Announcing Microsoft MakeCode for Minecraft Windows 10
[MP4] [0:18:20] [2017/10/12]You asked for it, we delivered! We have expanded support of Microsoft MakeCode for Minecraft Windows 10. Check out how to get it, connect it, and teach a little person in your life how to code.…
Inside the Confidential Consortium Blockchain Framework with Mark Russinovich
[MP4] [0:30:49] [2017/09/14]In a previous video I had the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of blockchain. In this entry I was able to spend more time with Mark discussing the Confidential Consortium Blockchain…
An Introduction to Blockchain with Mark Russinovich
[MP4] [0:31:30] [2017/09/07]Blockchain is an interesting technology that I wish I understood better. I reached out to Mark in order to get a better handle on the technology and why it might be useful in a business setting. In…
New Command Line features in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
[MP4] [0:05:29] [2017/08/30]Craig Loewen shows demos of the improved Color scheme, improved Narrator support, and using multiple Linux Distros on the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Introducing Razor Pages
[MP4] [0:11:28] [2017/08/30]Earlier this year I was told about a cool new feature in ASP.NET called Razor Pages. Ryan Nowak was kind enough to come down to our studios to share what the feature is and how it is used. Would love…
A Preview of C# 8 with Mads Torgersen
[MP4] [0:42:09] [2017/08/22]I had the privilege of dropping in Mads Torgensen's office to get a sneak peek of what might be coming to C# 8. It did not disappoint! Here are some of the things he covered: [05:37] - Nullable…
New Azure Container Registry Features (June 2017)
[MP4] [0:22:07] [2017/07/07]Seth interviews Steve Lasker, Program Manager for the Azure Container Registry about some new features now available including; Azure Active Directory individual identity, Web Hooks and repository…
SysSieve: Extracting Actionable Insights from Unstructured Text
[MP4] [0:43:18] [2017/06/27]Understanding free-form text is hard, be it bug reports or trouble tickets written by engineers or feedback/complaints from customers. We have built SysSieve, a learning system to do automated…
Security Features on IoT Core
[MP4] [0:31:44] [2017/06/27]Security is a hot-button issue in the IoT space; IoT developers should be thinking about implementing hardware and software security features from the start of development. Windows 10 IoT Core…
Introduction to WordPress using Azure PaaS
[MP4] [0:27:34] [2017/06/08]Azure has two new as a service offerings that allow you to build, manage and scale your WordPress sites using platform as a service. Azure Database for MySQL provides a managed database service for…
Measuring IoT pulse widths with new GPIO APIs
[MP4] [0:12:25] [2017/06/06]The Windows 10 Creators Update comes with new GPIO APIs which enable accurate and efficient measurement of pulse widths. Some devices that benefit are the DHT11/DHT22 temperature and humidity sensors,…
Building Single-Page Applications with ASP.NET Core
[MP4] [0:59:16] [2017/05/16]I had the privilege of spending some time with Steve Sanderson while he was on a brief stint on the Redmond Campus. In this video we took a look at the ASP.NET Core templates for Angular, React, and…
Windows IoT Core Walkthrough
[MP4] [0:20:21] [2017/05/06]This video walks you through the creation of an IoT product, from project planning to implementation to image creation and final deployment. It includes many of the features present in commercial IoT…
Azure Networking New Features Demo Snapshot
[MP4] [0:20:30] [2017/05/06]Narayan Annamalai, Product Manager for Azure Virtual Networking is paying us a visit for a chat around the nature of cloud networking, security and container networking, showing off a few cool new…
Yousef Khalidi on Cloud Networking and Innovation
[MP4] [0:28:30] [2017/05/06]Enjoy this candid conversation with CVP of Azure Networking, Yousef Khalidi. We’ll be talking about being part of the Azure founding team back in 2008, cloud network innovation and building global and…
Introducing Microsoft MakeCode for Minecraft
[MP4] [0:17:41] [2017/05/04]Get a first look at the new Microsoft MakeCode for Minecraft – a platform to teach students to code with Minecraft: Education Edition. Also check out the MakeCode Blog announcement.
