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Windows Phone brings the latest technologies to create apps for the phone. Add new dimensions, like Live Tiles, to your apps and games.

 
 
 
 
 

Windows Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications.

 
 
 
 
 

Office is an extensible platform of integrated programs, on-premise servers, services, tools, and platform technologies.

 
 
 
 

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Tech Ed North America 2012
For 20 years industry professionals have found TechEd to be the best opportunity to stay aligned with Microsoft’s current technologies and new product... more
Wednesday, May 23
Visual Studio Live: Redmond 8/6-8/10
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Wednesday, May 23

News

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Visio Services Virtual Labs Released
Visio Services Virtual Labs Released
Learn how to develop visual BI and visual Collaboration solutions
Friday, Jun 1
Windows 8 Release Preview now available!
Windows 8 Release Preview now available!
Experience the newest version of Windows and see the Windows 8 app experience.
Thursday, May 31
What’s New in Visual Studio 2012 RC
What’s New in Visual Studio 2012 RC
Release Candidates of Visual Studio 2012, Team Foundation Server 2012, and .NET Framework 4.5 now available for download!
Thursday, May 31
.NET Rocks! Podcast: Beth Massi Builds Apps with LightSwitch in Studio 11
.NET Rocks! Podcast: Beth Massi Builds Apps with LightSwitch in Studio 11
Carl and Richard talk to Beth Massi about the latest incarnation of LightSwitch.
Wednesday, May 23
Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report released
Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report released
Latest threat trends focusing on the second half of 2011.
Wednesday, May 16
DevLabs Releases Casablanca Project
DevLabs Releases Casablanca Project
An incubation project to support cloud-based client-server communication in native code.
Wednesday, May 16

Microsoft blogs

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Brian Harry
Technical Fellow
TFS Power Tools for the RC
Friday, Jun 1
S. Somasegar
Senior Vice President
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Release Candidates available now!
Thursday, May 31
Jason Zander
Corporate Vice President
Announcing the Release Candidate (RC) of Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5
Thursday, May 31
Eric Lippert
Principal Software Development Engineer
Past performance is no guarantee of future results
Thursday, May 31
Beth Massi
Senior Program Manager
LightSwitch Tips & Tricks on Query Performance
Tuesday, May 29
Charles Sterling
Senior Program Manager
Exciting news: Keyword-Driven Testing Integration from LogiGear
Thursday, Apr 19