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Announcements for all Forums
This forum contains announcements for all of the Microsoft Forums.
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Where is the Forum For…?
A forum to get advice on where the best place is to ask a question. No technical questions will be answered in this forum.
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Forums Issues (not product support)
Use this forum to report issues with the online forums application. When reporting an issue, please include relevant details such as repro steps, error messages, and browser version. The goal of this forum is to either provide an existing solution to you or to get the bug logged to the Forums team. This is not a support forum. Fixes are not guaranteed.
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Suggestions and Feedback for the Forums
Give us your feedback and suggestions for new or improved functionality in these forums. Please include as many details as possible. If you have a bug to report, please use the Forums Issues (Not Product Support) Forum.
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Off-Topic Posts (Do Not Post Here)
Forum for moderators to move off-topic posts to. Do not post in this forum...your question will not be answered.
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MSDN and TechNet Profile and Recognition System Discussions
Help us improve the profile & recognition related features across MSDN & TechNet. Use this forum to discuss bugs (within profile), provide your feedback on upcoming features and send your suggestions for the profile & recognition features. This is not a support forum. Fixes are not guaranteed. If your question isn't about our profile or recognition systems, please take a moment to search for the correct forum.
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UI Design for Windows Store apps
Best practices for designing beautiful, easy-to-use Windows Store apps
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Tailoring your Windows Store app for hardware and devices
Taking advantage of device-specific capabilities and building Windows Store apps that maximize the potential of PC form factors
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Building Windows Store apps with HTML5/JavaScript
Using web development skills to build Windows Store apps for Windows 8
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Building Windows Store apps with C++
Using native Windows coding skills to build Windows Store apps for Windows 8
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Building Windows Store apps with C# or VB
Using .NET development skills to build Windows Store apps for Windows 8
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Building Windows Store games with DirectX
Using C++ and DirectX 11.1 to build immersive games for Windows 8
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Tools for Windows Store apps
Harnessing the power of Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression to develop Windows Store apps
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Publishing Windows Store apps
Publishing and distributing Windows Store apps for Windows 8
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.NET Framework Setup and Servicing
Discuss and ask questions about the setup and deployment of .NET Framework.
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.NET Framework Class Libraries
Discuss and ask questions about .NET Framework Base Classes (BCL) such as Collections, I/O, Regigistry, Globalization, Reflection. Also discuss all the other Microsoft libraries that are built on or extend the .NET Framework, including Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), Charting Controls, CardSpace, Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), Point of Sale (POS), Transactions.
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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Discuss and ask questions about how to use XAML technologies to productively create visually appealing and differentiating applications and to improve user experience
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JScript for the .NET Framework
Ask about the JScript language and compiler for the .NET Framework (JScript.NET).
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Common Language Runtime Internals and Architecture
Discuss and ask questions about issues regarding the very core of .NET, including security, performance, hosting, base classes, interop, reliability, debugging, GC, and profiling.
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Windows Communication Foundation, Serialization, and Networking
Discuss and ask questions about general managed code networking topics such as serialization, System.NET, Windows Communication Foundation(WCF), and Web Services.
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Chart Controls for .NET Framework
Issues related to programming with the charting controls.
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Windows Workflow Foundation
Discuss and ask questions about Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), a programming model, engine, and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications using .NET. Windows Workflow Foundation includes support for both system workflow and human workflow across a wide range of scenarios.
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AppFabric Caching
Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to future versions of Microsoft Project Code Named “Velocity”.
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.NET StockTrader Sample Application
Discuss this end-to-end sample application that illustrates WCF and .NET Enterprise Technologies.
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Claims based access platform (CBA), code-named Geneva
This forum is for discussion of "Geneva" Server, "Geneva" Framework and Windows CardSpace "Geneva."
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Parallel Programming with the .NET Framework
Discuss and ask questions about parallel, concurrent, and asynchronous programming using the .NET Framework -- Including usage, performance, scaling, future development, and more.
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Visual C#
Discuss and ask questions about the C# programming language, IDE, libraries, samples, and tools.