Global Azure Bootcamp 2017
[MP4] [0:01:43] [2017/04/18]Welcome to Global Azure Bootcamp! All around the world user groups and communities want to learn about Azure and Cloud Computing! On April 22, 2017, all communities will come together once again in…
Intelligent Customer Care with Bots - Part 4: Cognitive Services
[MP4] [0:16:38] [2017/04/13]Building great bots - and great experiences for our users - starts with the Azure Bot Service & Bot Framework but it doesn't end there. In this video, we discuss how we can use the broader Cortana…
Intelligent Customer Care with Bots - Part 3: Channels
[MP4] [0:11:42] [2017/04/13]One of the greatest strengths of the Microsoft Bot Framework is its ability to connect your bot to a whole range of channels, including web, Facebook, Slack, Skype, Twilio, and more. In this video,…
Intelligent Customer Care with Bots - Part 2: Building a bot
[MP4] [0:28:24] [2017/04/13]There's a lot to think about when building a bot including where can I host it, how do I understand and interpret language, what do I need to do to connect it, and how can I manage a stateful…
Intelligent Customer Care with Bots - Part 1: Introduction
[MP4] [0:14:00] [2017/04/13]Bots & conversation-as-a-platform are gathering momentum and have the potential to radically change how people interact with software & services. In this video, see how Microsoft and Zarmada,…
Debugging and performance optimization for DirectX 12 games with PIX on Windows
[MP4] [0:20:01] [2017/04/04]In this video, I talk to Brian Rasmussen from the PIX team and Cameron Egbert from the Minecraft team about troubleshooting and optimizing performance of DirectX 12 games on Windows and we take a look…
What's new in C# 7.0 with Mads Torgersen
[MP4] [0:31:00] [2017/03/10]In this video I invited the illustrious Mads Torgersen to my office to help me out with some code! Our goal was to see how C# 7.0 could be used to improve some existing code. In this video we explored…
Twitter Influencer Score using Machine Learning
[MP4] [0:41:25] [2017/03/07]Influential authors can drive the sentiment towards a product or service through their opinions and hence it is necessary to identity most influential authors who are expressing their opinion in…
Interactive Development in C#
[MP4] [0:31:19] [2017/02/13]In this session we demonstrate how C# developers can make their workflow more efficient by employing interactive development tools and techniques: C# scripting and interactive, Edit and Continue, and…
Utilizing Keyboard Shortcuts in Visual Studio
[MP4] [0:25:52] [2017/02/02]Visual Studio has a rich and powerful command system that enables users to take full control of the IDE from the keyboard. In this session, Justin Clareburt shares with us everything there is to know…
What is Microsoft Flow?
[MP4] [0:19:23] [2017/01/31]Microsoft Flow enables anyone to create automated workflows between their favorite apps and services to work less and do more. See a quick introduction of what Microsoft Flow is and how to use it. …
Getting started with the Azure Analysis Services Preview
[MP4] [0:24:33] [2017/01/27]Josh Caplan shows how to get started with the preview of Azure Analysis Services, which is built on the proven analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. With Azure Analysis Services…
Automate your expense tracking with AgitareTech and Azure Technologies
[MP4] [0:14:22] [2017/01/17]Agitare Technologies, Inc. is a Redmond, WA based startup that is working on a product that will simplify the way personal and business expenses are tracked. They have developed an receipt processing…
Security testing in the cloud with F# and Project Springfield
[MP4] [0:35:29] [2016/12/14]Project Springfield helps you find serious security issues in your code with the power of the Azure cloud. Learn how Project Springfield is built under the hood, including how the F# programming…
An Inside Look at Stack Overflow
[MP4] [0:39:08] [2016/12/13]While we were in New York for Connect(), we had the opportunity to drop by the Stack Overflow offices and chat with some of their engineering team. This was a great way to follow up on our…
Radically Simplified GPU Programming with C#
[MP4] [0:30:22] [2016/12/10]Do you have performance bottlenecks? Do you have a lot of parallel calculations? Then try to use GPU with C#. With the new Alea GPU parallel GPU methods it is as easy as changing a few lines of code…
GPU Accelerated Deep Learning Wanted also for .NET
