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Awaken Your Creativity with the new Windows.UI.Composition
We live and work in a fast-paced, real-time, information environment where the scarcest resource of all is not information itself, but human attention to that information. This is why user experiences...
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Windows IoT Core and Azure IoT Hub – Putting the ‘I’ in IoT
Hello, Makers! Earlier this year, we announced the availability of Windows IoT Core – a new edition of Windows designed for maker boards and small devices. We’ve been busy the past few months...
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December Dev Center update: Multi-user and other new capabilities
As part of the periodic improvements to Dev Center, I want to share details about several new capabilities, as well as ideas on how to make best use of them: Multi-user access with roles: support...
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Asset creation for holographic apps
We’re now a week into the Share Your Idea and the community has suggested over 3,000 ideas. Keep the ideas coming, and don’t forget to tell us which ideas are your favorite by voting for ideas (click...
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Building an app for a 3rd party? How to package their Store app
(This article is specifically for Windows 8 UAP application packaging. It does not apply to Windows 10 UWP application packaging in Visual Studio 2015 since the Create App Packages wizard does not...
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NPR One on the Universal Windows Platform
Earlier this year, NPR released a Windows 8 version of NPR One for Windows, and recently, a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version. They were eager to share their challenges and developer experiences...
View ArticleDevelopers’ Guide to Windows 10 Version 1511 Update – new videos now...
We’re happy to announce that the video recordings from last weeks’ Developers’ Guide to Windows 10 live event are now available on-demand on Channel 9. This half day event is an addendum to the...
View ArticleThe reboot of Coding4Fun
Today we are happy to announce the reboot of Coding4Fun; a site within Windows Dev Center that’s dedicated to exploring the lighter side of Windows 10 development. Our goal is pretty simple; create fun...
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Windows App Studio December 2015 Update
It’s the end of the year and the holiday season in many parts of the world, so we have one more release this year to celebrate all the App Studio enhancements in 2015, such as the launch of Windows 10...
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Using Multi-user and roles in Dev Center
Earlier this month we announced the release of one of the most requested features in Dev Center: support for multiple users in a single Dev Center account with the ability to manage access through...
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Windows 10 Store Growth Creates New Developer Opportunity in 2016
As we welcome 2016, I thought it only fitting to provide an update on our progress since the Windows 10 launch on July 29. As announced yesterday, over 200 million PCs, tablets and phones across the...
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Now Available: Single age rating system to simplify app submissions
To aid customers in determining which apps or game are appropriate to download, Dev Center requires you to select an age rating during the submission process and include specific requirements (e.g....
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The Basics of Background Audio
Background audio in a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app is a powerful way to provide a more seamless audio experience to your users. This post will walk you through setting up background audio,...
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Give your apps more visibility – six recommendations for 2016
We are often asked what criteria the Windows Store uses to determine which apps to feature, as well as what developers can do to make their app more visible in the Store. Below I describe six...
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Advancing Node.js for Windows 10 IoT Core
One of the latest trends that has excited many technology enthusiasts in the last few years is Internet of Things (IoT), which has the potential to transform how technology is consumed by enterprises...
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Building a Simple App with the Windows Bridge for iOS
Welcome to the first in a series of hands-on blog posts for the Windows Bridge for iOS. The Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP)...
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HoloLens Interaction Model
Before we dive into talking about the interaction model, we wanted to share that today is the day we open up Twitter voting to select the winner for the Share Your Idea campaign! The Share Your Idea...
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Convenient two-factor authentication with Microsoft Passport and Windows Hello
If your app handles user data, then secure authentication should be one of your primary concerns. Identity management is a hard thing to do well, involving encryption, reset mechanisms, and other...
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What is Windows Virtual Shields for Arduino and What Can It Do?
This post is a general overview of the Windows Virtual Shields for Arduino library, one of the technologies being used in the World’s Largest Arduino Maker Challenge. If you have not heard about the...
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Visual Studio Walkthrough for iOS Developers
In the previous post in this series, we talked about using the Windows Bridge for iOS to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using existing Objective-C...
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