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Visual Basic
Discuss and ask questions about the Visual Basic programming language, IDE, libraries, samples, and tools. (Not for VB6 questions).
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Visual Studio Setup and Installation
Discuss and ask questions about the install and setup of Visual Studio.
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Visual Studio Extensibility
Discuss and ask questions about Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX), using the Extension Manager, building VSIX containers for deployment, the Visual Studio SDK, Text Templates (T4), add-ins, macros, and more.
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Visual Studio Diagnostics (Debugger, Profiler, IntelliTrace)
Discuss and ask questions about the Visual Studio Debugging tools, Visual Studio Profiler tools, and Visual Studio Ultimate IntelliTrace.
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Visual Studio Tools for Office
Discuss and ask questions about using Visual Studio to create managed code solutions for Microsoft Office.
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Visual Studio Editor
Discuss and ask questions about editor features in Visual Studio.
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MSBuild
Discuss the Microsoft build engine aka MSBuild. Topics including: usage of MSBuild, build customization, and MSBuild extensibility via tasks, loggers and hosting.
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Visual Studio General Questions
Discuss and ask questions about general Visual Studio topics.
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Visual Studio LightSwitch Extensibility
Discuss and ask questions about how to develop LightSwitch Extensions. Check the LightSwitch General forum on general LightSwitch development topics.
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Visual Studio LightSwitch - General Questions
General questions and discussions around Visual Studio LightSwitch
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LightSwitch HTML Client Preview
Discuss and ask questions about the Visual Studio LightSwitch HTML Client Preview.
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Visual Studio Visualization & Modeling Tools
Discuss the code visualization and software architecture modeling tools in Visual Studio, such as dependency graphs, layer diagrams, UML diagrams, and Architecture Explorer.
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Testing with Visual Studio Test Manager (MTM)
Discuss and ask questions about the manual testing and lab management functionality in Microsoft Test Manager.
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Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010 and 2012
Discuss and ask questions about the Test tools in Visual Studio including web performance, load testing and of course the hot new Coded UI testing.
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Visual Studio Unit Testing
Discuss and ask questions about using the new Visual Studio Test Explorer, Unit Testing providers and general Unit Testing, fakes, stubs and mocking techniques.
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Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA)
Discuss and ask questions about Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA).
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Visual FoxPro General
Questions and discussions about developing with Visual FoxPro 9.0 - including language, IDE, designers, data, .NET interoperability, and more.
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Architecture General
Discuss general issues and experiences related to architecture and designing solutions on the Microsoft platform.
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Software Modeling and Tools
Discuss issues and experiences related to the use of general Microsoft software modeling tools, such as Visio
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The Architect Role
What does it mean to be an Architect: for you, your organization and the industry. Join the discussion about your role and the challenges you face.
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Windows Azure Purchasing, Pricing & Billing
Discuss Windows Azure offers, pricing, estimating usage/costs, billing & comparisons.
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Windows Azure Storage, CDN and Caching
Discuss Windows Azure Storage (BLOB service, table service, queue service & Windows Azure Drive), Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN), Windows Azure Caching (distributed, in-memory, application cache service) & other non-relational solutions for storing & accessing data for Windows Azure.
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Managing Services on Windows Azure
Deploying and managing services on Windows Azure: using Windows Azure Management Portal, service management tools, samples, APIs & account/subscription management.
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Connectivity and Messaging - Windows Azure
Windows Azure Connect, Windows Azure Traffic Manager, connecting Windows Azure services to on-premise servers & virtual networking. Windows Azure Service Bus for secure messaging and connectivity capabilities.
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Windows Azure Development
General Windows Azure development topics: Getting started, development strategies, design, web services, samples, tools, SDK, APIs & how to best use Windows Azure.
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Windows Azure Troubleshooting, Diagnostics & Logging
Troubleshoot and diagnose deployment errors and service and application issues for applications running on Windows Azure. Discuss application monitoring and logging.
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Security for Windows Azure
Windows Azure security best practices, data security for Windows Azure Storage & SQL Azure, Windows Azure Access Control, authentication & authorization methods.
