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Microsoft has published Preview 7 of .NET 10, a release that looks and smells very much like “near feature-complete” for the platform’s November launch — bringing a clutch of pragmatic developer productivity improvements, security enhancements such as passkey integration for ASP.NET Identity...

Windows 10’s launch in 2015 was accompanied by fanfare and promises that seemed destined to rewrite the developer playbook for the platform. In an era marred by the lingering discontent of Windows 8 and the convoluted push for “Metro style” apps, Microsoft offered what appeared to be a unifying...

Microsoft is gearing up for a significant milestone in desktop application development with the impending release of .NET 9 during the annual .NET Conf in 2024. Scheduled to launch on November 11, this upgrade brings a host of enhancements to the widely used Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)...

Welcome to the 2nd post of our Xaml Islands deep dive adventure! On the first blog post, we talked a little bit about the history of this amazing feature, how the Xaml Islands infrastructure works and how to use it, and also a little bit of how you can leverage binding in your Island controls...

One of the founding principles of Microsoft Edge is that it is evergreen, with automatic updates to Windows 10 continually refreshing both Microsoft Edge itself and web content throughout Windows 10. However, until recently, WinForms and WPF apps didn’t have access to the Microsoft Edge-powered...

Last year with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we introduced the Desktop Bridge to provide desktop applications a path to modernize with the Universal Windows Platform, and to distribute via the Windows Store and the Microsoft Store for Business to all Windows 10 PCs, including devices that...

With last summer’s release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and the announcement of the Windows Store supporting apps built with the Desktop Bridge technology, we want to share more details and sample code on how to further enhance and extend your PC software on Windows 10. In addition to...

Developers, developers, developers! We’ve got quite a few updates for you this week, ranging from the upcoming live event to improved analytics for your apps in the Windows Store. Read on to see our recap of the past week. Windows Developers Day – Creators Update Only a few days left to RSVP...

In today’s post, we’re covering how PC software can leverage the rich functionality of Windows 10. This is valuable background for the upcoming post “Adding UWP Features to Your Existing PC Software with the Desktop Bridge,” which will go into even more detail on the topic in the coming days...

The UWPDesktop NuGet package is here to improve the developer experience with Visual Studio when walking along the Desktop Bridge. The Desktop Bridge allows you to call UWP APIs directly from your WinForms, WPF or VB application. You can use APIs such as Live tiles, notifications, App Services...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (May 12, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET Framework. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker sends specially crafted data to a...

Last year the Coding4Fun/Channel 9 guys asked me to work on a few things for Link Removed. One of these items was a way to output a webcam stream to Windows Phone 7 for use with Clint's Link Removed you may have read about. I figured the easiest way to accomplish this was by using a network/IP...

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