[MP4] [0:08:23] [2016/12/06]There exist already several deep learning libraries but none of them targets .NET. Alea TK is a new open source project that aims to develop a complete GPU accelerated deep learning stack for .NET. It…
DotNetCurry: Free .NET Magazines by Microsoft MVPs
[MP4] [0:07:58] [2016/11/30]DotNetCurry Magazine better known as 'DNC Magazine' is a FREE bimonthly (once every 2 months) digital publication featuring the latest from the .NET and JavaScript worlds. This magazine grew out of…
Big Data explained, with Seth and Datameers Andrew Brust
[MP4] [0:32:16] [2016/11/29]Seth talks to Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Datameer’s Senior Director for Market Strategy and Intelligence, Andrew Brust, about Big Data. Seth and Andrew discuss a working definition of Big Data,…
Immersive Computing with Envelop 
[MP4] [0:21:42] [2016/11/29]We head to Envelop to experience their Immersive Computing platform. We examine Envelop's SDK that enables web and native applications to extend themselves in VR and see how you can do all this work…
Windows Subsystem for Linux: Networking Overview
[MP4] [0:33:25] [2016/11/10]Exploring the Windows Subsystem for Linux, we have looked at the architectural overview, the Pico Processes, syscalls and filesystem. In this video we focus on the networking layer. Sunil Muthuswamy…
Windows Subsystem for Linux: Windows and Ubuntu Interoperability
[MP4] [0:45:25] [2016/10/20]The Windows Subsystem for Linux was announced as a beta feature at //Build 2016. Since then, we have explored an architectural overview, how Pico Processes work, System Calls redirection and File…
Modern Methods for Texture Compression
[MP4] [0:40:45] [2016/10/18]With the popularity of technologies like VR/AR and the ubiqitousness of mobile devices, we are seeing a huge need for better texture compression. Stephanie Hurlburt and Rich Geldreich of Binomial talk…
Introduction to the Azure Activity Log
[MP4] [0:15:54] [2016/10/15]A brief introduction to logs in Azure Monitor, particularly the Azure Activity Log where all control-plane activities are logged. For more information on Azure Monitor, visit https://aka.ms/azmondocs
Ramping up Predictive Maintenance using Machine Learning with Val Fontama
[MP4] [1:04:46] [2016/10/15]In our ongoing series showcasing the awesome community contributed content in the Cortana Intelligence GaIlery, I have with me Val Fontama. Val Fontama is a Principal Data Scientist Manager on the…
Joel Spolsky Talks About Building Stack Overflow and Values Developers Care About 
[MP4] [0:28:03] [2016/10/14]While Joel Spolsky, co-founder and CEO of Stack Overflow, was recently in town we talked about the early days of Stack Overflow, building the platform on the Microsoft stack and some of the…
What is .NET Standard?
[MP4] [0:24:49] [2016/10/07]I had the privilege of joining Immo in his natural habitat to get all of the details behind the new .NET Standard Library, the one library to rule them all. What does it do? How does it work? Why…
Predict the value of your house using Azure Machine Learning
[MP4] [0:38:02] [2016/10/07]Learn how companies like Zillow would predict the value of your home! In this conversation, our guest speaker is Raja Iqbal, Chief Data scientist and CEO of Data science Dojo. Data Science Dojo, a…
Microsoft IIS Administration- A new way to manage IIS
[MP4] [0:13:10] [2016/09/23]Microsoft IIS. Administration is a Windows service that exposes a RESTful API for managing IIS.This API exposes the underlying IIS configuration system and can be consumed from any client capable of…
Visual Studio Docker Tools for building ASP.NET Core Web Apps The September Release
[MP4] [0:46:32] [2016/09/16]In this video we Seth and Steve talk about the September (0.40) release of the Visual Studio Tools for Docker. We drill into the latest changes, including building development and release docker…
Cortana Intelligence Gallery the hub for intelligent solutions
[MP4] [0:18:38] [2016/09/15]Are you looking for sample data science solutions, starter machine learning experiments or tutorials to skill up ? The Gallery is a community hub to share and learn about the various solutions that…
Device to device communication using Azure IoT Hub
[MP4] [0:16:53] [2016/09/07]Connecting IoT Core devices to Azure:https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/12/09/windows-iot-core-and-azure-iot-hub-putting-the-i-in-iotBuilding Secure Apps for Windows IoT…
A Linear Method for Non-Linear Work: Our Data Science Process
