Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Microsoft Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Microsoft http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/microsoft Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/microsoft en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:49 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:49 GMT Rev9 213 9 25 Ping 169: Hotel of the Future, Outlook scores, Imagine Cup for the girls, Crime fighting tech Grab the popcorn and get ready to get in on the action. Chime in on these stories and whetever else you feel like ranting about:

Hotel of the Future 
The Outlook looks good
Imagine Cup loves the ladies
Crime Fighting Tech!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-169-Hotel-of-the-Future-Outlook-scores-Imagine-Cup-for-the-girls-Crime-fighting-tech Grab the popcorn and get ready to get in on the action. Chime in on these stories and whetever else you feel like ranting about:Hotel of the Future The Outlook looks goodImagine Cup loves the ladiesCrime Fighting Tech! 1363 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-169-Hotel-of-the-Future-Outlook-scores-Imagine-Cup-for-the-girls-Crime-fighting-tech Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:48:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-169-Hotel-of-the-Future-Outlook-scores-Imagine-Cup-for-the-girls-Crime-fighting-tech Laura Foy Laura Foy 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-169-Hotel-of-the-Future-Outlook-scores-Imagine-Cup-for-the-girls-Crime-fighting-tech/RSS Future Imagine Cup Microsoft Outlook PingShow Ping 166: Facebook Graph Search, WP8 Nominated, Nokia Drive, Microsoft loves the 90's Join in the fun and help us create buzz worthy conversations...here's what happened this week:

Facebook Graph Search  [05:11]

Windows Phone nominated for Design Award  [14:43]

Nokia DRIVE  [11:25]

Microsoft loves the '90's  [16:28]

 

Thoughts on the MYTHLY site???

 

It's all about the cheevos...or is it?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-166-Facebook-Graph-Search-WP8-Nominated-Nokia-Drive-Microsoft-loves-the-90s Join in the fun and help us create buzz worthy conversations...here's what happened this week: Facebook Graph Search  [05:11] Windows Phone nominated for Design Award  [14:43] Nokia DRIVE  [11:25] Microsoft loves the '90's  [16:28]   Thoughts on the MYTHLY site???   It's all about the cheevos...or is it? 1357 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-166-Facebook-Graph-Search-WP8-Nominated-Nokia-Drive-Microsoft-loves-the-90s Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:18:55 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-166-Facebook-Graph-Search-WP8-Nominated-Nokia-Drive-Microsoft-loves-the-90s Laura Foy Laura Foy 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-166-Facebook-Graph-Search-WP8-Nominated-Nokia-Drive-Microsoft-loves-the-90s/RSS ad Bing Facebook Microsoft Nokia PingShow Windows Phone awards Windows Phone 8 Ping 159: SkyDrive, SmartGlass, Skype takes over, Microsoft reinvents itself BUILD has wrapped and the massive event thrown on Microsoft Campus is now just a fantastic memory. Laura & Paul  go over some of the highlights and chat about some of the other hot stories that Microsofties are buzzing about.

The SkyDrive app is here  [23:07]

SmartGlass is here  [04:22]

Windows Messenger replaced by Skype  [10:34]

Biggest re-invention EVER  [17:07]

 

User created LOVE for the Surface

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-159-SkyDrive-SmartGlass-Skype-takes-over-Microsoft-reinvents-itself BUILD has wrapped and the massive event thrown on Microsoft Campus is now just a fantastic memory. Laura & Paul  go over some of the highlights and chat about some of the other hot stories that Microsofties are buzzing about. The SkyDrive app is here  [23:07] SmartGlass is here  [04:22] Windows Messenger replaced by Skype  [10:34] Biggest re-invention EVER  [17:07]   User created LOVE for the Surface 1645 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-159-SkyDrive-SmartGlass-Skype-takes-over-Microsoft-reinvents-itself Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:32:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-159-SkyDrive-SmartGlass-Skype-takes-over-Microsoft-reinvents-itself Laura Foy Laura Foy 14 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-159-SkyDrive-SmartGlass-Skype-takes-over-Microsoft-reinvents-itself/RSS Microsoft PingShow SkyDrive Skype Windows Messenger Build is wrapped- let's party! Throwing an event the size and quality of Build is no small feat. And attending such an event is an overwhelming experience filled with education and stimulation. So, when it's all said and done we throw a well deserved party for all those who participated. This year, it was at the Seattle Center Armory and I stopped by to see what we did right, what we did wrong and what people thought overall of Build 2012.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/BUILD-is-wrapped-lets-party Throwing an event the size and quality of Build is no small feat. And attending such an event is an overwhelming experience filled with education and stimulation. So, when it's all said and done we throw a well deserved party for all those who participated. This year, it was at the Seattle Center Armory and I stopped by to see what we did right, what we did wrong and what people thought overall of Build 2012.   402 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/BUILD-is-wrapped-lets-party Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:11:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/BUILD-is-wrapped-lets-party Laura Foy Laura Foy 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/BUILD-is-wrapped-lets-party/RSS Event launch party Microsoft Build Ping 158: Ballmer talks the future, Microsofties hit High School, Stocking the Windows Store, Microsoft Gives I think we finally perfected the virtual Paul experience! Check us out this week and let us know what you think! Here's the rundown:

