Win2D 1.18.0 – bugfixes and SpriteBatch docs

Win2D version 1.18.0 is now available on NuGet (for Windows 10 or Windows / Phone 8.1) and GitHub. This release fixes a reentrancy bug in CanvasAnimatedControl. It also improves the SpriteBatch.Draw docs, explaining how to convert Windows.UI.Color values into a Vector4 tint parameter. Many thanks to Andy De George for contributing this!


Announcing Entity Framework Core RC2

Entity Framework (EF) Core is a lightweight, extensible, and cross-platform version of Entity Framework. Today we are making Entity Framework Core RC2 available. This coincides with the release of .NET Core RC2 and ASP.NET Core RC2. EF Core, formerly known as EF7 Between RC1 and RC2, we changed from Entity Framework 7 to Entity Framework…


Passing custom data to your Azure VMs, a metadata service workaround?!

Sometimes you develop a solution where your VM need to be aware of itself and the information associated with the VM during deployment: What is the Azure identification of me as a VM Instance? What datacenter/region have I been deployed to? What is the Fully Qualified Domain Name, FQDN, for me as a Virtual Machine?…


Знакомство с новой платформой SharePoint 2016

Дорогие друзья. Хочу пригласить на очередную встречу SharePoint User Group. Тема встречи будет посвящена знакомству с новым продуктом SharePoint 2016. На встрече будут рассмотрены технические вопросы: – Новые возможности платформы SharePoint 2016 – Изменения в топологии платформы – Изменения в разработке приложений под платформу SharePoint 2016 – Развертывание платформы SharePoint 2016 в Azure – Миграция…


Announcing .NET Core RC2 and .NET Core SDK Preview 1

Today, we are announcing the release of .NET Core RC2. You can use it to build ASP.NET Core, console apps and class libraries for Windows, OS X and Linux. RC2 is a major update from the November RC1 release, including new APIs, performance and reliability improvements and a new set of tools. You can install…


5/16 – Errata added for [MS-ADFSPIP]: Active Directory Federation Services and Proxy Integration Protocol

Changes in two sections at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn785066.aspx: In Section 2.2.2.15, Certificate Validation, updated the values for the Certificate Validation enumeration. In Section 6, Appendix A: Full JSON Schema, updated values for the CurrentEndpointConfiguration.CertificateValidation enumeration.