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2012-12-03T02:28:00.003-08:00

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Windows Phone - IT's Developer's Time

2012-11-29T21:02:00.001-08:00

Download Windows Phone SDK 8.0 Final (Online and Offline Standalone Installer)

2012-11-28T10:07:00.003-08:00

The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 is a full-featured development environment to use for building apps and games for Windows Phone 8.0 and Windows Phone 7.5.

The Windows Phone SDK provides a stand-alone Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Phone or works as an add-in to Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium or Ultimate editions.
With the SDK, you can use your existing programming skills and code to build managed or native code apps. In addition, the SDK includes multiple emulators and additional tools for profiling and testing your Windows Phone app under real-world conditions.

System Requirements:

Operating System: Windows 8, Windows 8 PRO/ENTERPRISE

CPU – 64bit Processor with Virtualization support required.

If you are a Windows Phone developer, you can download the new SDK from the below links:

Download:

Windows Phone 8.0 SDK (Online Installer)
(Packages will be downloaded while installing – * requires Internet Connection)

OR

Windows Phone 8 SDK (Offline Standalone Installer (FULL ISO DVD Image – 1.6 GB)
This release is also available in .iso format.

For Windows Phone SDK 8.0 documentation and samples, see the Windows Phone Dev Center

Windows 8 for Dummies

2012-11-26T21:31:00.002-08:00

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Beginning Windows 8 Application Development (XAML Edition)

2012-11-26T21:26:00.003-08:00

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Window Phone 8 Development Internals - Preview 1

2012-11-26T21:18:00.002-08:00

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Konnect Messenger By Creative Dev

2012-11-20T21:04:00.001-08:00

" Konnect " Messenger - Face New Generation By Creative Dev

Apps Main Features:

Real Time Chat
Audio Call's
Video Call's
Call Recorder (Both)
Voice Changer

File Sharing
Desktop Sharing
Online Workshop, Session or Trainings Facilities

SQL SERVER 2012 - All Download Links

2012-10-23T11:41:00.002-07:00

SQL Server 2012 RTM is just announced and recently I wrote about all the SQL Server 2012 Certification on single page. As a feedback, I received suggestions to have a single page where everything about SQL Server 2012 is listed. I will keep this page updated as new updates are announced.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Evaluation
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 enables a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express is a powerful and reliable free data management system that delivers a rich and reliable data store for lightweight Web Sites and desktop applications.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Feature Pack
The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone packages which provide additional value for Microsoft SQL Server 2012.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Report Builder
Report Builder provides a productive report-authoring environment for IT professionals and power users. It supports the full capabilities of SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services Add-in For Microsoft Excel
The Master Data Services Add-in for Excel gives multiple users the ability to update master data in a familiar tool without compromising the data’s integrity in Master Data Services.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Performance Dashboard Reports
The SQL Server 2012 Performance Dashboard Reports are Reporting Services report files designed to be used with the Custom Reports feature of SQL Server Management Studio.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel® 2010
Microsoft PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010 provides ground-breaking technology; fast manipulation of large data sets, streamlined integration of data, and the ability to effortlessly share your analysis through Microsoft SharePoint.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies 2010
The SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 technologies allows you to integrate your reporting environment with the collaborative SharePoint 2010 experience.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Semantic Language Statistics
The Semantic Language Statistics Database is a required component for the Statistical Semantic Search feature in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Semantic Language Statistics.

Microsoft ®SQL Server 2012 FileStream Driver – Windows Logo Certification
Catalog file for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 FileStream Driver that is certified for WindowsServer 2008 R2. It meets Microsoft standards for compatibility and recommended practices with the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems.

Microsoft SQL Server StreamInsight 2.0
Microsoft StreamInsight is Microsoft’s Complex Event Processing technology to help businesses create event-driven applications and derive better insights by correlating event streams from multiple sources with near-zero latency.

Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.0 for SQL Server
Download the Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.0 for SQL Server, a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 and 6.

Data Quality Services Performance Best Practices Guide
This guide focuses on a set of best practices for optimizing performance of Data Quality Services (DQS).

Microsoft Drivers 3.0 for SQL Server for PHP
The Microsoft Drivers 3.0 for SQL Server for PHP provide connectivity to Microsoft SQLServer from PHP applications.