Microsofties going back to High School  [07:42]

Ballmer talks about the future [03:08]

Stocking the Windows Store with quality apps [16:14]

Microsoft gives..a LOT  [21:44]

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-158-Ballmer-talks-the-future-Microsofties-hit-High-School-Stocking-the-Windows-Store-Microsoft- I think we finally perfected the virtual Paul experience! Check us out this week and let us know what you think! Here's the rundown: Microsofties going back to High School  [07:42] Ballmer talks about the future [03:08] Stocking the Windows Store with quality apps [16:14] Microsoft gives..a LOT  [21:44] 1530 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-158-Ballmer-talks-the-future-Microsofties-hit-High-School-Stocking-the-Windows-Store-Microsoft- Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:43:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-158-Ballmer-talks-the-future-Microsofties-hit-High-School-Stocking-the-Windows-Store-Microsoft- Laura Foy Laura Foy 16 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-158-Ballmer-talks-the-future-Microsofties-hit-High-School-Stocking-the-Windows-Store-Microsoft-/RSS Ballmer Education Microsoft Steve Ballmer giving Apps Windows Store App Ping 157: Gamerscore rewards, Rap & MS, New music service, Bing's blind testing A few thousand miles can't keep these two apart and it DEFINITELY can't keep them from bringing you all the hot stories coming out of Microsoft. Here's a sampling:

Rewards for Gamerscores  [09:44]

Hip Hop gone wrong at the Microsoft store  [04:18]

New music service coming our way  [18:40]

Bing's blind testing hits 5 million   [14:40]

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-157-Gamerscore-rewards-Rap--MS-New-music-service-Bings-blind-testing A few thousand miles can't keep these two apart and it DEFINITELY can't keep them from bringing you all the hot stories coming out of Microsoft. Here's a sampling: Rewards for Gamerscores  [09:44] Hip Hop gone wrong at the Microsoft store  [04:18] New music service coming our way  [18:40] Bing's blind testing hits 5 million   [14:40] 1378 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-157-Gamerscore-rewards-Rap--MS-New-music-service-Bings-blind-testing Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:00:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-157-Gamerscore-rewards-Rap--MS-New-music-service-Bings-blind-testing Laura Foy Laura Foy 19 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-157-Gamerscore-rewards-Rap--MS-New-music-service-Bings-blind-testing/RSS Bing Microsoft Retail Xbox 360 Gamerscore Ping 152: Microsoft's new logo, Kinect price drop, Xbox covers the election, New Windows Phones As long as Microsoft is making news Laura and Paul are more than thrilled to report it to you with their unique flair. Check out what happened this week...

Microsoft logo gets a make-over  [03:52]

Kinect becomes more available [14:58]

Xbox and the election  [10:47]

New Windows Phones [17:20]

 

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-152-Microsofts-new-logo-Kinect-price-drop-Xbox-covers-the-election-New-Windows-Phones As long as Microsoft is making news Laura and Paul are more than thrilled to report it to you with their unique flair. Check out what happened this week... Microsoft logo gets a make-over  [03:52] Kinect becomes more available [14:58] Xbox and the election  [10:47] New Windows Phones [17:20]     1206 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-152-Microsofts-new-logo-Kinect-price-drop-Xbox-covers-the-election-New-Windows-Phones Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:12:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-152-Microsofts-new-logo-Kinect-price-drop-Xbox-covers-the-election-New-Windows-Phones Laura Foy Laura Foy 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-152-Microsofts-new-logo-Kinect-price-drop-Xbox-covers-the-election-New-Windows-Phones/RSS Kinect logo Microsoft PingShow Windows Phone Xbox 360 Xbox Live Ping 148: Speech Recognition, Microsoft Reality, Easter Egg coding, Office 13 social Laura and Paul seemed to have the giggles this week and they might just be contageous. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did filming it! Here are some of the stories we talk about:

Speech Recognition taken to the next level  [02:20]

Office 13 gets social   [12:05]

Microsoft gets REAL   [17:07]

Easter Egg or obscenity?      [06:39]

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-148-Speech-Recognition-Microsoft-Reality-Easter-Egg-coding-Office-13-social Laura and Paul seemed to have the giggles this week and they might just be contageous. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did filming it! Here are some of the stories we talk about: Speech Recognition taken to the next level  [02:20] Office 13 gets social   [12:05] Microsoft gets REAL   [17:07] Easter Egg or obscenity?      [06:39]   1301 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-148-Speech-Recognition-Microsoft-Reality-Easter-Egg-coding-Office-13-social Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:58:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-148-Speech-Recognition-Microsoft-Reality-Easter-Egg-coding-Office-13-social Laura Foy, Paul Mestemaker Laura Foy, Paul Mestemaker 10 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-148-Speech-Recognition-Microsoft-Reality-Easter-Egg-coding-Office-13-social/RSS clean code Microsoft Microsoft Research Office PingShow Windows 8 Tour. Desarrollo de aplicaciones Windows 8 Tour. Desarrollo de aplicaciones

 

La nueva plataforma ofrece nuevos mecanismos de desarrollo. Todo lo que un desarrollador necesita conocer para empezar a hacer Metro apps en esta sesión.