[MP4] [0:22:23] [2016/09/02]All data scientists have some sort of a process to move a project from initial customer contact through to successful completion. Often, this is not formally documented, though we can point out when…
Azure Platform Monitoring Overview
[MP4] [0:41:59] [2016/09/01]In this session we provide an overview of Azure monitoring and the various facilities it offers ranging from metrics, logs, alerts, autoscale and integration with other services. It is really…
Automatic Mining of Text for Trends, Anomalies and Correlations
[MP4] [0:41:18] [2016/08/30]Natural language processing (NLP) techniques can learn the key semantic elements contained in large collections of text in a completely unsupervised manner allowing for the automatic discovery of…
Using the Recommendations API to Solicit Donations
[MP4] [0:10:00] [2016/08/27]The Cognitive Services Recommendations API page provides a number of resources:A quick start guide, including an example Visual Studio project for an app.The API Reference, including the API swagger…
Machine Learning at Work in the Wind Energy Domain
[MP4] [0:17:13] [2016/08/27]With the growing focus on renewable energy, there is a need to accurately forecast energy production. In this video, we explore a typical work flow when forecasting wind energy and wrap up the…
Predicting Traits from Genomic Data
[MP4] [0:30:48] [2016/08/27]Many phenotypic traits – observable qualities like height or disease susceptibility -- have a strong genetic basis. Models that can predict traits from genetic data have applications in fields ranging…
Erica Wu on the Bot Framework and Cognitive Services
[MP4] [0:20:49] [2016/08/23]Cognitive Services and the Bot Framework are two new exciting technologies that Microsoft is offering to devs; in this chat Erica talks about how she combined the two to create a bot that can help you…
Linux Management with Operations Management Suite (OMS)
[MP4] [0:18:57] [2016/08/23]Managing your Linux servers across the public cloud and private cloud can be challenging and complex.In this session, you'll learn how Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) integrates with your…
User Profiling Based on Various Data Sources for Personalized Services
[MP4] [0:22:53] [2016/08/18]Personalization has gained a lot of attractions both from academia and industry, being specific in the applications of recommendation systems. There are a lot other applications or services involving…
Resume-job matching and extension for document matching
[MP4] [0:18:58] [2016/08/18]How to find the best candidate for a job position (or vice versa) from a pool of millions of candidate documents? This task is much harder than we thought, given the daunting amount of unstructured…
Seth plays against USA Table Tennis Olympian, Erica Wu
[MP4] [0:01:51] [2016/08/18]Behind the scenes: see Seth Juarez be humiliated by Microsoft intern and USA Table Tennis Olympian, Erica Wu. Full interview coming up later this week.
Energy Demand Forecasting Template with SQL Server R Services
[MP4] [0:20:16] [2016/08/15]Hong Lu, a data scientist at Microsoft, talked about how to use SQL Server R Services to do electricity demand forecasting. The SQL Server R Services available in SQL Server 2016 brings new…
Big Data, Multivariate, Window based Feature Engineering using Microsoft R Server
[MP4] [0:27:00] [2016/08/15]IoT data is characterized by long time signals recorded from multiple sensors at the same time. Such sensors are utilized to monitor intricate systems and machine learning can be used to understand…
Flight Delays Prediction with Microsoft R
[MP4] [0:47:39] [2016/08/14]Are you interested in learning the latest Microsoft R products for Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics? Then you shouldn't miss this video! Join Katherine for a machine learning adventure to gain…
Data Visualization and the Power of R in PowerBI
[MP4] [0:31:51] [2016/08/13]Data Visualization is a key element in any data science projects. In this video, we explore the roles and goals of data visualization at different stages of the data science process. We also look at…
Jessy Irwin on Online Security
[MP4] [0:36:20] [2016/08/13]While in San Francisco I had the privilege of spending some time with Jessy Irwin to discuss all things security. Lately with a rash of security breaches I've become concerned about how safe I've been…
Utilizing Azure Machine Learning platform for Data Science needs by Lixun Zhang 
