Typically I used to try latest version of Windows on VMWare Player, Workstation or VirtualBox. Recently I was trying to set up a Windows Phone 8.0 development environment inside a VMWare virtual machine. I tried to enable Hyper-V platform components in my Windows 8.1 Preview Virtual machine. It shows an error. Hyper-V cannot be installed: […]
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Free eBooks from Microsoft Press on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals (Final Edition) You can download the eBook in: Introducing Windows 8- An Overview for IT Professionals – PDF ebook Introducing Windows 8-An Overview for IT Professionals – Mobi format for Kindle Introducing Windows 8-An Overview for IT Professionals – ePub format If you prefer a hard copy […]
Read more →TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012–v0.8.3.1
Microsoft has released an Incremental update to TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 – the version 0.8.3.1, which is the first update to the v0.8.3 released in Feb 2013. You can download the latest bits from here: Download TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 – v0.8.3.1
Read more →Read and Write HTTP Requests and Responses asynchronously using ASP.NET 4.5
With ASP.NET 4 – Microsoft has introduced the ability to read an HTTP request entity as a stream using the HttpRequest.GetBufferlessInputStream method. This method provides streaming access to the request entity. But this process happens synchronously because it was tied to a thread until the request is completed. Now with new ASP.NET 4.5 – […]
Read more →Kinect for Windows SDK v1.6–Released
Microsoft has released v1.6 of the Kinect for Windows SDK with support for Windows 8 application support, Visual Studio 2012 development support. You can develop Windows Store applications that would utilize the Kinect Sensor through the USB interface, the new SDK provides enough support necessary for application development using Visual Studio 2012 in a Windows […]
Read more →ASPNET MVC Framework Versions & Features
Introduction Today, Microsoft’s ASP.NET MVC framework has become a robust framework for building highly scalable, maintainable enterprise web applications. I am just taking you through the journey of ASP.NET MVC since 2009 and where we are today. ASP.NET MVC is a free, fully supported Microsoft framework for developing great web applications using the Model-View-Controller pattern. […]
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