Cristian Manteiga.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/channel9spain/Windows-8-Tour-Desarrollo-de-aplicaciones Windows 8 Tour. Desarrollo de aplicaciones  La nueva plataforma ofrece nuevos mecanismos de desarrollo. Todo lo que un desarrollador necesita conocer para empezar a hacer Metro apps en esta sesión. Cristian Manteiga.   2549 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/channel9spain/Windows-8-Tour-Desarrollo-de-aplicaciones Tue, 08 May 2012 07:52:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/channel9spain/Windows-8-Tour-Desarrollo-de-aplicaciones Channel9Spain Channel9Spain 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/channel9spain/Windows-8-Tour-Desarrollo-de-aplicaciones/RSS españa Español Microsoft Spain Spanish Windows Apps Windows 8 The Story of Ninja Labyrinth - Finn Krewer's Phone App Finn Krewer is a student from the West of Ireland who has been making apps and games all his life. Here is the story of his experience building the successful Ninja Labyrinth Windows Phone game.

Finn is a full time student in National University of Ireland, Galway and he has previously worked in Popcap Games.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/NinjaLabyrinth Finn Krewer is a student from the West of Ireland who has been making apps and games all his life. Here is the story of his experience building the successful Ninja Labyrinth Windows Phone game. Finn is a full time student in National University of Ireland, Galway and he has previously worked in Popcap Games. 127 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/NinjaLabyrinth Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:07:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/NinjaLabyrinth Diarmuid Diarmuid 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/NinjaLabyrinth/rss Microsoft Windows Phone Ninja Ireland SQLShorts: SQL 2012 Power View on SharePoint 2010 Overview of the Power View feature of SharePoint 2010 SP1.

Here is a brief description from :

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3726.power-view-overview.aspx

 Power View, a feature of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0 (RC 0) Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition, is an interactive data exploration, visualization, and presentation experience. It provides intuitive ad-hoc reporting for business users such as data analysts, business decision makers, and information workers. They can easily create and interact with views of data from tabular models based on PowerPivot workbooks published in a PowerPivot Gallery, or tabular models deployed to SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS) Release Candidate 0 (RC 0) instances. Power View is a browser-based Silverlight application launched from SharePoint Server 2010 that enables users to present and share insights with others in their organization through interactive presentations.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/SQLShorts-SQL-2012-Power-View-on-SharePoint-2010 Overview of the Power View feature of SharePoint 2010 SP1. Here is a brief description from : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3726.power-view-overview.aspx  Power View, a feature of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0 (RC 0) Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition, is an interactive data exploration, visualization, and presentation experience. It provides intuitive ad-hoc reporting for business users such as data analysts, business decision makers, and information workers. They can easily create and interact with views of data from tabular models based on PowerPivot workbooks published in a PowerPivot Gallery, or tabular models deployed to SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS) Release Candidate 0 (RC 0) instances. Power View is a browser-based Silverlight application launched from SharePoint Server 2010 that enables users to present and share insights with others in their organization through interactive presentations. 639 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/SQLShorts-SQL-2012-Power-View-on-SharePoint-2010 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:30:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/SQLShorts-SQL-2012-Power-View-on-SharePoint-2010 Mike Wilmot Mike Wilmot 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/SQLShorts-SQL-2012-Power-View-on-SharePoint-2010/rss Microsoft PowerPivot SharePoint 2010 SQL Server 2012 Power View Windows Azure – How Do I: Hello Azure (Part 2) In this "Hello Azure Part 2" episode of How DO I series, let's package and deploy our Hello Azure application.

Key Points:

  • You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure (download from here)
  • Run Visual Studio as Administrator to be able to use Windows Azure Emulators

Additional Resources:

Enjoy the show.

Sanjay Jain
ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
Blog: http://Blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Hello-Azure-Part-2 In this "Hello Azure Part 2" episode of How DO I series, let's package and deploy our Hello Azure application. Key Points: You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure (download from here) Run Visual Studio as Administrator to be able to use Windows Azure Emulators Additional Resources: Windows Azure – How Do I: Sign-up a free 3-months Trial Account Getting Started with Windows Azure (Keynote by Scott Guthrie on 12/13/2011) Enjoy the show. Sanjay Jain ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation Blog: http://Blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain Twitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369   364 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Hello-Azure-Part-2 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:25:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Hello-Azure-Part-2 Sanjay Jain Sanjay Jain 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Hello-Azure-Part-2/RSS Azure Cloud ISV Microsoft Sanjay Jain Windows Windows Azure – How Do I: Hello Azure (Part 1) In this "Hello Azure Part 1" episode of How DO I series let's create a simple Windows Azure application (say Hello Azure), debug it and run it locally. In Part 2, let's package it and deploy it to Windows Azure.