Product Documentation for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for firewall and proxy restricted environments

The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 setup installs only the Help Viewer…install any documentation. All of the SQL Server documentation is available online.

Developing Applications with Silverlight and XNA - Presentation

2012-10-22T04:39:00.003-07:00

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Developing Applications fot Windows Phone 7 - Presentation

2012-10-22T01:20:00.001-07:00

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Microsoft Surface Tablet

2012-10-16T14:34:00.002-07:00

Microsoft at least those running the scaled down RT version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system designed for use on low-power processors. The Surface starts at $499 for an entry-level 32GB version without the Touch Cover with integrated touch-sensitive keyboard, while one with the cover runs $599. At the top of the line, a 64GB version with the touch cover included costs $699.

Microsoft had originally said that its Surface pricing would be roughly in line with the competition, with the RT devices matching tablets and the regular, more powerful Windows 8 varieties coming in at prices more comparable to other notebooks and ultrabooks out there. This pricing is in line with Apple’s iPad, which starts at $499 and ranges up to $699 for the Wi-Fi-only versions. Surface will be available beginning October 26, following a kick-off event for media October 25, and Microsoft looks to be ready to open pre-orders soon. The touch cover adds $119.99 to the price of the tablet when added as an accessory, and the type cover, with hardware keys, adds $129.99.

Earlier, the WSJ reported that Microsoft anticipated selling as many as 3 to 5 million of these tablets in Q4, which is ambitious, but at least they’re not overpriced for the category. It’s worth noting that in Microsoft’s own words, “Surface with Windows RT works exclusively with apps from the Windows Store,” meaning it’ll be like the iPad in more ways than form factor similarity. We’ll have to see whether users think there’s as much value there in Microsoft’s untested tablet as there is in Apple’s established lineup.

WOWZAPP 2012: The Worldwide Hackathon for Windows - Pakistan Registration

2012-10-15T23:57:00.001-07:00

WOWZAPP 2012 - the Worldwide Hackathon for Windows. WOWZAPP 2012 is an opportunity for developers and designers the world over to come together on a single weekend and exercise their talent and creativity through designing, building and testing apps and games for the Windows ecosystem. And we want all of you to take part! Find out what's in store for the developer world on November 9-11 2012 and start thinking how you can get involved, whether it be for Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Azure - or maybe all three.

WOWZAPP 2012 will run in dozens of countries around the globe – all on the one weekend – November 9-11 – allowing developers and designers the world over to come together with one goal – to have fun, network and learn and to build apps and games for Windows.

Be part of the app revolution

Join thousands of developers around the world as we build apps for the next generation of Windows.
There will be dozens of event venues from college campuses to Microsoft offices, all buzzing with energy, music, free food and more.

Expert help, free resources

Microsoft app experts, developers and trainers will be available to assist your learning and coding.

Islamabad Registration: Click Here

Karachi Registration: Click Here

Lahore Registration: Click Here

Getting Started with Windows 8 Application Development

2012-10-15T07:23:00.003-07:00

There are a lot of amazing new capabilities in Windows 8 such as a completely revamped Start screen with customizable Live Tiles, roaming profiles and preferences. Also included are a set of great new apps including: mail, calendar, people, SkyDrive, Bing Maps, video, photos, and more. With Windows 8 and Contracts, apps can communicate with one another making it easier than ever to access, search and share your apps content with the rest of the Internet.

If you want to experience Windows 8 for yourself and get to know the development tools you’ll need to create compelling apps for Windows 8, follow these simple steps.

Let's Started ...

1. Install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview

There are 2 installs you need to get you started and it doesn’t matter if your only machine is a Mac, you can still install the tools and develop Windows 8 applications.
First off, you need to install the Beta version of the operating system that’s referred to as the Consumer Preview. The Windows 8 Consumer Preview will run on any machine that can currently run Windows 7, you can install it as a new operating system or install into a seperate partition enabling dual boot. It’s a free download.

Download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Using a Mac? Install Windows 8 In Bootcamp

check out this post on Gigaom on How to install Windows 8 Preview using Boot Camp.

