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  1. Announcing the Xbox Live Creators Program

    Link Removed Today at GDC we announced the launch of Xbox Live Creators Program, starting with an Insider Preview that gives any developer the opportunity to publish Xbox Live-enabled games on Windows 10 PCs along with Xbox One consoles. The Creators Program provides game developers access to...
  2. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 15042 Released

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Creators Update SDK Preview to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 15042 or greater). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test machine. The Preview SDK Build 15042...
  3. Windows Developer Day – Creators Update

    Back in October, Satya, Terry and Panos introduced the Windows 10 Creators Update. They showed some of the new features and announced some amazing new additions to our Surface family of devices. Since then, my team has been working to complete the platform work for the Creators Update to deliver...
  4. Using SQLite databases in UWP apps

    For many developers, SQLite has become the preferred client-side technology for data storage. It is a server-less, embedded, open-source database engine that satisfies most local data access scenarios. There are numerous advantages that come with its use, many of which are explained in the...
  5. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 15021 Released

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Creators Update SDK Preview to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 15021 or greater). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test machine. The Preview SDK...
  6. New Bluetooth features in Windows 10 Creators Update (a.k.a. GATT Server and friends)

    This release is big on Bluetooth. If you’re familiar with Windows Bluetooth APIs, have been meaning to try them out, or if you’re just starting to dabble in IoT and wearables, this is a great time to take a fresh look at all things Bluetooth. To ensure the APIs we built out are functional and...
  7. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 15003 Released

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Creators Update SDK Preview to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 15003 or greater). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test machine. The Preview SDK...
  8. GameAnalytics SDK for Microsoft UWP Released

    We’re excited to announce our partnership with GameAnalytics, a powerful tool that helps developers understand player behavior so they can improve engagement, reduce churn and increase monetization. The tool gives game developers a central platform that consolidates player data from various...
  9. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 14965 Released

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 Anniversary SDK Preview to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 14965 or greater). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test machine. The Preview SDK Build...
  10. How to develop augmented reality apps with Vuforia for Windows 10

    Augmented Reality is a way to connect virtual objects with the real world, making it possible to naturally interact with them by use of mobile devices like phones, tablets or new mixed reality devices like HoloLens. Vuforia is one of the most popular Augmented Reality platforms for developers...
  11. Windows 10 The bugcheck was: 0x00000124

    I am seeing the following in the event viewer after a random crash..... The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000124 (0x0000000000000000, 0xffffe0017acd4028, 0x00000000bf800000, 0x0000000000000124). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id...
  12. Introducing the UWP Community Toolkit

    Recently, we released the Windows Anniversary Update and a new Windows Software Developer Kit (SDK) for Windows 10 containing tools, app templates, platform controls, Windows Runtime APIs, emulators and much more, to help create innovative and compelling Universal Windows apps. Today, we are...
  13. Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK Now Available! Windows Store Open for Submissions

    Today I’m pleased to announce that following the Windows 10 Anniversary Update we have released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK, build 14393 along with Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. The new SDK contains more than 2700 enhancements to the Universal Windows Platform allowing you to take...
  14. Windows Bridge for iOS: App Analysis Tool Now Available

    Today, we’re happy to announce the release of the Link Removed tool as part of the Windows Bridge for iOS. To recap, the Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using iOS APIs and...
  15. What is app attribution?

    Mobile app attribution, different from traditional online attribution which uses things like cookies or pixel tags, is the method of measuring a user’s activities on an app. These activities could be an app install, making in-app purchases or completing a level within an app. This information is...
  16. Future Strategy for Contextual Sensing

    Written by Rinku Sreedhar, Program Manager for Windows Contextual Sensing. We hope you are as excited as we are about the new Contextual Sensing APIs in Windows 10. We introduced multiple new Sensor APIs that will let you enable contextual awareness in your apps. I have received several...
  17. Using speech in your UWP apps: It’s good to talk

    As developers, we adapt as technologies move from the realm of Science Fiction into readily available SDKs. That’s certainly, or perhaps especially, true for speech technologies. In the past 5 years, devices have become more personal and demanding of new forms of interaction. In Windows 10...
  18. Data Access in Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Apps

    Link Removed SQLite version 3.11.2 is shipping with the Windows 10 Anniversary edition as part of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and is recommended for all UWP local data storage needs. This represents the first time an open source, third-party library, such as SQLite, has shipped as part...
  19. Visio 2016 SDK

    The Microsoft Visio 2016 Software Development Kit (SDK) contains the latest documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools that you need to develop custom solutions for Visio 2016. Link Removed
  20. Windows 10 I can't get DirectX 9, 10 or 11 to work.

    I've tried everything I could find. I've tried disabling antivirus, I've tried downloading the SDK, ect. None of it works. Every time I get the same message, "An internal error occurred. Please refer to DXError.log and DirectX.log in your Windows folder to determine the problem". Here is what...