Key Points:

  • You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure (download from here)
  • Run Visual Studio as Administrator to be able to use Windows Azure Emulators

Additional Resources:

 Enjoy the show.

Sanjay Jain
ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
Blog: http://Blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Hello-Azure-Part-1 In this "Hello Azure Part 1" episode of How DO I series let's create a simple Windows Azure application (say Hello Azure), debug it and run it locally. In Part 2, let's package it and deploy it to Windows Azure. Key Points: You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure (download from here) Run Visual Studio as Administrator to be able to use Windows Azure Emulators Additional Resources: Windows Azure – How Do I: Sign-up a free 3-months Trial Account Getting Started with Windows Azure (Keynote by Scott Guthrie on 12/13/2011)  Enjoy the show. Sanjay Jain ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation Blog: http://Blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain Twitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369   http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Hello-Azure-Part-1 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:25:06 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Hello-Azure-Part-1 Sanjay Jain Sanjay Jain 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Hello-Azure-Part-1/RSS Azure Cloud ISV Microsoft Sanjay Jain Windows HDi Windows Azure – How Do I: Sign-up a free 3-months Trial Account In this "Free Trial Acount" episode of How DO I series let's see how to sign up a free 3-months trial account of Windows Azure.

Key Points:

  • Free for 3-months
  • Does require a Credit Card but comes with a  default spending limit of $0
  • Monthly allocation includes 750 Small Compute Hours, 1GB Web Edition of SQL Azure, 20GB storage with 50K transactions, Unlimited inbound and 20GB Outbound bandwidth.

Additional Resources:

 Enjoy the show.

Sanjay Jain
ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
Blog: http://Blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Sign-up-a-free-3-months-Trial-Account In this "Free Trial Acount" episode of How DO I series let's see how to sign up a free 3-months trial account of Windows Azure. Key Points: Free for 3-months Does require a Credit Card but comes with a  default spending limit of $0 Monthly allocation includes 750 Small Compute Hours, 1GB Web Edition of SQL Azure, 20GB storage with 50K transactions, Unlimited inbound and 20GB Outbound bandwidth. Additional Resources: 3-Months Free Trial Excellent Blog Post by my Colleague Jim O'Neil Windows Azure Spending Limits Getting Started with Windows Azure (Keynote by Scott Guthrie on 12/13/2011)  Enjoy the show. Sanjay JainISV Architect EvangelistMicrosoft CorporationBlog: http://Blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJainTwitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369 206 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Sign-up-a-free-3-months-Trial-Account Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:19:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Sign-up-a-free-3-months-Trial-Account Sanjay Jain Sanjay Jain 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Windows-Azure--How-Do-I-Sign-up-a-free-3-months-Trial-Account/RSS Azure ISV Microsoft Sanjay Jain Scott Guthrie Windows HDi Ping 123: Microsoft and the White House, New MS store, Holodesk, YouTube hacked Boys without Foys is back....so, take from it what you will:

Microsoft and the White House

New MS store opens to cheers and crowds

Holodesk Project bring us closer to Star Trek

Microsoft's YouTube Channel hacked

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-123-Microsoft-and-the-White-House-New-MS-store-Holodesk-YouTube-hacked Boys without Foys is back....so, take from it what you will: Microsoft and the White House New MS store opens to cheers and crowds Holodesk Project bring us closer to Star Trek Microsoft's YouTube Channel hacked 978 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-123-Microsoft-and-the-White-House-New-MS-store-Holodesk-YouTube-hacked Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:16:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-123-Microsoft-and-the-White-House-New-MS-store-Holodesk-YouTube-hacked Laura Foy Laura Foy 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-123-Microsoft-and-the-White-House-New-MS-store-Holodesk-YouTube-hacked/RSS hack Microsoft PingShow Ping 113: 3D Human face, Windows 7, Microsoft Fashion, Excel Challenge Laura and Paul manage to put their differences aside for the greater good- which is, of course, bringing you all these hot stories:

Perfecting the 3D human face

Windows 7 in 94% of new PC's in 2011

Microsoft dresses up the ladies

The Excel Competition

and just for fun....