2. Download the dev tools for creating Windows 8 applications

Once you’ve got the CP up and running, you’ll want to download the developer tools and SDK, again a free download. You can only run these tools on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, not on any other version of Windows.
Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta is a collection of tools that you can use to create, code, debug, localize, package, and deploy a Windows 8 app. In short, Visual Studio can help you do just about anything you need to do to develop a Windows 8 app.
When you install Visual Studio 11 Express Beta for Windows 8, you also get the Windows 8 SDK, Blend for Visual Studio, and project templates.
If you’re new to these tools, take a look at Develop Windows 8 apps using Visual Studio 11 Beta and Design Windows 8 apps using Blend for an overview of these development environments.

Download the Windows 8 Developer Tools

A Pragmatic Introduction to the HTML5 Fullscreen API

2012-10-15T06:45:00.002-07:00

Some time ago we got fullscreen support in web browsers where the user could choose to view the current web site in fullscreen. That’s all good and well, but as an extension to that, as web developers we want to be able to trigger that. Either for the entire web site or just a specific element.

And now we can !

Requesting fullscreen

We now have access to a method called requestFullScreen, so far implemented in Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. Therefore, to make it work at the moment, we need this code:

Please note that the Fullscreen standard in the W3C specification uses a lowercase ‘s’ in all methods, whereas Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari use an uppercase one.

What the code above does is just getting a reference to the documentElement and request for it to be displayed fullscreen. Naturally, you could also make just a certain element fullscreen, for instance, a video, with the same method called for the element you wish.

Cancelling fullscreen

If you want to cancel the fullscreen state, you need to call it on the document element:

if (document.exitFullscreen) {
    document.exitFullscreen();
}
else if (document.mozCancelFullScreen) {
    document.mozCancelFullScreen();
}
else if (document.webkitCancelFullScreen) {
    document.webkitCancelFullScreen();
}

Note here that W3C has decided to call it exitFullscreen, but in all existing web browser implementations it’s about cancelling the state.

Detecting fullscreen state change

The user could, for instance, exit fullscreen, something that might be good for you to know. For that we have a fullscreenchange event, that you can apply both to the element that requested fullscreen, but also to the document. Then we just detect the fullscreen state and take act accordingly, like this:

Styling fullscreen

In CSS, we get a number of pseudo-classes for styling fullscreen elements. The most reliable one is for full-screen and automatically gets triggered when the document/element is in fullscreen mode:

html:-moz-full-screen {
    background: red;
}

html:-webkit-full-screen {
    background: red;
}

html:fullscreen {
    background: red;
}

Notice here that the W3C approach doesn’t use a hyphen between the word ‘full’ and the word ‘screen’.

It should also be added that Firefox is the only web browser that applies a width and height of 100% to the element that is requesting fullscreen, since we believe that is the desired behavior. This can of course be overridden with the above CSS.

Full screen with key input

For security reasons, most keyboard inputs have been blocked in the fullscreen mode. However, in Google Chrome you can request keyboard support by calling the method with a flag:

docElm.webkitRequestFullScreen(Element.ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT);

This does not work in Safari, and the method won’t be called.

With Firefox, we are discussing and looking into various ways of how we we could add keyboard input support without jeopardizing the end user’s security. One suggestion, that no one has implemented yet, is the requestFullscreenWithKeys method, which in turn would trigger certain notifications for the user.

Enjoy and Play with fullscreen !

Windos 8 Administration Pocket Consultant - Ebook

2012-10-13T08:01:00.001-07:00

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Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit - Ebook

2012-10-13T07:06:00.003-07:00

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O'reilly Programming C# 5.0 Building Windows 8 - Ebook

2012-10-13T02:32:00.001-07:00

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O'reilly Getting Started with Metro Style Apps - Ebook

2012-10-13T02:12:00.000-07:00

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Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services for Windows 8

2012-10-13T00:36:00.000-07:00

In this post I’ll introduce Microsoft’s latest Windows Azure service, Windows Azure Mobile Services. We’ll take a tour of the service and how it can be used with Windows 8 apps, the first type of mobile client Microsoft is supporting. You'll be amazed how easy it is to add a mobile back end in the cloud with this service. I've always felt web, mobile, and cloud complement each other extremely well, and this service makes doing that a cinch.

