Introducing Windows 8 is a series of videos to introduce developers, designers, and business decision makers on how to create Windows Store apps. This series showcases some of the new features in Windows 8 as well as how to setup a developer account, monetize your app, and track your apps…

Windows Azure Cloud Cover Shorts is a new series from the Cloud Cover show. These videos will generally be 10 to 15 minute interviews with Windows Azure customers discussing how they use Windows Azure to build real-world applications.

These quickstarts provide guidance on migrating a Windows Phone 7 app to perform well on Windows 8 devices. We will assume that you are a developer familiar with Silverlight for Windows Phone but wish to get up to speed on Windows 8 application development, and the challenges and solutions…

Got an emergency and need help right away solving those Microsoft Office related problems? Well, have no fear! The Office 911 team is here to answer all yoru questions and get you back on the productive path in a jiffy.

Want to learn a different language? Over the course of 21 episodes, our friend Bob Tabor from www.LearnVisualStudio.net will teach you the fundamentals of Javascript programming. Tune in to learn concepts applicable to web based videogames, enhanced user interfaces, and dynamic web pages. We'll walk…

This video series will include short SQL Server Data Warehousing, Parallel Data Warehousing and Big Data overview and technical demos for customers that are already familiar with SQL Server and other relational technologies and concepts. Lots of how to get started sessions included as well.

Want to learn a different language? Over the course of 21 episodes, our friend Bob Tabor from www.LearnVisualStudio.net will teach you the fundamentals of HTML5 & CSS3 programming. Tune in to learn concepts about web pages, CSS3 styles and HTML5 features. We'll walk you through getting the web…

Web mavens Christian Heilmann of Mozilla and Rey Bango of Microsoft (ergo, FoxIE) share their opinions on modern web browsers and standards. This four-part series covers a broad range of topics of interest to web developers and designers. Shot on-location in Miami…

One of the truly great things about Brian Beckman and Erik Meijer is their natural ability to explain complex subject matter in ways normal people can readily understand, all while engaging and entertaining us. Each month, Brian and Erik will get together to make music in the form…

Auto-vectorization is a powerful compiler feature that ships in Visual Studio 2012. It's the result of outstanding engineering by a few folks on the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler team. It's an evolving technology, of course. The engineering leader of this team is Jim Radigan.…