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Windows Azure SQL Database
Discuss the various SQL Database technologies including Database, Reporting and the Data Synchronization Service
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Windows Azure Active Directory
Windows Azure Active Directory community forums.
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Windows Azure Media Services
Discuss Windows Azure Media Services features; including encoding, encryption, Services SDK, REST APIs, On-Demand streaming, content protection, partners, and Live streaming. Also discuss client SDKs / Porting kits for Windows 8, Silverlight, Windows Phone, iOS and other embedded devices.
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Windows Azure Virtual Network
Preview Timeframe Windows Azure Virtual Machines for Virtual Network support forum
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Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Preview Timeframe Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service Windows support forum
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Windows Azure AppFabric CTP
"Windows Azure AppFabric CTP” is now over. A new labs release previewing Service Bus EAI & EDI capabilities has been released and is supported in the “Windows Azure Service Bus EAI & EDI Labs” http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=237160 forum
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SQL Azure Labs Support
This forum is designed to provide support for the different incubations we are testing as part of SQL Azure Labs
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Microsoft "Data Explorer" Preview for Excel
Microsoft “Data Explorer” enhances the Self-Service BI experience in Excel by simplifying data discovery and access to a broad range of data sources
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Service Bus EAI & EDI Labs Release
Discussions for the Windows Azure Service Bus EAI & EDI Labs Releases.
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Windows Azure Virtual Machines for SQL Server
Preview Timeframe Windows Azure Virtual Machines for SQL Server support forum
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Windows Azure Virtual Machines for Linux
Preview Timeframe Windows Azure Virtual Machines for Linux support forum
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Windows Azure Web Sites Preview
General discussions for Getting Started, Development, Deployment, Management, and Troubleshooting using Windows Azure Web Sites
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TFS Deployment to Windows Azure
Discuss deployments to Windows Azure via Team Foundation Server (TFS), including continuous integration, logging, Windows Azure portal history UI, re-deployments, and so on.
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Git Deployment to Windows Azure
Discuss deployments to Windows Azure via Git, including configuration, logging, Windows Azure portal history UI, re-deployments, Git Service in Windows Azure, and so on.
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Windows Azure Mobile Services
Forum for Windows Azure Mobile Services' projects, problems, and questions.
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Windows Azure Virtual Machines for BizTalk Server
Preview Timeframe Windows Azure Virtual Machines for BizTalk Server support forum
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Microsoft HDInsight (Windows and Windows Azure)
Forum for discussing Microsoft HDInsight
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Windows Azure Backup
Windows Azure Online Backup is a cloud-based backup solution for Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 Essentials, and System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 SP1 that allows data to be backed up and recovered from the cloud in order to provide off-site protection against data loss due to disasters.
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BizTalk Server General
General BizTalk Server discussions.
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BizTalk Server Adapters and Adapter Pack
All questions related to LOB Adapters, BizTalk WCF Adapter, WCF LOB Adapter SDK and BizTalk Adapter Pack.
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BizTalk Server EDI and AS2
All questions related to new EDI and AS2 features of BizTalk Server.
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BizTalk Server RFID
All questions related to new RFID features of BizTalk Server.
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BizTalk ESB Toolkit
Discussion for the BizTalk ESB Toolkit
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Commerce Server 2007
Questions and discussions about installing, deploying and developing for CS2007.
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Commerce Server 2009
Questions and discussions about installing, deploying and developing for CS2009.
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ADO.NET Managed Providers
Data platform development using ADO.NET managed providers, especially System.Data.SqlClient, System.Data.Odbc and System.Data.Oledb. For topics related to the Entity Framework, as the ADO.Net Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities Forum. For topics related to LINQ to SQL, see the LINQ to SQL Forum.
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WCF Data Services
Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to Released (RTM) versions of WCF Data Services Framework (formerly known as ADO.NET Data Services and Project "Astoria").
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ADO.NET DataSet
Questions and discussion about data platform development using ADO.NET DataSet and LINQ to DataSet.
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ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities
Feedback and questions related to the current versions of the ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities including object-relational mapping and entity data modeling.