Why Mobile Services?
The Windows Azure platform makes a lot of sense as a back-end for mobile services, with its ability to easily scale and provide global presence. Up till now, building that back end has required developers to master multiple cloud services: you need Windows Azure Compute to host your web service, Windows Azure Storage or SQL Database to store data, Access Control Service for identity, and so on. Microsoft wanted to make it easier for mobile developers to more or less click a button and have an instant back-end. As you’ll see, they have indeed succeeded in pulling off that vision remarkably well.

This first incarnation of Mobile Services is designed for Windows 8 clients, with support for other mobile platforms to come in the future.

How to Access Mobile Services
Mobile Services is in preview, so you’ll first need to sign up for the preview at azure.com (navigate to ACCOUNT > preview features > Mobile Services).

Provisioning a Mobile Service in the Windows Azure Portal Once you’ve been accepted for Mobile Services, you’ll notice a MOBILE SERVICES area now appears in the Windows Azure management portal. To provision a mobile service, click the New button at the bottom left and select MOBILE SERVICE.

In the dialogs that follow, specify a unique name for your service and whether to use an existing database or create a new one.

Very quickly thereafter, your mobile service will be provisioned. You’ll see a confirmation message at bottom.

Your service will appear in the MOBILE SERVICES area of the portal. Click the mobile service to set it up.

In the mobile service’s detail page, you’ll be guided through set up of the service. If you’re just trying this out for the first time, I suggest you choose the Create a new Windows 8 application option which is what we’re doing here.

As the wizard shows, there are three basic steps to setting up your service:

1. Download the Windows Azure Mobile Service SDK and Visual Studio 2012 Express
2. Create a database table
3. Download and run your app

Let's continue down the sample application path.

Step 1: Install the Mobile Services SDK You need the Windows Azure Mobile Services SDK in order to use Windows Azure Mobile Services. You can download the mobile services SDK and, if you also need it, Visual Studio 2012 Express by clicking on the appropriate links.

Setting up a Database Table You need at least one SQL Database table as backing storage for your service. If you’re just taking the tour, you can let the wizard generate a To Do Item table for your service.

Step 3: Download and Run Your Windows 8 App

In this step the wizard generates a Windows 8 app for you (!) which you can download, which is pre-configured to access your back end and is ready to run. You can choose a WinJS (HTML5/JavaScript) or C# (.NET/XAML) download. We'll choose WinJS here.

Download the zip file, copy its contents to a file folder, and open the .sln file in Visual Studio.

Open the default.js file and you’ll see in the onactivated event that a client object is created for mobile services that specifies an application key.

Running the Sample Solution Now press F5 to run the sample solution you downloaded. You’ll see a screen like this, which lets you enter and view To Do tasks.

Enter some items, by entering a task name and clicking Save. As you do so, each item appears to the right. You can get rid of a task by checking its check box.

Viewing the Data Where is the To Do data stored? In a Windows Azure SQL Database. You can view the database in the Windows Azure portal by navigating to MOBILE SERVICES > your project > DATA > your database. Here we see the items we just entered.

Scaling the Back End Similar to Windows Azure Web Sites, you can scale the back end in portal using the SCALE area of the project detail page. Just add more instances when you need them.

Wrapping it up: Windows Azure Mobile Services for Windows 8

At this point, you should be saying Wow! We've gotten a cloud-based back end (a collective set of cloud services) provisioned and ready for use unbelievably quickly and effortlessly.

We’ve just scratched the surface of what Windows Azure Mobile Services can do, but I hope this little tour gets across how easy and powerful it is and whets your appetite for exploring what the service can do for you. There’s plenty more functionality offered by Mobile Services, including authentication and push notifications.

Microsoft Press eBook Programming Windows 8 Apps - Second Preview

2012-10-12T08:47:00.003-07:00

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Kinect for Windows SDK Update Released

2012-10-12T08:11:00.001-07:00

If you’ve been waiting for the updated Kinect for Windows release, I have good news for you. Today, the updated Kinect for Windows SDK and Kinect for Windows toolkit were released, and are available for public download!

Since I started developing with the Kinect for Windows SDK, I have been following this technology closely, and have been looking forward to updated versions of the platform. Recently, I interviewed Rob Relyea and showed some new features for the October 2012 release, including extended depth data and color camera settings. Now you can use these new features in your apps, and explore other new capabilities, including the infrared camera stream.

