released its latest “By The Numbers” interactive visuals with some interesting new statistics Microsoft’s latest version of their “By The Numbers” Metro-style visual campaign shows some significant Azure adoption numbers as well as strong usage of their other online services such as Skype, OneDrive, and XBox Live.  Here are a few of the more…
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wintellect-blogs|May 12, 2014

Love TechEd but can’t make it? You don’t have to miss out on all the fun!

Love TechEd but can’t make it? Don’t worry; you don’t have to miss out on all of the fun! We love TechEd and realize not everyone can attend but everyone can learn from this great event! Join @Wintellectuals to discuss TechEd announcements, activities, and have fun live from the comfort of your office, laptop, or…
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