Microsoft .NET Conference – Virtual developer event

Microsoft .NET Conf is a free, 3 day virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. It just finished last week, September 12 – 14, 2018. Learn more at www.dotnetconf.net

Over the course of the three days we had a wide selection of live sessions that feature speakers from the community and .NET product teams. These are the experts in their field and it is a chance to learn, ask questions live, and get inspired for your next software project.

By attending this session, you will learn to build for web, mobile, desktop, games, services, libraries and more for a variety of platforms and devices all with .NET. We have sessions for everyone, no matter if you are just beginning or are a seasoned engineer. We’ll have presentations on .NET Core and ASP.NET Core, C#, F#, Roslyn, Visual Studio, Xamarin, and much more. So you can click the below link to watch the sessions on demand.

Watch all the sessions on demand on Channel 9

Happy coding!!

Developer: How to use Github for Windows users?

https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses-embed/github-for-windows-users-16749/Video-Basic-Concepts-and-the-GitHub-Workflow-Part-1-KTNeW39wC_6006218965

If you’re a Developer who is curious about Git and GitHub, be sure to check out this GitHub training. Join experts Briana Swift and Jeremy Foster for a look at basic Git and GitHub concepts, and see why millions of Developers use the fast and flexible dev process fostered by GitHub.

Take a look at GitHub workflows in a browser, find out how to use GitHub Desktop, check out GitHub integrations with Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, and learn about Git on the command line. Plus, explore advanced techniques using GitHub.

• Basic Concepts and the GitHub Workflow: Get an introduction to the basic concepts and the GitHub workflow.
• GitHub in the Browser: Learn how to conduct GitHub workflows in a browser.
• GitHub Desktop: See how to use GitHub Desktop to manage repositories, branches, and changes.
• GitHub Integrations with Visual Studio: Get an intro to GitHub integrations with Visual Studio.
• GitHub on the Command Line: Explore how to use GitHub on the command line.
• Beyond the Basics: Take a look at advanced techniques using GitHub.

Hope this helps

Introducing Office 365 Groups in Outlook 2016

In my earlier blog post I mentioned about lot of new features that I liked including Groups in Outlook 2016 and a new mobile app called Outlook Groups which you can download. With the new Outlook Groups mobile app for Windows Phone, iOS and Android, you can now engage with your group on your phone while on the go—continue conversations, view files, @mention colleagues and even discover other relevant groups etc. Below is the sample snapshot how it will looks like.

These new capabilities offer a better way to get work done with others and offer a number of benefits compared to traditional distribution lists. In Outlook 2016, creating a group is easy and new colleagues can also join existing groups and quickly get up to speed. Each member of a group can participate in conversations, schedule meetings, share files and notes and even initiate a Skype for Business voice and video call for urgent real-time decisions. You can have a look at the below video:

FAQ: Learn more about Outlook 2016 and its new Groups features here.

Download/try, make use of the Groups!!

Video : Overview of new Microsoft Outlook 2016 on the desktop, Windows 10, iOS & Android

In this video you can watch the end-to-end tour of richest Outlook capabilities to date. Ben Walters joins Jeremy Chapman for a preview of the new Outlook mail and calendar experiences across the Windows desktop, Windows 10, iOS and Android. Enjoy!!

 

Click to connect MSDN/TechNet forums from your desktop

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Using MSDN Forum Assistant and TechNet Forum Assistant gadgets offer a convenient way for the forum users to read the forum recent threads and your own threads, it also make it easy to create new threads and search in the forum.

How is simple is that…. I tried the gadgets at my Windows 7 machine in 3 simple steps

1. Double-click the gadget installation package.

2. On the popup window, click “Install” to finish the installation.

  

3. The gadget usually will be automatically located on the desktop. If not, look it up from the Gadget Gallery and add it to the desktop

Fix: Windows Phone 7.5 & Facebook Password update “0x83cf1202”

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Recently one of my customer changed his Facebook password via laptop. Later when he tried connecting via my Windows Phone/Facebook chat, it requested him to update the password. Unfortunately, he opted to delete the Facebook account, but it failed. After this, he can’t update his password. Doing so (Settings > Email+accounts > Facebook), it throws “Attention required – can’t delete Facebook” and error code “0x83cf1202”. 

Tried the following steps, which helped him to fix the issue:

1. Disconnect all devices/desktop apps and login with browser
2. Delete Facebook account (connected with Hotmail account) using the browser
3. Boot the phone
4. In Phone, Sync the Hotmail account. At end of this, delete the Facebook account
5. Now you can connect the Facebook account using Settings > Email+accounts > Facebook in the phone.

Note: Prior to that I learnt that he is connected with messenger desktop app browser, Windows Phone to the Hotmail account. Also the Facebook updates, notifications, still seem to work, but only chat doesn’t

Next Gen. Cloud Productivity: Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Corp. today announced Microsoft Office 365, the company’s next generation in cloud productivity that brings together Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online in an always-up-to-date cloud service. Office 365 makes it easier for millions more organizations to get and use Microsoft’s award-winning business productivity solutions via the cloud. With Office 365, people can work together more easily from anywhere on virtually any device, while collaborating with others inside and outside their organization in a simple and highly secure way. As part of today’s news, Microsoft is also opening a limited beta program for Office 365 in 13 countries and regions.

Few key benefits are:

• Anywhere-access to email, documents, contacts, and calendars on nearly any device*
• Work seamlessly with Microsoft Office and the other programs your users already count on everyday
• Business-class features including IT-level phone support, guaranteed 99.9% uptime, geo-redundancy, and disaster recovery
• Pay-as-you-go pricing options which give you predictability and flexibility for all or part of your organization
• Latest version of Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), which has millions of business users today

^{* Access from mobile devices require WiFi capability or depends on carrier network availability}

 

With the announcement of Microsoft Office 365, the productivity power of the cloud just got a turbo boost for customers of all sizes. The new service brings familiar applications, including Office desktop software and Office Web Apps, together with SharePoint, Exchange and Lync in the cloud, for the first time. New cloud service brings together Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Lync for organizations of all sizes. Moving to the cloud with Office 365 means people don’t have to change the way they work, because Office 365 works with the most popular browsers, smartphones and desktop applications people use today.

Office 365 will be available worldwide next year. Starting today, Microsoft will begin testing Office 365 with a few thousand organizations in 13 countries and regions around the world, and the beta will be expanded to include more organizations over time. Office 365 will be generally available in 40 countries and regions next year. Customers and partners can sign up for the Office 365 beta and learn more at that site, or follow Office 365 on Twitter (@Office365), Face book (Office 365), or the new Office 365 blog at http://community.office365.com to get the latest information.