Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Tips

(Episode 17) Windows 8 Tips: Security and Privacy

ChrisCaldwell, Kevin Remde, Lex Thomas — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:08 GMT

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 Updates
[17:31] Demo: Turn on BitLocker

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(Episode 14) Windows 8 Tips: Productivity

ChrisCaldwell, Kevin Remde, Lex Thomas — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:00:59 GMT

In part 3 of their Windows 8 Tips and Tricks series, Kevin Remde and Principal Technical Account Manager Lex Thomas show us some improvements in Windows 8 that will help people be more productive.

[1:35] Demo: Windows Key Shortcuts
[14:27] Demo: Manage startup with Task Manager
[20:11 ] Demo: Get more done with Task Scheduler

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(Episode 13) Windows 8 Tips: Mastering the Interface

ChrisCaldwell, Kevin Remde, Lex Thomas — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:00:35 GMT

In part 2 of their Windows 8 Tips and Tricks series, Kevin Remde and Principal Technical Account Manager Lex Thomas dive deeper into the new modern user interface for Windows 8.

[2:32] Demo: Closing an App
[4:54] Demo: Mastering IE in Win8
[10:11 ] Demo: Run two apps side by side
[13:15] Demo: Make a large app tile smaller
[15:16] Demo: Contextual Search

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Microsoft DevRadio: How I’ve Made OVER $100k with My Windows 8 Apps

Michael Palermo, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:00:34 GMT

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Michael Palermo welcomes Kevin Ashley to the show as they discuss how Kevin has made over $100k on his Windows 8 apps. Tune in as they discuss some tips and tricks for how you can improve your app revenue like how to properly price your app and various monetization options that are available to you such as in-app purchase, pay-per download and advertising.

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[1:38] How much have you made so far and what motivated you to create the app?
[5:21] Did Microsoft pay you to do this?
[6:35] What do you think contributed to your success?
[8:31] What tips can you share for improving app revenue?
[14:33] DEMO: Do you have code examples for monetizing apps?
[18:43] How did you market your app? Did Microsoft give you an unfair advantage?
[21:45] What do you think makes a great app?

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(Episode 12) Windows 8 Tips: Getting Started

ChrisCaldwell, Kevin Remde, Lex Thomas — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:00:17 GMT

Kevin Remde welcomes Principal Technical Account Manager Lex Thomas to the show as they kick off their 8 part Windows 8 Tips and Tricks series. Tune in for part 1 as they show us around the new modern user interface in Windows 8.

[1:34] Demo: Basic Navigation, Sharing, Search
[7:44 ] Demo: Group Apps on the Start Screen
[10:04] Demo: Easy Access – Pin Apps to the Start Screen
[17:48] Demo: Shutting Down

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Windows Phone Minute : Groups

Laura Foy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:50:48 GMT

Make the most of your Windows Phone 8 and get in touch with your friends and family with just a single touch. Learn all about the very cool "Groups" feature...right now...in one minute.

TechNet Radio: Taste of Premier – Windows 8 Tips and Tricks and Hello Surface Pro!

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Lex Thomas — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:00:01 GMT

In this month’s edition of Taste of Premier, Lex Thomas compares and contrasts the Surface RT and the recently released Surface Pro as well as shares with us some of his favorite tips and tricks for Windows 8.

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How to Manipulate a File with FileRandomAccessStream in a Windows Store app

ChrisCaldwell — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:00:26 GMT

In a Windows Store app, FileRandomAccessStream can be used to create a file, load content from a file, or insert data into a specific position in the file. This video demonstrates FileRandomAccessStream methods to help you manipulate a file in a Windows Store app.

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How to Create a Shutdown tile on the Start screen in Windows 8

ChrisCaldwell — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:00:13 GMT

In Windows 8, without a Start button, properly shutting down or rebooting Windows can be a bit of a chore. Many users want to shut down or reboot Windows in just one click. This video illustrates the script to enable users to click on a tile to shut down, reboot or log off Windows on the Start screen.

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Microsoft DevRadio: Developing for Windows 8 in 1/2 the Time (Part 14) Promises

Michael Palermo, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell, Jeremy Foster — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:00:39 GMT

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In today’s episode Michael Palermo and Jeremy Foster discuss the importance of Promises (or the JavaScript way of implementing asynchronicity) and the various ways you can use them in your Window8 apps.
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Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 3) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil–Why do we need Drives?

Jim O'Neil, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:00:04 GMT

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In Part 3 of his Windows Azure series, Jim O’Neil offers us some practical advice on why you need Windows Azure Drives and how they leverage the Blob Storage container. Tune in as Jim demos for us how create a CloudDrive and shows us how it can impact your virtual environment.

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How to Batch Create Virtual Machines in Windows Server 2012

ChrisCaldwell — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:00:49 GMT

IT administrators often need to batch create virtual machines in Windows Server 2012. Although there's a set of Hyper-V command-lets in Windows PowerShell, they are reluctant to use them except for simple ones due to the lack of programming knowledge. This video will show you how to batch create multiple virtual machines based on comma delimited file by using PowerShell 3.0 in Windows Server 2012.

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Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 2) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – What to do with Blobs?