[MP4] [0:12:55] [2016/08/04]In this video Lixun Zhang (Data Scientist, Algorithm & Data Science team) helps us in understanding how corporate customers can benefit from utilizing Azure ML Platform for their data science…
Utilizing Machine Learning to analyze Phishing/Fraud data for Bing Ads space by Lekshmi Menon 
[MP4] [0:12:28] [2016/08/04] In this video you will learn more about Anomaly detection. The different features sets Bing Ads team focuses on, to get data on a phishing attack and build predictive models for. Lekshmi (Sr.…
Understanding Data Science for building Predictive Analytics Solutions by Francesca Lazzeri 
[MP4] [0:12:56] [2016/08/04] In this video Francesca Lazzeri (Data Scientist, Algorithm & Data Science team) takes a deep dive into the 5 point process of extracting knowledge from data. She takes us step by step from the…
Utilizing Machine Learning in Bing Ads by Krishnan Suresh Kumar
[MP4] [0:12:19] [2016/08/04]In this video Krishnan Suresh Kumar (Principal ML Scientist Manager, Bing Ads team) talks about how Bing Ads team focuses on serving the best ads to the users and generating revenue from that. He…
User understanding/building intelligence in Cortana by Vipindeep Vangala
[MP4] [0:11:53] [2016/08/04]In this video you will learn more about how Cortana, personal digital assistant, will help you accomplish your tasks efficiently from tracking your flights to recommending restaurants and more with…
Power BI Embedded with Josh Caplan
[MP4] [0:33:04] [2016/07/26]In this video I had the privilege of getting a demo of the newest features of Power BI Embedded with Josh Caplan. He essentially takes me through the journey of creating a powerful data visualization…
Mobile DevOps with HockeyApp
[MP4] [0:30:18] [2016/07/22]In this interview I got to spend some time with Thomas Dohmke, co-founder of HockeyApp and now Group Program Manager at Microsoft. He is primarily responsible for driving the product management &…
Redesigning the Visual Studio Installation Experience
[MP4] [0:15:08] [2016/06/18]One of the big release themes for the next version of Visual Studio is improvements to installation and updating the product. The Visual Studio team has been hard at work refactoring the installation…
Windows Subsystem for Linux: File System
[MP4] [0:25:57] [2016/06/16]One of the key goals for the Windows Subsystem for Linux is to allow users to work with their files as they would on Linux, while giving full interoperability with files the user already has on their…
Windows Subsystem for Linux - Syscall Translation
[MP4] [0:21:51] [2016/06/09]Exploring the Windows Subsystem for Linux, we have looked at the architectural overview and deep dived into the Pico Processes. In this video we focus our attention on the way the subsystem redirects…
Windows Subsystem for Linux: Process Architecture
[MP4] [0:20:06] [2016/05/24]Once we had a better architectural understanding of how the whole Windows Subsystem worked, I thought we should get more into how processes actually run in this new context. It turns out to be way…
Anders Hejlsberg on TypeScript 2
[MP4] [0:27:39] [2016/05/19]In this video Anders Hejlsberg spends some time discussing TypeScript. He starts with the reasons behind creating TypeScript (the so called elevator speech) and then moves on to some of the features…
Anders Hejlsberg on Modern Compiler Construction
[MP4] [0:34:09] [2016/05/13]The way this story starts is pretty interesting: one day in the lunch room in building 25 I happened to have a chat with the great Anders Hejlsberg about compilers (yeah, it was pretty cool). One…
Open Translators to Things (OpenT2T)
[MP4] [0:26:05] [2016/05/05]Jean Paoli and Taqi Jaffri chat about the Internet of Things and the new open source Open Translators to Things project (alpha version). Check out the code on GitHub, read the blog and participate!
Improvements to Debugging Exceptions in Visual Studio 15
[MP4] [0:11:29] [2016/05/03]In this video, we take a look at two new improvements coming in Visual Studio "15" for debugging exceptions in your code. First we see the new Exception Helper that shows you a compact,…
Windows Subsystem for Linux: Architectural Overview 
[MP4] [0:21:17] [2016/04/23]In this video Deepu Thomas lays down the real scoop behind the Windows Subsystem for Linux. There was a lot of speculation surrounding how this feature actually worked so I decided to find out. This…
The Global Azure Bootcamp Welcomes You!
[MP4] [0:00:57] [2016/04/09]Hear from some of the great names from Microsoft why you should join this event on April 16! Hear it for yourself, from the best of the best.