Kinect Jockey

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-113-3D-Human-face-Windows-7-Microsoft-Fashion-Excel-Challenge Laura and Paul manage to put their differences aside for the greater good- which is, of course, bringing you all these hot stories: Perfecting the 3D human face Windows 7 in 94% of new PC's in 2011 Microsoft dresses up the ladies The Excel Competition and just for fun.... Kinect Jockey 1009 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-113-3D-Human-face-Windows-7-Microsoft-Fashion-Excel-Challenge Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:43:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-113-3D-Human-face-Windows-7-Microsoft-Fashion-Excel-Challenge Laura Foy Laura Foy 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-113-3D-Human-face-Windows-7-Microsoft-Fashion-Excel-Challenge/RSS 3D 3D Modeling Kinect Microsoft PingShow Windows 7 Fashion Campus Tours: Fuse Labs with Lili Cheng Long time Niner Lili Cheng shows us her workspace at Fuse Labs. Fuse is an interesting area at Microsoft that sits within the part of Microsoft Research that operates closer to shipping products than looking at the future. Fuse is a few blocks off the main campus and has a rich history, this is the area where Xbox and Azure was created.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Fuse-Labs-with-Lili-Cheng Long time Niner Lili Cheng shows us her workspace at Fuse Labs. Fuse is an interesting area at Microsoft that sits within the part of Microsoft Research that operates closer to shipping products than looking at the future. Fuse is a few blocks off the main campus and has a rich history, this is the area where Xbox and Azure was created. 423 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Fuse-Labs-with-Lili-Cheng Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:36:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Fuse-Labs-with-Lili-Cheng Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Campus-Tours-Fuse-Labs-with-Lili-Cheng/RSS FUSE Labs Microsoft Mind Your Own Business, With Microsoft Security Essentials Whilst I’m pretty sure that most of you that hang out at Channel 9 are wise enough to install anti-malware protection on your computers, there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of PCs out there that remain unprotected – many of them in small businesses. PCs taken out by viruses not only create downtime but can cause irreparable damage to vital data, costing a business thousands of dollars.

I read a great post this week from IT Consultant Dave Duggan who finds a lot of older, Windows XP PCs out there in the businesses he works with which are ripe for attack, without firewall and anti-virus protection, and running with full administration privileges. As Dave writes, that leaves them open to accidental “drive by” infection from nasties picked up during web browsing.

Whilst the cost of maintaining anti-virus subscriptions for multiple PCs may have been a legitimate concern in the past, small businesses with less than 10 PCs can now benefit from free (yes, really free) malware protection, courtesy of Microsoft Security Essentials.

Microsoft Security Essentials offers regular updates to protect against the latest threats and runs silently in the background, so if you don’t need it, you won’t know it’s there. And it’s free (did I mention that?). Dave points to a series of walkthrough videos which outline how easy it is to get protected.

The only barrier to millions of additional PCs being protected is ignorance – it’s a shocking statistic, but research indicates that some small business owners do not hang out at Channel 9, so may not be aware that they can benefit from this free anti-virus protection.  So, next time you meet a small business owner, in the workplace, or perhaps over dinner, make sure you ask what protection they use (it’s an idea to phrase that question carefully). You may just be the guy that saves their business.

 

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Mind-Your-Own-Business-With-Microsoft-Security-Essentials Whilst I’m pretty sure that most of you that hang out at Channel 9 are wise enough to install anti-malware protection on your computers, there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of PCs out there that remain unprotected – many of them in small businesses. PCs taken out by viruses not only create downtime but can cause irreparable damage to vital data, costing a business thousands of dollars. I read a great post this week from IT Consultant Dave Duggan who finds a lot of older, Windows XP PCs out there in the businesses he works with which are ripe for attack, without firewall and anti-virus protection, and running with full administration privileges. As Dave writes, that leaves them open to accidental “drive by” infection from nasties picked up during web browsing. Whilst the cost of maintaining anti-virus subscriptions for multiple PCs may have been a legitimate concern in the past, small businesses with less than 10 PCs can now benefit from free (yes, really free) malware protection, courtesy of Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft Security Essentials offers regular updates to protect against the latest threats and runs silently in the background, so if you don’t need it, you won’t know it’s there. And it’s free (did I mention that?). Dave points to a series of walkthrough videos which outline how easy it is to get protected. The only barrier to millions of additional PCs being protected is ignorance – it’s a shocking statistic, but research indicates that some small business owners do not hang out at Channel 9, so may not be aware that they can benefit from this free anti-virus protection.  So, next time you meet a small business owner, in the workplace, or perhaps over dinner, make sure you ask what protection they use (it’s an idea to phrase that question carefully). You may just be the guy that saves their business.     http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Mind-Your-Own-Business-With-Microsoft-Security-Essentials Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:49:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Mind-Your-Own-Business-With-Microsoft-Security-Essentials Terry Walsh Terry Walsh 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Mind-Your-Own-Business-With-Microsoft-Security-Essentials/RSS Anti-Virus anti-virus Microsoft Microsoft Security Essentials is 1. Yesterday saw the first birthday of Microsoft Security Essentials, the free anti-malware suite that protects against viruses, spyware and other online nasties.

Whenever I build a new PC, or reinstall Windows (which actually happens quite a lot), it’s the first software to go on the machine once the network connection is working. Looks like I’m not alone, asEric Ligman reports that over 30 million copies of Security Essentials have been installed in the past year, in 74 different countries.

That figure is set to rise with the news that the application will be also offered to small businesses (with less than 10 users) for free next month. Now all I need is a Microsoft Security Essentials add-in for Windows Home Server (please?) and I’m fully protected.

