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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into various aspects of computing, and Windows 11 is no exception. Microsoft has embedded several AI-driven features within Windows 11, enhancing productivity, user experience, and security. This article explores the AI enhancements in...

In a recent move that caught the attention of the Windows community, Microsoft has reintroduced certain free virtual machines (VMs) for Windows 11 that were previously removed due to unresolved technical issues. These virtual machines are crucial for developers and users who need an efficient...

With version 99 of Microsoft Edge, DevTools can securely download source maps from the Azure Artifacts symbol server. This means you can use Azure Pipelines to publish source maps to a secure location, and have DevTools retrieve them at runtime and offer a familiar debugging experience by...

Memory leaks occur when the JavaScript code of an application retains more and more objects in memory that it doesn’t need any longer instead of releasing them for the browser to garbage collect (GC). For long-running apps, small memory leaks of only a few kilobytes can add up to noticeably...

Today at the What's next for Windows — developer event, we'll show you the next era of Windows and how we are embracing Windows == open platform. This means everyone has open access to run the widest range of apps on Windows, enabling all developers to build the apps and experiences that empower...

Our mission is to create one of the most powerful, beautiful, and simple web rendering engines in the world. Our passion is to make it completely open and free for everyone. Today we are proud to introduce the latest evolution of the Babylon Platform, the amazingly simple Babylon.js 4.2. We are...

Microsoft Build 2020 can be defined by a set of ‘firsts’—it’s the first Build of the new decade, the first Build that’s all-digital for 24 hours a day, and the first Build since the new Microsoft Edge launched! We’re learning a lot as we deliver Build and Microsoft Edge in new ways. Last year...

In the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Device Portal now offers several new tools from across Windows to help you location test your UWP, explore Mixed Reality, build new hardware peripherals and test your apps new installation pipeline. It’s a little bit of goodness for everyone, and we’re...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 16225 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 16225 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

To wrap up the “New Year, New Dev” blog series, we’ll go into using Windows 10 IoT Core and show how easy it is to start developing applications to deploy on IoT devices such as the Raspberry Pi 3. If you haven’t had a chance to read the first two posts in this series, you can find them here...

Overview Symlinks, or symbolic links, are “virtual” files or folders which reference a physical file or folder located elsewhere, and are an important feature built in to many operating systems, including Linux and Windows. The Windows’ NTFS file system has supported symlinks since Windows...

Continuing what we started during the “App Dev on Xbox” event, today we are making available yet another app experience – Atmosphere. In this blog post, you will learn how to get started building great 2D and 3D experiences with Unity and XAML, how to open up your app so other app developers can...

About the Windows IoT Core Extension for VS Code Visual Studio Code is the first code editor and first cross-platform development tool – supporting OS X, Linux, and Windows – in the Visual Studio family. Windows 10 IoT Core already supports popular boards like Link Removed, Link Removed and...

New developers – bring your app to various devices on Windows 10 with a simple mouse click. Link Removed has joined the Universal Windows Platform revolution with the release of its new UWP Exporter for Link Removed, a game and software creation tool used to write 2D games and apps across...

Karthik Bharathy joins Scott on Azure Friday to teach him about Power Apps! You'll see how quickly you can create an app and connect it to the cloud using PowerApps. This is PowerApps 101. Link Removed Continue reading...

IIS 10.0 Express is a simple and self-contained version of IIS 10.0 that is optimized for developers. Link Removed

The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 is a highly compatible, in-place update to the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2. The offline package can be used in situations where the web installer cannot be used due to...

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Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2012 enables remote debugging, remote testing, and performance unit testing on computers that don't have Visual Studio installed. This set of tools also enables the installation of a developer license, deployment, and performance profiling of Windows apps to...

In this episode, Robert is joined by Link Removed, who shows us how to use IntelliTest to automatically generate unit tests. IntelliTest explores your .NET code to generate test data and a suite of unit tests. For every statement in the code, a test input is generated that will execute that...