Microservices Part 2: Introduction to Service Fabric with Mark Russinovich
[MP4] [0:23:08] [2016/04/01]Continuing their microservices discussion, Mark talks Service Fabric, Stateful Services and cloud scale with Seth as they explore how Azure Service Fabric helped Microsoft build global scale services…
Advanced ASP.NET Core Authorization with Barry Dorrans 
[MP4] [0:38:39] [2016/03/23]In this video, I had the chance to have a look at some more advanced implementations ASP.NET Core's new policy authorization model with Microsoft's crack security analyst Barry Dorrans (emphasis…
An Introduction to Microservices with Mark Russinovich
[MP4] [0:25:25] [2016/03/17]I had the privilege of spending some time with Microsoft Azure CTO and cloud luminary Mark Russinovich discussing the topic of microservices. It was enlightening to have him explain how the cloud is…
ASP.NET Core Authorization with Barry Dorrans
[MP4] [0:49:55] [2016/03/16]In this video, I had the chance to have a look at ASP.NET Core's new authorization model with Microsoft's crack security analyst Barry Dorrans (emphasis crack). I learned about how to properly…
ASP.NET Core Authentication with Pranav Rastogi
[MP4] [0:38:52] [2016/02/26]I took some time from Pranav's busy time so he could help me get acquainted with some of the new authentication/authorization bits inside of ASP.NET Core. Even though we shot this video a couple of…
Steve Lasker on Docker Tools for Visual Studio
[MP4] [0:24:18] [2016/02/20]Steve Lasker was kind enough to stop by our studio to preview some of the awesome (new) tools for Docker that you can use directly in Visual Studio. Docker (and containerization for that matter) is…
Jared Parsons on Building Roslyn in the Open
[MP4] [0:43:11] [2016/02/10]Jared, the compiler lead on the Roslyn team, spent some time discussing the intricacies of the Roslyn project. We started out by talking about compilers in general, moved on to the more difficult task…
Kraig Brockschmidt, Creator of Calc, on the Early Days at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:29:05] [2016/02/10]I had the distinct privilege of spending some time with Kraig Brockschmidt a long time Microsoftie who wrote the scientific calculator for Windows 3! He describes some of his early work as a support…
An Introduction to DocFX
[MP4] [0:28:46] [2016/02/02]About a month or so ago I realized that creating great API documentation was difficult. I decided to #lazyweb the problem directly to twitter. As it turns out there was already an awesome solution in…
A Brief Look at the .NET Portability Analyzer
[MP4] [0:28:16] [2016/01/26].NET is going through some monumental changes! It is often difficult to even begin to think about how to port our particular code to the various flavors of .NET. In this video Taylor Southwick and…
Introduction to the new Azure Portal
[MP4] [0:23:26] [2016/01/26] In this video Byron Tardif, a Program Manager on the Azure team, spends some time discussing the new Azure Portal that was recently released. It was a great video that helped me get up to speed on…
The Gamer, Creative, and the Developer walk into a Surface Book
[MP4] [0:35:42] [2015/12/18]I have been super curious about the Surface Book and its ability to handle three of the most taxing scenarios modern machines deal with: gaming, creative work, and development. In this video we set…
Cloud Scalability Patterns with Matt Johnson
[MP4] [1:02:55] [2015/12/04]Matt, from the Patterns and Practices group, spent some time discussing some interesting considerations we should all have when moving our applications to the cloud. He was very thorough! He did a…
How To Integrate the Vungle SDK for Windows 10
[MP4] [0:14:53] [2015/11/18]Vungle is the global leader for in-app video advertising. Vungle's SDK for Windows 10 allows developers to monetize their apps across all Windows 10 platforms, including smartphones, desktops,…
Looking Ahead to C# 7 with Mads Torgersen
[MP4] [0:58:15] [2015/10/15]Mads is a terrific person so I thought I would stop in to bug him about C#. For the first 15-20 minutes he mentions some of the C# 6 features you should be already using. For the balance of the video…
Building Apps for the Universal Windows Platform - Store Ready
[MP4] [0:19:04] [2015/10/15]I have seen a ton of videos on the magic of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and how we can now write the same code to target a multitude of devices. Let's face it though, I'm a dev, I want to see…