It seems that aside from blogging and a busy day job looking after small business partners, Eric is also pitching for Microsoft’s MasterChef award with a nice line in birthday cakes. Even software gets a birthday party.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Security-Essentials-is-1 Yesterday saw the first birthday of Microsoft Security Essentials, the free anti-malware suite that protects against viruses, spyware and other online nasties. Whenever I build a new PC, or reinstall Windows (which actually happens quite a lot), it’s the first software to go on the machine once the network connection is working. Looks like I’m not alone, asEric Ligman reports that over 30 million copies of Security Essentials have been installed in the past year, in 74 different countries. That figure is set to rise with the news that the application will be also offered to small businesses (with less than 10 users) for free next month. Now all I need is a Microsoft Security Essentials add-in for Windows Home Server (please?) and I’m fully protected. It seems that aside from blogging and a busy day job looking after small business partners, Eric is also pitching for Microsoft’s MasterChef award with a nice line in birthday cakes. Even software gets a birthday party.   http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Security-Essentials-is-1 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:17:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Security-Essentials-is-1 Terry Walsh Terry Walsh 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Security-Essentials-is-1/RSS Anti-Virus Microsoft Moving to Wordpress.com? Time for a Revamp! Yesterday, Microsoft announced a partnership with blog specialist Automattic that will see 30 million Windows Live Spaces users upgraded and transitioned over to Wordpress.com accounts. The move doubles the size of the Wordpress.com user base which is now one of the largest free blogging platforms available.

If you’re an existing Windows Live Spaces user, there’s no need to panic! You have six months to make the move over to your new home, and you’ll find tons of support available to help you get there as well as migration tools which will make the move as easy as possible.

I’m sure you’re keen to check out what your new site will look like at Wordpress, but with six months to make the move, why not take some time out to revamp your blog?

One of the great things about Wordpress.com is that there’s a huge population of developers out there creating beautiful themes, and awesome widgets and plugins which extend the features of the core platform – many of which can be used with free Wordpress.com accounts as well as self hosted blogs.

Before pushing the button to migrate, check out some of my favourite features:

  1. Wordpress Themes & CSS Editing
    You’ll find over 75 free themes available to radically change the design of your blog. You can change colour palettes, switch between single and multi-column layouts and insert custom header images to truly personalise your blog. If you’re a dab hand with CSS (or want to learn through experimentation), then you can tweak your design to your heart’s content (via an upgrade).

  2. Sidebar Widgets
    Developers have been busy creating hundreds of sidebar widgets for Wordpress, which can be dragged and dropped into your blog’s sidebar to add new features. Photo sideshows, video players, Twitter feeds and a whole lot more are available to add content into your blog.

  3. Works Well With Windows Live Writer
    If you’re yet to discover Windows Live Writer, then this is your opportunity to check it out. WLW is a fantastic post creation and editing tool that allows you to write your posts offline, add images, embed videos, tags and set categories before uploading and publishing live to your blog when you’re ready. Check out Windows Live Writer’s Plugin Gallery too for hundreds of additional features from the developer community. Windows Live Writer is freely available as part of the Windows Live Essentials Suite, and once configured with your Wordpress.com account details will quickly become your best friend. Find out more about plans to integrate Wordpress.com into Windows Live Writer.

  4. Spam Canned
    Blog spam can very quickly turn the fun of writing a blog into an administrative nightmare. Fortunately, Wordpress.com’s Akismet feature blocks spammers from leaving comments and trackback spam on your blog.
     
  5. A Fresh Start
    Having moved my own blog a few times, I’ve found it gives you the opportunity to step back, have a good think about your writing, and make a few changes and improvements. Migrating to Wordpress may provide the impetus to take your blog in a whole new direction, or simply make a few tweaks here and there. 

Once you’ve found your feet with Wordpress.com, you may want to go the extra step and host your blog on your own server. Wordpress runs on Windows, courtesy of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, which will install key components such as Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer. If you’re running  IIS with SQL Server or SQL Azure, there’s a patch available to get Wordpress working with your setup too.

Have fun creating your new blog at Wordpress.com.

 