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LINQ to SQL
Questions and discussion about LINQ to SQL. For LINQ to Entities see the “ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities" forum.
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XML, System.Xml, MSXML and XmlLite
Questions and discussion about the processing of XML, MSXML, XSLT and/or XSD using .NET frameworks, XML Lite, LINQ to XML, and the XML Tools in Visual Studio.
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Reactive Extensions (Rx)
Post feedback, questions and suggestions about Reactive Extensions (Rx), a .NET and JavaScript library for event processing and asynchronous programming based on observable sequences and LINQ-style query operators.
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Microsoft Live Labs Volta
Discussion forum for all topics related to the Live Labs Volta technology preview.
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Code Contracts
Discuss and provide feedback on Code Contracts.
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The Forum of Sho
This is a forum for discussing Sho, an interactive environment for data analysis and scientific computing from Microsoft Research. Comments, questions, and bug reports are all welcome. More information about Sho is available at http://research.microsoft.com/sho
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TPL Dataflow
Discuss and ask questions about TPL Dataflow (System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll) -- including usage, performance, feature request, bugs, general concepts and more.
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Microsoft Solver Foundation
Solver Foundation is a .NET library for mathematical programming and optimization. Solver Foundation provides powerful libraries for .NET developers seeking to use optimization in their solutions, making it possible for non-experts to define and solve models in their applications.
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Debugger Canvas
Discuss and provide feedback on Debugger Canvas, a new user experience for the debugger in Visual Studio Ultimate. It pulls together the code you’re exploring onto a single pan-and-zoom display. As you hit breakpoints or step into code, Debugger Canvas shows just the methods that you’re debugging, with call lines and local variables, to help you see the bigger picture.
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Internet Explorer Extension Development
Discussions about building Activities, WebSlices and add-ons for Internet Explorer.
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Internet Explorer Web Development
Discussions about web development including HTML, CSS and Script for Internet Explorer.
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JScript Native
Discuss and ask questions about JScript language, error/problems faced and future plans.
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Scripting
Use this forum to discuss scripting questions
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Training and Certification
Have questions about Microsoft training and certifications? Ask them here!
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Small Basic
Discuss and provide feedback on the Small Basic project. Small Basic is a simplified programming language and environment to help teach programming to beginners.
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Microsoft Translator Developer & Web Master Support
Developer Support for the Microsoft Translator API and web page widget
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Microsoft Translator User Forum (Including Bing Translator)
User Support for Microsoft Translator offerings (including Bing Translator)
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Microsoft Translator Hub Forum
Microsoft Translator Hub is a tool for creating customized automatic translation systems. This forum serves to share feedback and receive support.
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ISV Open Discussions
Leave feedback for the MSDN ISV team, discuss broad ISV issues, and general debate.
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Partnering with Microsoft
Questions and answers related to ISV specific Microsoft programs
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Microsoft Robotics - Community
A forum for users to share samples, feedback, and engage in general discussion about the Microsoft Robotics
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Microsoft Robotics - Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR)
Coding patterns and technical questions about the concurrency and coordination runtime (CCR).
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Microsoft Robotics - Decentralized Software Services (DSS)
Service patterns, runtime information, and tools for decentralized software services (DSS).
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Microsoft Robotics - Simulation
Simulation engine, samples, entities and graphics/physics discussion.
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Microsoft Robotics - Visual Programming Language
User discussion, diagrams, patterns.
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Microsoft Robotics - Hardware Configuration and Troubleshooting
Information on how to setup your robotic hardware, help with porting to MSRS
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SyncFx - General [ReadOnly]
THIS FORUM IS READ ONLY; {General questions about the Microsoft Sync Framework}
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SyncFx - SyncToy-File Synchronization
A free tool based on the Microsoft Sync Framework which helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly.
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SyncFx - Microsoft Sync Framework Developer Discussions
This forum should be used for technical developer discussions relating to Microsoft Sync Framework including core components, feedsync, file sync providers, simple providers, custom providers, database providers and Sync services for ADO.NET. Other general questions and suggestions regarding Microsoft Sync framework are welcome too!