Building Apps for the Universal Windows Platform - Customizing for the Device
[MP4] [0:24:34] [2015/10/15]I have seen a ton of videos on the magic of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and how we can now write the same code to target a multitude of devices. Let's face it though, I'm a dev, I want to see…
Building Apps for the Universal Windows Platform - Getting Started
[MP4] [0:53:12] [2015/10/15]I have seen a ton of videos on the magic of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and how we can now write the same code to target a multitude of devices. Let's face it though, I'm a dev, I want to see…
Windows 10 Virtual Secure Mode with David Hepkin
[MP4] [0:27:27] [2015/10/15]In this video I spent some time with David Hepkin, a member of the Windows engineering team working on Hyper-V, to get a better understanding of the Windows 10 Virtual Secure Mode. I've had the good…
Command Line Tools for Apache Cordova with Kirupa
[MP4] [0:10:55] [2015/10/09]In the second video in this Apache Cordova series Kirupa introduces us to some new command line tools to make creating apps much easier (in the OS of your choice). The tooling is very straight forward…
Getting Started with Apache Cordova in Visual Studio
[MP4] [0:10:02] [2015/10/09]I wanted to learn how to get started with Apache Cordova in Visual Studio so I took a walk over to Kirupa's office and had him explain it to me (on camera to boot). We had a tiny problem where my…
Async Functions in JavaScript with Etienne Baudoux
[MP4] [0:18:30] [2015/10/01]In this video Etienne describes the implementation of the Async Function specification for the Microsoft Edge browser. It is a fascinating look at how the Edge browser combines both parsing and native…
Mitigating Credential Theft using the Windows 10 Isolated User Mode 
[MP4] [0:29:07] [2015/09/24]In this video Seth Moore describes another benefit of the Windows 10 Isolated User Mode: credential theft mitigation. He first describes the kinds of credentials that can be stolen and how a hacker…
Creating a Custom PowerBI Visualization from Scratch with Sachin Patney
[MP4] [0:36:28] [2015/09/18]About a week or so ago Nico and Sachin announced a really cool visualization contest where people could win actual money! They were eager for everyone to be successful so they wanted to have an…
Memory Compression in Windows 10 RTM
[MP4] [0:38:03] [2015/09/17]I had the privilege of spending some more time with the Windows 10 Kernel folks!! I love learning about the OS with the folks that actually work in it day in and day out. In this video Mehmet Iyigun…
Creating Custom Visualizations for Power BI with Sachin Patney and Nico Cristache 
[MP4] [0:20:10] [2015/09/04]In this video Sachin Patney and Nico Cristache describe the process of creating custom visualizations for Power BI. It is remarkable how easy it is to create any kind of visualization given the…
More on Processes and Features in Windows 10 Isolated User Mode with Dave Probert
[MP4] [0:15:46] [2015/08/28]In this final video in the Windows 10 Isolated User mode series Dave takes us through several engineering aspects associated with trustlets. First he describes how lsass.exe (the Local Security…
[Entity-Framework-Team-Series-Recap]
Migrations in Entity Framework 7 with Brice Lambson
[MP4] [0:22:56] [2015/08/26]This is the last installment in a series of videos made with the Entity Framework team. In this episode Brice Lambson describes migrations and how they are used in Entity Framework 7. Here are some…
Entity Framework 7 Goes Cross Platform with Nate McMaster
[MP4] [0:08:06] [2015/08/25]In this short video Nate shows us how to use Entity Framework 7 in a cross platform way (on a mac in this case). One of the guiding principles (as outlined by Rowan in an earlier video) was the…
Isolated User Mode Processes and Features in Windows 10 with Logan Gabriel
[MP4] [0:19:49] [2015/08/21]In Part 1 of this mini-series we dove into the new Isolated User Mode for Windows 10 with Dave Probert. In this episode Logan Gabriel, a Senior Security Engineer here at Microsoft, takes us through…
Shadow Properties in Entity Framework 7
[MP4] [0:07:00] [2015/08/14]In this short video Rowan describes shadow properties new in Entity Framework 7. This is a super useful feature for those times when your database and your class model don't quite match up. Would love…
Debugging 101 in Visual Studio with Andrew Hall