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Moving-to-Wordpresscom-Time-for-a-Revamp Yesterday, Microsoft announced a partnership with blog specialist Automattic that will see 30 million Windows Live Spaces users upgraded and transitioned over to Wordpress.com accounts. The move doubles the size of the Wordpress.com user base which is now one of the largest free blogging platforms available. If you’re an existing Windows Live Spaces user, there’s no need to panic! You have six months to make the move over to your new home, and you’ll find tons of support available to help you get there as well as migration tools which will make the move as easy as possible. I’m sure you’re keen to check out what your new site will look like at Wordpress, but with six months to make the move, why not take some time out to revamp your blog? One of the great things about Wordpress.com is that there’s a huge population of developers out there creating beautiful themes, and awesome widgets and plugins which extend the features of the core platform – many of which can be used with free Wordpress.com accounts as well as self hosted blogs. Before pushing the button to migrate, check out some of my favourite features: Wordpress Themes & CSS EditingYou’ll find over 75 free themes available to radically change the design of your blog. You can change colour palettes, switch between single and multi-column layouts and insert custom header images to truly personalise your blog. If you’re a dab hand with CSS (or want to learn through experimentation), then you can tweak your design to your heart’s content (via an upgrade).Sidebar WidgetsDevelopers have been busy creating hundreds of sidebar widgets for Wordpress, which can be dragged and dropped into your blog’s sidebar to add new features. Photo sideshows, video players, Twitter feeds and a whole lot more are available to add content into your blog. Works Well With Windows Live WriterIf you’re yet to discover Windows Live Writer, then this is your opportunity to check it out. WLW is a fantastic post creation and editing http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Moving-to-Wordpresscom-Time-for-a-Revamp Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:25:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Moving-to-Wordpresscom-Time-for-a-Revamp Terry Walsh Terry Walsh 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Moving-to-Wordpresscom-Time-for-a-Revamp/RSS Blogs Microsoft MS Web Platform Widgets Windows Live Writer Wordpress Windows Live Spaces plugin blog Plugins Plug-in Take Windows Media Center to the Movies With Media Browser One of the must-see plugins for Windows Media Center is Media Browser, a free aggregator application for the platform which takes your collection of TV and Movies and presents it in a stunning UI. It automatically downloads and makes use of relevant TV and Movie posters, DVD and Blu-ray cover art, backdrops, fan contributed artwork, ratings and a host of other metadata to create a media rich view of your content.

Media Browser will also pull the latest movie trailers and video podcasts from the Internet, comes with a number of high quality themes for changing the colour scheme and layout of content and best of all, is completely free!

Head over to mediabrowser.tv to learn more about the latest release of the app, which has been released this week. It convinced me to cut the cable and go with Media Center full time in the living room as our DVR, and we haven’t looked back since. 

 

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Take-Windows-Media-Center-to-the-Movies-With-Media-Browser One of the must-see plugins for Windows Media Center is Media Browser, a free aggregator application for the platform which takes your collection of TV and Movies and presents it in a stunning UI. It automatically downloads and makes use of relevant TV and Movie posters, DVD and Blu-ray cover art, backdrops, fan contributed artwork, ratings and a host of other metadata to create a media rich view of your content. Media Browser will also pull the latest movie trailers and video podcasts from the Internet, comes with a number of high quality themes for changing the colour scheme and layout of content and best of all, is completely free! Head over to mediabrowser.tv to learn more about the latest release of the app, which has been released this week. It convinced me to cut the cable and go with Media Center full time in the living room as our DVR, and we haven’t looked back since.      http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Take-Windows-Media-Center-to-the-Movies-With-Media-Browser Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:13:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Take-Windows-Media-Center-to-the-Movies-With-Media-Browser Terry Walsh Terry Walsh 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Take-Windows-Media-Center-to-the-Movies-With-Media-Browser/RSS Microsoft TV Windows Media Center Movies DVD Metadata Plugins Plug-in Application Pervasive adopts Windows Azure platform for Pervasive BusinessXchange WebDI Pervasive Software(R) Inc. (NASDAQ: PVSW), a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and recent “Best of SaaS Showplace” award winner, selected the Microsoft Windows Azure platform for Pervasive BusinessXchange™ WebDI®, its hosted business-to-business data interchange service (see PressRelease). Pervasive tells us the Azure features it likes on the Windows Azure platform include elastic computing, reliable storage and dynamic service management components – which make for a dependable, massively scalable cloud platform.

 

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Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Pervasive-adopts-Windows-Azure-platform-for-Pervasive-BusinessXchange-WebDI Pervasive Software(R) Inc. (NASDAQ: PVSW), a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and recent “Best of SaaS Showplace” award winner, selected the Microsoft Windows Azure platform for Pervasive BusinessXchange™ WebDI®, its hosted business-to-business data interchange service (see PressRelease). Pervasive tells us the Azure features it likes on the Windows Azure platform include elastic computing, reliable storage and dynamic service management components – which make for a dependable, massively scalable cloud platform.   Enjoy the show! Sanjay Jain ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation Blog: http://Blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain Twitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369 350 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Pervasive-adopts-Windows-Azure-platform-for-Pervasive-BusinessXchange-WebDI Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:30:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Pervasive-adopts-Windows-Azure-platform-for-Pervasive-BusinessXchange-WebDI Sanjay Jain Sanjay Jain 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SanjayJain/Pervasive-adopts-Windows-Azure-platform-for-Pervasive-BusinessXchange-WebDI/RSS BusinessXchange Microsoft Pervasive Software SaaS Sanjay Jain WebDI Windows Azure IndustryBuilt adopts Windows 7 MultiTouch for Food Industry IndustryBuilt, discusses the use of MultiTouch capabilities of Windows 7 in their justfoodERP product.