For more information about this release, check out the Kinect for Windows Blog, and the Kinect for Windows developer downloads page.

Microsoft Press eBook Programming Windows 8 Apps - First Preview

2012-10-12T07:47:00.003-07:00

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Firefox Metro Preview Build For Windows 8 Now Available To Download

2012-10-12T03:37:00.004-07:00

Mozilla has released a preview copy of their Firefox Metro browser for Microsoft’s new desktop operating system. The future of Firefox has been announced via the official Mozilla blog, with the release of the browser that is intended for users and the Mozilla community to put through its paces to see if it lives up to expectations. The preview release of Firefox has been built from the ground up to offer a classic browsing mode as well as having a Metro-based look and feel to it.

Mozilla has been working for the majority of this year on the product specifically made for Windows 8 in the hope of producing a seamless web browsing experience that works flawlessly on both the classic and Metro modes. The first preview build, that is available as a nightly build from the company’s experimental Elm repository, and represents a total overhaul of one of the world’s most popular web browser, but also comes packed with a notable set of features and improvements that should definitely appeal to Windows 8 users.

Firefox Metro offers a new Metro-styled Start experience that presents Bookmarks and recent browsing history in a gorgeous but simplistic manner. The browser also has integrated support for a whole host of touch and swipe gestures that will form an integral part of the user experience in Windows 8. As you would expect, probably the most notable difference is the visual appearance of Firefox with it looking extremely modern. Mozilla has noted in their official blog post that the aesthetics of the software have been given the "Asutralis Interface" name.

This preview release represents the first public step in the ongoing development of the product, with Mozilla promising to add additional powerful features in the coming months as well as firming up Windows integration and improving the user-experience with the browser to make it more responsive.
Firefox Metro also has support for Firefox Sync and the ability to quickly switch between different browsing modes with minimal fuss. This preview build is by no means a finished product, with Mozilla stipulating that it contains bugs and omitted features. Check it out for yourself and remember to file those important bug reports to help the development process.

You can download Firefox for Windows 8 from Here.

Windows Phone 8 launch: 29 October Event Announced

2012-10-12T03:20:00.004-07:00

Microsoft has started to invite the press to the launch of Windows Phone 8. The event will be held in San Francisco on 29 October, and will hopefully reveal the final secrets of the latest mobile OS.
What won't be a secret is the devices that will be on show, as we've already seen hardware from HTC, Nokia and Samsung in recent announcements, although Microsoft has so far prevented us from playing with the software beyond the home screen.

The reason, says Microsoft, is because it hasn't yet announced the full run of features for the next generation of Windows Phone, so hopefully there will be some surprises in store. We're not holding our breath.

What we will be looking out for is which device Steve Ballmer and his Microsoft cohorts choose to demonstrate the new software: HTC told us that the Windows Phone 8X by HTC would be the lead device come launch day.

We already knew that Windows Phone 8 would be landing at the end of October, and HTC has suggested it will be hitting stores with devices a few days later.

How to Search Store Apps in Windows 8

2012-10-12T02:54:00.000-07:00

Introduction
Microsoft has launched Windows 8. It comes with many new feature such as charms bar, Start screen, Windows 8 Store etc. Of all of them, the Windows Store is the new feature in Windows 8 that is a collection of Metro Apps and Metro Games. By using Windows 8 Store you can directly download and install Metro Apps and Metro Games for Windows 8. You don't need to open a browser application. If you want to open the Windows 8 Store then you can open it by the Metro Start Screen.
In this article we are going to explain how to search for applications in the Windows 8 Store. When you open the Windows 8 Store and you want to search for a specific application or game then there is not a search option by which you can search, unlike websites opend through a browser. If you want to search for apps then we have to use the Search box of the Metro UI.

Step 1
Open the Store from the Metro Start Screen.

Step 2
After opening the Windows 8 Store, move the cursor on the Right-bottom corner and select "Search".

Step 3
In the Search box type the application or game name that you want to search for.

Step 4
After typing the application name click on "Store". The Search Application Results will be shown.

Step 5
In this step click on the application that you want to Download and Install.

Step 6
In this step click on "Install" to install the application. Wait some minutes for the application to download and install.

Step 7
After installation, a "Application was Installed" message will be displayed on the top corner. Now you can open the application from the Metro Start Screen.