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We have several important updates to share with the latest release of C#/WinRT. This release is feature complete for consumption scenarios, which means that all features for using our generated Windows SDK projections to call WinRT APIs are now in their final form. We expect C#/WinRT to have...

If anyone else is having the same issues with Studio that I am having this seems to be the best workaround that I have found. Avoid constexpr initialization of the 'kek' variable (by removing the 'constexpr' specifier on the variable and the 'constexpr' specifier from the Test::operator+()...

The Windows 10 SDK for Windows 10, version 2004 is now available with a go-live license. Build 19041, also known as the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, is now in the Release Preview Windows Insider ring. New APIs and Features for developers Every Windows 10 update is loaded with new APIs, but...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19613.1000 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here, including a list of all the new features and updates released in builds so far. Not seeing any of the...

In Windows 10 version 2004, we are introducing the concept of Hosted Apps to the Windows App Model. Hosted apps are registered as independent apps on Windows, but require a host process in order to run. An example would be a script file which requires its host (eg: Powershell or Python) to be...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19041 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19041 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from the Link Removed. For...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19035 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19035 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19028 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19028 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Robotics technology is moving fast. A lot has happened since Microsoft announced an experimental release of Robot Operating System (ROS)[1] for Windows at last year’s ROSCON in Madrid. ROS support became generally available in May 2019, which enabled robots to take advantage of the worldwide...

Revision Note: V1.1 (February 10, 2016): Advisory updated to include download information for Microsoft ASP.NET Web Frameworks, and Tools and Microsoft ASP.NET and Web Tools. This is an informational change only. Summary: Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 18290 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 18290 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Today is an exciting day for Windows 10 on ARM. With the official release of Visual Studio 15.9, developers now have the officially supported SDK and tools for creating 64-bit ARM (ARM64) apps. In addition, the Microsoft Store is now officially accepting submissions for apps built for the ARM64...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 17763 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17763 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 17758 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17758 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from the Link Removed. For...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 17754 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17754 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 17749 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17749 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 17744 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17744 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

A new open-sourced tool is now available for the Windows Application Driver (WinAppDriver) community: the WinAppDriver UI Recorder tool. This tool will enable users to easily create automated UI tests. For those of you not familiar with WinAppDriver, it is a UI automation service for Windows 10...

We’ve just published an update to the Console UWP App project templates on the Visual Studio marketplace here. The latest version (v1.5) adds support for C#. The C# template code only works with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 or later. In a previous post, I described how to build a simple...

As announced in the May 2018 issue of MSDN Magazine, the latest Windows update introduces support for Console UWP apps. We’re also introducing support for UWP apps to get broader access to the file-system than was previously possible. In fact, it was during the design and development phases of...