Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file…

This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will provide an understanding of the various options for data management in Azure and help you map system capabilities against solution requirements. The session will cover the wide range of options for managing data, compositional approaches, and how to…

Mitchell Cichocki, Lead Developer at Busy Bee Studios, describes their experience developing Zoo Train, an app for Windows 8.  Tune in as he walks us through what tools they used as well as what level of support and free resources his team received from Microsoft in launching their app. Check…

Susy Christiansen, Founder of Busy Bee Studios, walks us through their app Zoo Train for Windows 8.  Zoo Train is a fun & educational bundle of games for toddlers and preschoolers featuring two kid favorites: animals and trains! Kids enjoy learning as they play the 5 different games plus a…

In part 5 of their Windows 8 Tips and Tricks series, Kevin Remde and Principal Technical Account Manager Lex Thomas  briefly introduce you to some of the new security-centric improvements in Windows 8. [2:04] Demo: Control Your App Privacy [6:12] Demo: SmartScreen [11:33] Demo: Automatic…

Yung Chou  and Keith Mayer and welcome Greg Shields from Concentrated Technology to the show as they discuss the differences between virtualization and cloud computing and how the two complement each other as well as how you can take the principles you learned from virtualization and apply them…

Chevon Christie, Lead Windows Developer at Aviary, describes how Developers can easily add the Aviary Photo Editor to their Windows 8 apps by downloading their free SDK.  Aviary's beautiful photo editor is powerful, customizable, and can be plugged into your mobile apps and website in minutes.…

NuGet support for C++ projects in Visual Studio has arrived in NuGet version 2.5! This has been an elusive feature for VC++ developers so we are thrilled it's here. It's been around for about a month now so we figured we'd go talk to one of the developers who helped make it happen,…

The good times just don't stop and this week was an absolute blast. Watch Paul and Laura bring you the news and please chime in with your comments on these stories and more: Xbox points for dollars  [04:57] Microsoft tramp stamp!  [11:24] Star Trek and Microsoft  [17:07]

TypeScript is a programming language that makes it easier to write cross-platform, application scale, JavaScript that runs in any browser or in any host.  Microsoft Technical Fellow Anders Hejlsberg explains how TypeScript, which is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to idiomatic…