Jim O'Neil, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:00:01 GMT

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Jim O’Neil is back for Part 2 in his Windows Azure series and in today’s episode he covers Windows Azure Blobs. Blobs? What’s that you ask? Tune in and find out how easy it is to create a Windows Azure Blob (Binary Large OBject) Storage account and why this is such a great service for storing large amounts of data.

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Microsoft DevRadio: Developing for Windows 8 in 1/2 the Time (Part 11) Animations

Michael Palermo, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:00:06 GMT

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Michael Palermo is back for this episode and in today’s show he shows us how to implement CSS3 Animations into our Windows 8 apps.

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Microsoft DevRadio: Developing for Windows 8 in 1/2 the Time (Part 10) Using Event Handlers

Michael Palermo, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:00:23 GMT

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In today’s episode, Michael Palermo shows us how easy it is to attach Event Handlers in our JavaScript . A pretty common practice for your Windows 8 apps, watch this short demo and learn some various techniques to do it.

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Microsoft DevRadio: Your Top Windows Store Questions Answered

Jerry Nixon, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:40:17 GMT

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Jerry Nixon welcomes Principal Program Manager Arik Cohen to the show as they discuss the recently launched Windows Store and a wide variety of topics developers ask most.

[8:11] Can I use my existing MSI to sell my apps?
[9:51] Can I use the Windows Store as a delivery mechanism for a Windows 32 bit desktop app?
[11:45] What other markets / currency does the Windows Store support?
[14:16] Can Penguins in Antarctica use the Windows Store?
[15:34] What is the opportunity size for Windows 8 Developers?
[16:32] Payment Options?
[18:20] How are apps sorted? How can I get featured?
[20:41] What analytics are available?
[22:10] How do I get paid?
[24:35] What is the revenue split?
[25:54] Pricing & Licensing for my app?
[30:41] Do trials work?
[36:31] What about subscription support for my app?

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Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 3) Using Blend to Help Design Your Windows 8 Apps–Interactive Mode

G. Andrew Duthie, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:00:21 GMT

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In the final part of our Using Blend for Windows 8 apps series, Andrew Duthie and Kirupa Chinnathambi take a look at the Interactive Mode for Blend and demo for us how to style a template using CSS, data binding and more.

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Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 2) Using Blend to Help Design Your Windows 8 Apps–Designing for Devices

G. Andrew Duthie, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:00:35 GMT

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In Part 2 of our Using Blend for Windows 8 apps series, Andrew Duthie and Kirupa Chinnathambi take a deep dive into how you can use Blend to easily design your Windows 8 apps for various devices. In this episode they’ll show you how to use the device panel and how to react to views and view states.

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How Do I: Use Event Handlers in a Windows 8 App?

ChrisCaldwell, Jeremy Foster — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:59:04 GMT

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One of the nicest things about JavaScript is the way it considers function. Instead of being wholly owned subsidiaries of classes, functions are as portable as any other object, and their arguments are dynamic too. This makes for some elegant event handling.

In this screencast, Jeremy Foster will attempt to give you a taste of how to wire up events in a Windows 8 app using JavaScript.

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TechNet Radio: Virtually Speaking with Yung Chou – Getting Started with Windows Azure

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:00:59 GMT

In today’s episode Yung Chou shows us how to get started with Windows Azure by walking us through the sign-up process. Tune in for this very short and simple video laying out the steps to your free 90 trial of Azure.

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Microsoft DevRadio: Developing for Windows 8 in 1/2 the Time (Part 9) How to Develop for Various Device Features

Michael Palermo, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:00:18 GMT

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Ever wonder how you can develop for device features you really like even though your personal device doesn’t support it? Well in this episode, Michael Palermo shows you the power of the Simulator in Visual Studio and how you can test features for various devices.

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TechNet Radio: Taste of Premier - How Windows To Go for Windows 8 can Work for You

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Lex Thomas — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Lex Thomas kicks off Season 2 of his “Taste of Premier” series and in this episode he covers Windows To Go for Windows 8. Tune in and find out what it is, how to use it, how to build it, what requirements are needed as well as how this can impact your business to help implement a truly flexible work style in the ever popular Bring Your Own Device (B.Y.O.D.) to work movement.

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Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) Using Blend to Help Design Your Windows 8 Apps

G. Andrew Duthie, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:00:42 GMT

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Andrew Duthie and Program Manager Kirupa Chinnathambi from the Microsoft Expression Blend team join us for part one of this series as we take an inside look at how Blend can help developers design their Windows 8 apps. Tune in as they build a basic “hello world” application, add HTML assets and style it using CSS.

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Microsoft DevRadio: Developing for Windows 8 in 1/2 the Time (Part 8) Using Media Queries to Manage Your Layouts

Michael Palermo, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:00:09 GMT

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In today’s episode Michael Palermo will show you how to manage your programs to work in different layouts via Media Queries. If you need to know how to control what needs to be done in various layouts – Portrait, landscape, snap-view, etc. this short how-to video is just for you.

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Microsoft DevRadio: Developing for Windows 8 in 1/2 the Time (Part 7) How to Brand your App

Michael Palermo, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:00:13 GMT

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How do you make the tile image for your Windows 8 app pretty?!? Check out this quick demo from Michael Palermo on how to brand your app .

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