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We just released a feature that integrates MSDN profile information directly into Channel9. Now, for any niner that has an MSDN account, Channel9 shows that user's MSDN statistics – points earned in the MSDN profile system, badges, and links to their MSDN activity page and profile – both on hover of…

Achievements For Windows AzureIn January, we released Visual Studio Achievements to the delight of the developer community -- 80,000+ downloads and counting!  With cloud computing being all the rage these days, we thought it made sense to cook up some achievements for Windows Azure. As…

Hey folks, I’m sure a few of you have found it already, but there is a Channel 9 application in the Windows Store. The app lets you access all sorts of Channel 9 content, from the most recent to browsing back through past events, shows and series.You can find the app in the store by searching on…

Version 2.0 - Released April 26, 201215 new Azure Achievements added. Learn more here.**************************************************************************************************************************Version 1.7 - Released April 5, 2012More FxCop tweaks.Hopefully the last of…

We just released the Visual Studio Achievements extension, here's the 60 second recap with what you need to know about how it works. Want more information, check out the Visual Studio Toolbox episodeDownload the Visual Studio Achievements extension

The Visual Studio Achievements WidgetSo you are racking up points in Visual Studio Achievements. You should tell the world about it! Enter the Visual Studio Achievement Widget!This widget is a small(<6k), simple and customizable javascript file that you can drop on your own page to give…

Bring Some Game To Your Code!A software engineer's glory so often goes unnoticed. Attention seems to come either when there are bugs or when the final project ships. But rarely is a developer appreciated for all the nuances and subtleties of a piece of code--and all the heroics it took to write…

What versions of Visual Studio does the achievements extension work on?Visual Studio 2010 Professional, Premium or Ultimate.  Achievements marked with Uses FxCop only work on Visual Studio 2010 Premium or Ultimate unless FxCop is installed. FxCop is a free download and can installed from here:…

You are at work, browsing Channel 9 and you see this great episode of Defrag has just been published on Channel 9… but you work in a cubicle and if you lean back and watch a 30 minute video, you’d probably get fired. What to do? You could email the link to yourself as a reminder to watch it later,…

You can access the Visual Studio Achievements via an API.To get a list of all achievements as JSON, do an HTTP GET to the achievements page like this: http://channel9.msdn.com/achievements/visualstudio?json=trueTo get a list of a user's achievements, do an HTTP GET to the user's achievements…