Finally, Open Live Writer is here! Open Live Writer (OLW) is an open source application to manage and publish blog posts. The source code is based on Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer, but Open Live Writer now is an improved MIT-license Open Source project on GitHub. You can download OLW from https://openlivewriter.org. Microsoft stopped the development of WLW (which is still downloadable from Windows Essentials) in 2012. The WLW fans tried to open source WLW for quite a time… ...

If you have a subscription for Microsoft Office 365 Home, you get a lot of additional benefits with that subscription: You get 1 TB of OneDrive storage and 60 minutes of Skype calls per month – more or less for free. The second well known secret is, that you can share these benefits with up to four persons! Office 365 Home costs USD 9.99 per month, so about USD 120 per year. Currently there’s even a price reduction and you get this subscription for only USD 99.99 per year, see Looking to buy Office?. ...

Wir suchen ab sofort zwei IT Administratoren/Administratorinnen im Microsoft Infrastruktur Umfeld (AD/Exchange) zur Unterstützung im Bereich Microsoft Exchange für einen globalen Kunden mit Einsatzort in Berlin. Finden Sie folgende Aufgaben Interessant? Betreuung einer europaweit verteilen Microsoft Kommunikations-Infrastruktur mit der einhergehenden Planung, Installation und Konfiguration Betreuung der Schnittstellen zu sicheren Kommunikationsverbindungen mit Outlook (Outlook für Windows und Outlook für Mac) sowie diversen Mobillösungen Erkennen und Beheben von Problemen und Störungen im 2nd-Level-Support ...

Today Microsoft announced the next BUILD conference which will take place again in San Francsisco in Moscone Center from March 30th to April 1st 2016. And they changed the name (URL) from BuildWindows to Microsoft Build… https://build.microsoft.com/ There’s no more information on the event website except the date and the option to join the mailing list. CU there?

Today Microsoft announced a new tool named “PowerApps” at Convergence 2015 EMEA in Barcelona. PowerApps are a new service for providing a new and shiny app user interface for all kind of devices and works with any data (OData) delivered from cloud services. So, it’s a kind of form and workflow generator for the cloud… See the announcement here: Introducing Microsoft PowerApps. “…PowerApps is an enterprise service for innovators everywhere to connect, create and share business apps with your team on any device in minutes…” ...

Beim zweitägigen Connect(); //2015 Developer Virtual Event hat Microsoft hat eine ganze Reihe an Neuerungen für Developer bekannt gegeben. In 112 Sessions geht es um Alles, was Developer Herzen höher schlagen lässt: .NET Core 5, ASP.NET 5 RC, Go-Live Support, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Team Services, Visual Studio Marketplace, Visual Studio Developer Essentials, Node.js, Docker Support und vieles vieles mehr. Neben der offiziellen News auf dem Visual Studio Blog News and Announcements at Connect(); //2015 und von Brian Harry News from Connect(); 2015 hat mein Kollege Wolfgang Strasser eine gute Zusammenfassung der Connect-Keynote gepostet: Connect(); // 2015–Keynote Recap. Die wichtigsten Infos auf einen Blick! ...

Microsoft had a series of announcements at the Connect(); //2015 Developer Virtual Event yesterday. Now there’s a new version of Visual Studio Code available on Github: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode Check it out! See also the webcasts of the event on channel9! 112 sessions are waiting for you!

Check out this great Channel9 interview during Microsoft MVP Summit 2015 at Microsoft in Redmond. Ep08: Interview with Kathleen Dollard, Martina Grom and Lori Lalonde during the #MVPSummit Get to know more about the Microsoft MVP’s Kathleen Dollard, Martina Grom and Lori Lalonde interviewed by Soumow. They talk about their activities for the MVP program, about women in Tech in their countries and they end with advices for success. Enjoy the show!

Office 2016 und Office 365 Pro Plus bringen einige neue Funktionen, die ich zum Anlass genommen habe, eine kleine Video Serie zu starten, damit die Funktionen auch gleich live angeschaut werden können. In den ersten Videos zeige ich, welche neuen Funktionen es im Client gibt. Man sieht jedoch auch Funktionen, die aus Office 365 heraus unterstützt werden, wie z.B. Clutter oder die neuen, modernen Attachments. Hier die gesammelten Links zum Durchklicken: ...

Telerik provides a new, free whitepaper for ASP.NET Developers. Download it from here: The Anatomy of Responsive ASP.NET Apps whitepaper See the basics of Responsive UI design in the 28 page PDF and enjoy…!