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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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http://www.twitter.com/jodonnel ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jodonnell/IndustryBuilt-adopts-Windows-7-MultiTouch-for-Food-Industry Dan Oughton from IndustryBuilt, discusses the use of MultiTouch capabilities of Windows 7 in their justfoodERP product.Enjoy the show!John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect EvangelistMicrosoft Corporationhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jodonnellhttp://blogs.msdn.com/usisvdehttp://www.twitter.com/jodonnel 192 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jodonnell/IndustryBuilt-adopts-Windows-7-MultiTouch-for-Food-Industry Thu, 20 May 2010 19:01:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jodonnell/IndustryBuilt-adopts-Windows-7-MultiTouch-for-Food-Industry John O'Donnell John O'Donnell 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jodonnell/IndustryBuilt-adopts-Windows-7-MultiTouch-for-Food-Industry/RSS 2010 Bing Maps Dynamics Industry ISV Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics NAV Multitouch Sanjay Jain Vertical Visual Studio 2010 Windows 7 Multi Touch Is it .NET, .Net, or .net? Dan Fernandez has an interesting post up on his blog – it’s about how Microsoft product names are supposed to be spelled. (OK, maybe it’s only interesting to grammar-obsessed folks…but it’s still kind of fun.) Anyway, he says he’s seen everyone from Microsoft employees to press get the spellings of Microsoft product names wrong from time to time, so he thought he would start a list of proper spellings to help everyone out.

Do you know how to properly spell some of this stuff? You may be surprised...

Quiz yourself:

  1. Is it Clear Type or ClearType?
  2. Kin or KIN?
  3. Powerpoint, PowerPoint or Power Point?
  4. Seadragon or SeaDragon?
  5. Xbox Live or Xbox LIVE?
  6. Bizspark or BizSpark?
  7. PlayTo or Play To?
  8. Sharepoint or SharePoint?
  9. Visual Basic or Visual Basic .net?
  10. Infopath or InfoPath?

Answers:

  1. ClearType
  2. KIN
  3. PowerPoint
  4. SeaDragon
  5. Xbox LIVE
  6. BizSpark
  7. Play To
  8. SharePoint
  9. Visual Basic
  10. InfoPath

You can see the rest of the spellings here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Is-it-NET-Net-or-net Dan Fernandez has an interesting post up on his blog – it’s about how Microsoft product names are supposed to be spelled. (OK, maybe it’s only interesting to grammar-obsessed folks…but it’s still kind of fun.) Anyway, he says he’s seen everyone from Microsoft employees to press get the spellings of Microsoft product names wrong from time to time, so he thought he would start a list of proper spellings to help everyone out. Do you know how to properly spell some of this stuff? You may be surprised... Quiz yourself: Is it Clear Type or ClearType? Kin or KIN? Powerpoint, PowerPoint or Power Point? Seadragon or SeaDragon? Xbox Live or Xbox LIVE? Bizspark or BizSpark? PlayTo or Play To? Sharepoint or SharePoint? Visual Basic or Visual Basic .net? Infopath or InfoPath? Answers: ClearType KIN PowerPoint SeaDragon Xbox LIVE BizSpark Play To SharePoint Visual Basic InfoPath You can see the rest of the spellings here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Is-it-NET-Net-or-net Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:36:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Is-it-NET-Net-or-net Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Is-it-NET-Net-or-net/RSS Microsoft products Gunther Lenz, ISV Architect Evangelist at Microsoft, chats with Guy Mounier, CTO at BA-Insight BA-Insight, about the  innovative SharePoint search solution offered by BA-Insight on top of Microsoft SharePoint, .NET. and Silverlight.
BA-Insight provides information access solutions that helps Fortune 1000 companies and government organizations improve operations by making better use of their data. Our software products enable people to access data from disparate data sources and receive the data in the form they need. With BA-Insight enterprise search technology, organizations reduce the application development and integration costs associated with accessing and resolving the difference between data from various systems.

Check also Gunther's blog @ http://blogs.msdn.com/glenz ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/GLenz/Gunther-Lenz-ISV-Architect-Evangelist-at-Microsoft-chats-with-Guy-Mounier-CTO-at-BA-Insight Gunther Lenz, ISV Architect Evangelist at Microsoft, chats with Guy Mounier, CTO at BA-Insight, about the  innovative SharePoint search solution offered by BA-Insight on top of Microsoft SharePoint, .NET. and Silverlight. BA-Insight provides information access solutions that helps Fortune 1000 companies and government organizations improve operations by making better use of their data. Our software products enable people to access data from disparate data sources and receive the data in the form they need. With BA-Insight enterprise search technology, organizations reduce the application development and integration costs associated with accessing and resolving the difference between data from various systems.Check also Gunther's blog @ http://blogs.msdn.com/glenz 334 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/GLenz/Gunther-Lenz-ISV-Architect-Evangelist-at-Microsoft-chats-with-Guy-Mounier-CTO-at-BA-Insight Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:53:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/GLenz/Gunther-Lenz-ISV-Architect-Evangelist-at-Microsoft-chats-with-Guy-Mounier-CTO-at-BA-Insight Gunther Lenz Gunther Lenz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/GLenz/Gunther-Lenz-ISV-Architect-Evangelist-at-Microsoft-chats-with-Guy-Mounier-CTO-at-BA-Insight/RSS .NET .NET Framework BA-Insight Gunther Guy Mounier Lenz Microsoft SharePoint Silverlight