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  1. Introduction to Vulkan: High-Efficiency Graphics API for Modern GPUs

    Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices from PCs and consoles to mobile phones and embedded platforms. Vulkan - Industry Forged Tech demos: Vulkan on Android Drivers: Nvidia Vulkan...
  2. Building a Simple App with the Windows Bridge for iOS

    Link Removed Welcome to the first in a series of hands-on blog posts for the Windows Bridge for iOS. 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 Objective-C code...
  3. Developers’ Guide to Windows 10 Version 1511 Update – new videos now available on Channel 9

    We’re happy to announce that the video recordings from last weeks’ Developers’ Guide to Windows 10 live event are now available on-demand on Channel 9. This half day event is an addendum to the existing Developers’ Guide to Windows 10 video series and covers new features for developers in the...
  4. What's New for Developers in Windows 10 Version 1511 and the 10586 SDK | Developer’s Guide...

    In this session, learn what's new in Windows 10 version 1511 from the developers' perspective. Major new features in this update include Windows 10 for Mobile, Continuum for Mobile, next gen authentication using Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport, and the new Windows Store for Business. Learn...
  5. Windows Hello with the Kinect v2

    We got some very cool Kinect Developer News this week. Below is the email, in full, which introduces the Kinect developer preview for Windows 10, which includes Windows Hello support. To show this off, Friend of the Gallery, Mike Taulty, published a great detailed description and post. Make...
  6. Extending VSTS with Project Template, Docs and more...

    Today's Extension Monday post is about one of the coolest new extension opportunities, extension Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS, fka Visual Studio Online). To get you started creating VSTS extensions, Josh Garverick has shared a great Project Template... Link Removed This extension...
  7. Microsoft Azure SDK for .NET - 2.8.1

    This page is intended for advanced manual installation of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET, which include SDKs, basic tools, and extended tools for VS 2013 and VS 2015. You can install everything you need for Microsoft Azure development using the Web Platform Installer. Link Removed
  8. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Software Development Kit (SDK) for CRM Online and on-premises CRM 2016

    Contains the complete software development kit for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016, and the User Interface Integration (UII) SDK. Link Removed
  9. Windows 10 SDK Build 10586 breakdown

    This week we released a new Windows 10 SDK. Let’s dive deeper into some of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) improvements in the SDK update: Visuals, Effects, and Animations Introducing Windows.UI.Composition, a new API family that directly targets the UI foundation layer. The UI...
  10. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 Developer Pack and Language Packs for Windows 7 SP1, Windows...

    The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 Developer Pack installs the .NET Framework 4.6.1, the .NET 4.6.1 Targeting Pack and the .NET 4.6.1 SDK. Link Removed
  11. XAML Behaviors, open source and on UWP

    Your requests to grow the XAML Behaviors platform and bring them forward to support UWP app development have been heard. Today we announce the next step: XAML Behaviors natively supported for UWP and shipping as a NuGet package (for both native and managed projects). Additionally, to build a...
  12. VS Code Beta, OSS, Extensions and more

    Last week was a very exciting week. The Connect(); //2015 event was held and about a million things were shown and announced. Some of the cooler announcements revolved around VS Code v0.10.1 (November - Beta 2015) With this release, we mark our official Beta milestone and the big news is that...
  13. Microsoft MPI v7

    Stand-alone, redistributable and SDK installers for Microsoft MPI. Link Removed
  14. Add video interstitial ads to your Windows Store apps

    This past August we announced the Microsoft Universal Ad Client SDK with support for video interstitial ads and ad mediation. Video interstitials are full screen video ads, 20-30 seconds, that typically offer up to 10x the eCPM (value per thousand views) vs traditional banner ads. This makes...
  15. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC (Offline Installer) for Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1,...

    The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC is a highly compatible, in-place update to the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6. The offline package can be used in situations where the...
  16. Microsoft MPI v7 Beta

    Stand-alone, redistributable and SDK installers for Microsoft MPI. Link Removed
  17. New Windows 10 application usage in Dev Center

    Recently, we released a new feature that provides app usage information to developers in Dev Center. This feature is included in all new Windows 10 (UWP) package submissions and allows developers to view app usage statistics, including user sessions, active users, session length, page views...
  18. Have a heart...rate Band UWP sample

    Continuing with our Hardware Event Theme, it's Windows 10 Band Day! Link Removed, whom we usually highlight for his cool Kinect projects, a couple months ago wrote up this nice Windows 10 UWP Microsoft Band example... Link Removed Although very simple I thought this was worth blogging as I...
  19. Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 10563 Released

    Today, we released a new Windows 10 SDK Preview and the associated Windows 10 Mobile emulators (Build 10563), to be used in conjunction with Link Removed(Build 10565). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test...
  20. Lumia Imaging SDK v3 (No, it's not just for phones...)

    This week, surprisingly enough, we're going to be doing a "Holly Cow, that was an awesome Hardware Event last week!" theme, focusing on related SDK's, projects and such. I'm sure you've already heard all about it, but incase not, check out this post, A New Era of Windows 10 Devices from...