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SyncFx – Microsoft Sync Framework Toolkit
This forum is for feedback and questions relating to the Sync Framework Toolkit for building offline applications.
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Access for Developers
This forum is for Developer discussions and questions involving Microsoft Access
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Excel for Developers
This forum is for Developer discussions and questions involving Microsoft Excel
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Word for Developers
This forum is for Developer discussions and questions involving Microsoft Word.
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Outlook for Developers
This forum is for Developer discussions and questions involving Microsoft Outlook.
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Open XML Format SDK
Discussion forum for developer topics related to the Open XML Format SDK.
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Visual Studio Tools for Office
Discuss and ask questions about using Visual Studio to create managed code solutions for Microsoft Office.
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General Office Development
This forum is for general Office Developer discussions and questions that are either non-application specific and/or are not specific to one of the product specific forums in this category.
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Office 2013 Preview for Developers
This forum is now locked and will be retired at Office 2013 General Availability. You can discuss the RTM release version of SharePoint 2013 in the appropriate forums in this category: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officedevpreview/threads If you have questions specifically about developing on the new cloud app model for Office, post them here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/apps
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Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium
Discussion forum for developer topics related to the Office Live platform.
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Retired SharePoint General forum
Threads in this forum have moved to the SharePoint 2010 - General Discussions and Questions at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneralprevious
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Retired SharePoint Admin forum
Threads in this forum have moved to the SharePoint 2010 - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadminprevious
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Retired SharePoint Customization forum
Threads in this forum have moved to the SharePoint 2010 - Using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and Other Customizations at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointcustomizationprevious
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Retired SharePoint Development forum
Threads in this forum have moved to the SharePoint 2010 - Development and Programming at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopmentprevious
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SharePoint 2013 - General Discussions and Questions
Welcome to the SharePoint 2013 General Discussions and Questions forum. Use this forum to discuss general topics for the RTM release version of SharePoint 2013. If you have SharePoint 2013 Preview version questions, you can still ask about Preview for a limited time: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointitpropreview and http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevpreview. General questions about SharePoint 2010 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneralprevious and for previous versions here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgenerallegacy
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SharePoint 2013 - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations
Welcome to the SharePoint 2013 Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations forum. Use this forum to discuss deployment topics for the RTM release version of SharePoint 2013. If you have SharePoint 2013 Preview version questions, you can still ask about Preview for a limited time: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointitpropreview and http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevpreview. Deployment questions about SharePoint 2010 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadminprevious and for previous versions here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadminlegacy
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SharePoint 2013 - Using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and Other Customizations
Welcome to the SharePoint 2013 customization forum. Use this forum to discuss topics about SharePoint Designer, InfoPath, and other customization capabilities for the RTM release version of SharePoint 2013. If you have questions specifically about developing on the new cloud app model for SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013, post them here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/apps If you have SharePoint 2013 Preview version questions, you can still ask about Preview for a limited time: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointitpropreview and http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevpreview. Questions about SharePoint 2010 customizations can be answered here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointcustomizationprevious and for previous versions here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointscustomizationlegacy
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SharePoint 2013 - Development and Programming
Welcome to the SharePoint 2013 development forum. Use this forum to discuss topics about traditional SharePoint development for the RTM release version of SharePoint 2013. If you have questions specifically about developing on the new cloud app model for SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013, post them here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/apps If you have SharePoint 2013 Preview version questions, you can still ask about Preview for a limited time: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointitpropreview and http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevpreview. Questions about SharePoint 2010 development can be answered here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopmentprevious and for previous versions here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsdevelopmentlegacy
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SharePoint 2013 - Search
Welcome to the SharePoint 2013 Search forum. Use this forum to discuss topics about search capabilities for the RTM release version of SharePoint 2013. If you have SharePoint 2013 Preview version questions, you can still ask about Preview for a limited time: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointitpropreview and http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevpreview. Search questions about SharePoint previous versions (2010 and prior) can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearchlegacy
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SharePoint 2013 Preview for IT Professionals (locked)
This forum is now locked and will be retired at SharePoint 2013 General Availability. You can discuss the RTM release version of SharePoint 2013 in the appropriate forums in this category: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint
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SharePoint 2013 Preview for Developers (locked)
This forum is now locked and will be retired at SharePoint 2013 General Availability. You can discuss the RTM release version of SharePoint 2013 in the appropriate forums in this category: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint If you have questions specifically about developing on the new cloud app model for SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013, post them here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/apps
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SharePoint 2010 - Using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and Other Customizations
Welcome to the SharePoint 2010 customization forum. Use this forum to discuss using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and cther customizations for SharePoint 2010. Customization questions about SharePoint 2013 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointcustomization and for versions prior to 2010 here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointcustomizationlegacy
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SharePoint 2010 - Development and Programming
Welcome to the SharePoint 2010 development forum. Use this forum to discuss using Visual Studio with SharePoint and other programming for SharePoint 2010. Development questions about SharePoint 2013 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopment and for versions prior to 2010 here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopmentlegacy If you have questions specifically about developing on the new cloud app model for SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013, post them here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/apps
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SharePoint Legacy Versions - Using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and Other Customizations
Welcome to the SharePoint Legacy Versions - Customizations forum. Use this forum to discuss topics about SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and other customizations for versions of SharePoint prior to 2010. Questions about SharePoint 2010 customizations can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointcustomizationprevious and questions about SharePoint 2013 search can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointcustomization
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SharePoint Legacy Versions - Development and Other Programming
Welcome to the SharePoint Legacy Versions - Development and Programming forum. Use this forum to discuss topics about using Visual Studio with SharePoint and other programming for versions of SharePoint prior to 2010. Questions about SharePoint 2010 development can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsdevelopmentprevious and questions about SharePoint 2013 search can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopment. If you have questions specifically about developing on the new cloud app model for SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013, post them here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/apps
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SharePoint 2010 - General Discussions and Questions
Welcome to the SharePoint 2010 General Discussions and Questions forum. Use this forum to discuss general topics for SharePoint 2010. General questions about SharePoint 2013 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral and for versions prior to 2010 here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgenerallegacy
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SharePoint 2010 - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations
Welcome to the SharePoint 2010 deployment forum. Use this forum to discuss Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations topics for SharePoint 2010. Deployment questions about SharePoint 2013 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin and for versions prior to 2010 here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadminlegacy
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SharePoint 2010 - Search
Welcome to the SharePoint 2010 search forum. Use this forum to discuss search capabilities for SharePoint 2010. Search questions about SharePoint 2013 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch and for versions prior to 2010 here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearchlegacy
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SharePoint Legacy Versions - General Discussions and Questions
Welcome to the SharePoint Legacy Versions - General Discussions and Questions forum. Use this forum to discuss general topics for versions of SharePoint prior to 2010. General questions about SharePoint 2010 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneralprevious and questions about SharePoint 2013 search can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral
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SharePoint Legacy Versions - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations
Welcome to the SharePoint Legacy Versions - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations forum. Use this forum to discuss topics about deployment for versions of SharePoint prior to 2010. Questions about SharePoint 2010 deployment can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadminprevious and questions about SharePoint 2013 deployment can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin
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SharePoint Legacy Versions - Search
Welcome to the SharePoint Legacy Versions - Search forum. Use this forum to discuss topics about search capabilities for versions of SharePoint 2010 and previous versions. Search questions for SharePoint 2013 search can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch
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Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API SDK
Questions on Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API, a scalable communications and collaboration API for developing applications on Lync Server 2010 (UCMA 3.0), Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (UCMA 2.0), and Office Communications Server 2007 (UCMA 1.0).
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Microsoft Lync Client Development
Questions on Microsoft Lync 2010 Client SDK, Office Communicator 2007 R2 SDK, and Office Communicator 2007 SDK. These are client APIs that enable developers to integrate or extend Lync and Office Communicator functionality.
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Microsoft Lync Server SDK and Office Communications Server SDK
Questions on Microsoft Lync Server 2010 SDK and Office Communications Server 2007 SDK, which enable IT administrators to programmatically manage the communications flow of Lync Server or Office Communications Server.
