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The Azure Websites, Microsoft’s PaaS offering for secure Websites and Web-based applications, now offers developers and administrators more management and monitoring options. In a pair of blog posts, Apurva Joshi, senior program manager for Microsoft Azure Websites, detailed several of the new features and site enhancements his team has rolled out in an effort to […]

Of course Windows 8 does already has a mobile counterpart for the OS, arguably two including Windows RT, only difference between the two is the ladder is optimized for a unique processor type. Assuming the story is going to break soon, the tablet version of Windows 10 could follow a similar. Is possible that Microsoft […]

According to the official Microsoft announcement on the change, Takashi Sensui did not resign as a result of his poor performances as the general manager of Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business, but as a part of the reorganization of of the Xbox business at a global scale. This does not change the fact that since he […]

Continuing to demonstrate their move to make inroads on the mobile scene, Microsoft announced the purchase, Rajesh Jha, corporate VP of Outlook and Office 365, stated that the purchase is “part of a company-wide effort devoted to helping people accomplish more with their mobile devices. Microsoft migrated its Office suite of products to iOS and […]

Introduction Have you ever thought of displaying an interactive Google Map on your Windows Forms application? Using GDS Google Map Control, you can easily achieve this goal. 1 Install, register and setup Download GdsGoogleMapSetup.msi from www.gdsdesigndevelopment.com. Run it and follow the instructions on the screen to install it. Then run GdsGoogleMapRegister.exe to register for either […]

Microsoft’s update to Intune includes a product name change. Henceforth, Intune will be called Microsoft Intune. The rebranding was actually announced last month however the features weren’t. In fact the name change is part of a strategy for Microsoft as they see Intune as a management tool for not just Microsoft, but also Android and […]

Recognizing that many organizations are under competitive pressure to evolve their applications ever more quickly, Microsoft has been updating its programming tools to accommodate fast paced “devops”-style development environments. Recognizing that many organizations are under competitive pressure to evolve their applications ever more quickly, Microsoft has been updating its programming tools to accommodate fast paced […]

Microsoft announced that they are open-sourcing most of their software development libraries and will be releasing .NET libraries and tools for Linux and OS X.  This courageous move brings one of the world’s most used development environments to a whole new world of opportunities. However with most big moves, the results could be either hugely […]

When Microsoft releases the next iteration of their unified communication platform for business, currently scheduled for the first half of 2015, it will be done so under a new, yet familiar title. The next version of Lync, Lync Server, and Lync Online, will be renamed to “Skype for Business” with promises from Microsoft that the […]

Microsoft is gearing up to preview their new version of its Azure SQL database-as-a-service with the the coming version to include new SQL Server capabilities that will simplify extending and migrating database applications to the cloud, according to company officials who made the announcement at Microsoft’s PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) Summit 2014 on November 5. The […]

Microsoft has ended retail sales for Windows 8. Computers with preinstalled Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate., while computers with preinstalled Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8 have yet to get an announced date on end of sales. Windows 7 Professional remains available through Microsoft’s Downgrade Rights. Microsoft has given a year’s notice […]

Boxless announced today its Document Storage and Collaboration Software is now Microsoft Azure Certified. Boxless will offer a compelling solution for companies who are facing the challenge of sharing increasing volumes of information. It will also provide companies a secure, compliant solution for document storage and collaboration along with enhanced search and audit capabilities. Boxless, […]