[MP4] [0:25:27] [2015/08/12]This is an awesome introduction to Visual Studio debugging by the master Andrew Hall. Even though it is a 101 type video (and I've been using Visual Studio for, well, forever) there are still some…
Key Generation Strategies in Entity Framework 7
[MP4] [0:06:53] [2015/08/11]In this short video Rowan takes us through a different approach to generating keys in Entity Framework 7 using sequences. This approach is interesting in cases of large INSERT batches primarily…
Alternate Keys in Entity Framework 7
[MP4] [0:08:49] [2015/08/07]In this short video Rowan takes us through the process of using alternate keys in Entity Framework 7. Here are some links for more information: Entity Framework 7Github Repository for EF7Rowan…
Isolated User Mode in Windows 10 with Dave Probert
[MP4] [0:26:32] [2015/08/06]This was seriously a treat for me. I had the privilege of spending time with the venerable Dave Probert who has been working on the Windows kernel for a long time. We discussed an interesting security…
SQL Generation Improvements in Entity Framework 7
[MP4] [0:15:33] [2015/08/06]Continuing the interviews on EF7, Rowan takes us through some of the SQL generation improvements being made in the current iteration of Entity Framework. Included in the discussion is batching, raw…
The future of Entity Framework (EF7)
[MP4] [0:22:49] [2015/08/04]In this entry we're continuing the discussion of Entity Framework by looking toward the future. We focus primarily on EF7 and its primary design decisions. It was truly enlightening Entity Framework…
An Introduction to Entity Framework with Rowan Miller
[MP4] [0:44:15] [2015/07/09]It was a privilege to talk to Rowan Miller about Entity Framework. For those watching, this is a 101 level introduction to what Entity Framework is all about and how to think about its use. Rowan…
Azure Machine Learning with Corporate Vice President Joseph Sirosh
[MP4] [0:28:04] [2015/07/07]For this interview I had the privilege of talking to Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of Machine Learning at Microsoft. For those of you that know me this was a real treat given my strong…
Deploying an F# Web Application with Suave
[MP4] [0:20:05] [2015/06/06]Tomas uses some of the code from his Type Provider video to build an actual dynamic web application in F#. He takes it a step further by deploying the newly created web application to Azure Websites.…
Type Providers in F# with Tomas Petricek
[MP4] [0:13:07] [2015/06/06]Tomas moves to some higher level F# constructs by explaining Type Providers. Tomas Petricek (Twitter, GitHub)F#F# Data: Library for Data AccessVisual Studio F# Power ToolsTomas is just an excellent…
Domain Modeling in F# with Tomas Petricek
[MP4] [0:36:54] [2015/06/06]Tomas actually explains how to get started with writing software in F# by showing how to do domain modeling. It is almost like my dream pair programming session with an expert F# user. His…
Making the Case for using F# with Tomas Petricek
[MP4] [0:15:02] [2015/06/06]In this video Tomas takes time out of his busy schedule to explain 4 big reasons for using F# when developing software. He makes compelling arguments by discussing some of strengths of F# while…
Using Redis Cache in ASP.NET with Pranav Rastogi
[MP4] [0:07:14] [2015/06/05]In this video Pranav shows us how to use an Azure Redis cache in our asp.net applications. It literally takes a little more than 2 minutes. I was so blown away with how easy it is to use this kind of…
Working Redis Cache in Azure with Pranav Rastogi
[MP4] [0:09:22] [2015/06/05]Unfortunately with this one I had a bit of a snag on the first part of the video (lost a couple of minutes). We basically talked about the Redis caching system and then went on to create and use a…
Caching Principles in ASP.NET with Pranav Rastogi
[MP4] [0:10:30] [2015/06/05]In this first part of a series on caching, Pranav and I talk about caching in general for asp.net. We go through the different types of caching available as well as some pitfalls that you might…
Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
[MP4] [0:40:09] [2015/06/04]In this interview I had the privilege of talking to super smart and talented Sara Itani about some of the awesome things recently added to Visual Studio to support node.js development. Not only do we…
Minecraft Azure Server
[MP4] [0:04:47] [2015/05/05]Up until now I had only heard about Minecraft. One of my friends suggested I take a look. When I initially played I honestly did not get all of the hype. After a couple of tutorial videos I began to…