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Microsoft Unified Communications Web API
Use this forum to discuss Microsoft Unified Communications Web API.
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Microsoft Lync Persistent Chat Server SDK
Use this forum to discuss Microsoft Lync Persistent Chat Server SDK.
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Windows Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Windows (including .NET Framework) protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Open Specifications Documentation
Ask questions about the Open Specifications documents, their organization, language conventions, and references.
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Using the SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the SharePoint Products and Technologies protocols described in the Open Specifications
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File Services
Discuss technical content and implementation of Server Message Block (SMB) protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Exchange Server Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Exchange and Outlook protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Office File Formats
Discuss technical content and implementation of the .doc, .xls, .xlsb, .ppt and .pst file formats.
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Using the Office Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Microsoft Office protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Microsoft SQL Server Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the SQL Server protocols described in the Open Specifications.
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Office Open XML File Format Implementation
Discuss issues related to the implementation of the Open XML file format (e.g., ISO/IEC 29500) in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This forum is for discussion of the Microsoft implementation of the Office Open XML file format – for questions about the format itself, you may want to visit the forums on OpenXMLDeveloper.org.
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Interoperability Scenarios: Technical Questions
Discuss implementation of technical scenarios around interoperability
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Office Open Document Format Implementation
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Office implementation of the ODF 1.1 standard
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Open Packaging Conventions (OPC)
Questions and how-to's on using the .NET managed-code and Win32 native-code Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) APIs. General discussion of the ISO/IEC 29500-2 and ECMA 376-2 OPC file technology standard.
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Documentation on Standards
Discuss technical content and implementation of certain standards as they are implemented in Exchange Server, Outlook, SQL Server, and Internet Explorer.
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Project Server General Questions and Answers
General questions, comments and discussions on Project Server.
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Project Customization and Programming
Discuss customizations and programming for Project Web App, Project Server, Project Professional and Project Standard. Includes User Interface (UI) customizations, Project Server Interface (PSI) and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Programming.
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Project Server - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation
Discuss deployment, configuration, upgrade & migration, administration and operation for Project Server.
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Project Standard and Professional General Questions and Answers
General questions, comments and discussions on Project Standard and Project Professional.
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Visio General Questions and Answers for IT Professionals
General questions, comments and discussions for IT Professionals on Visio. For end-user questions and answers, visit the "Microsoft Office for Business Users: Visio, Project, InfoPath, and Access" forum on MS Answers: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/threads
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Microsoft Device Emulator
Discussions related to using the Microsoft Device Emulator for Smart Device Development.
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.NET Compact Framework
Discuss issues related to .NET Compact Framework 3.5, 2.0 and 1.0 runtimes.
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Windows Mobile Development
Discuss general development issues related to the Windows Mobile Platform.
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Visual Studio Smart Device Development – Visual Basic and C# Projects
Discuss Smart Devices projects in Visual Studio for doing .NET Compact Framework Development.
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Visual Studio Smart Device Development - Native C++ Project
Discuss native projects and libraries (ATL, MFC etc) related issues for Smart devices.
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SQL Server Integration Services
All questions related to SSIS, transforms/data flow, control flow, and other related topics.
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Data Mining
All questions and discussions related to data-mining in SQL Server
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SQL Server Reporting Services, Power View
Power View, Report Server, Report Designer, Report Builder, and other reporting-related discussions.
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SQL Server Analysis Services
Discussions relating to MDX and other Analysis Services or OLAP questions
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SQL Server Tools
Any questions and discussions related specifically to SQL Server tools, including SQL Server Data Tools. For discussions on features exposed through tools, please post to the directly-related forum
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Transact-SQL
TSQL challenges? This is the place for advice and discussions
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.NET Framework inside SQL Server
Need help with writing CLR code targeting SQL Server 2005? This forum is a great place to have your questions answered and hear about others’ experiences.
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SQL Server Data Access
Questions and discussion about data access to SQL Server using SQL Native Client, OLEDB, ODBC, ADO, WDAC/MDAC, JDBC, or SOAP/HTTP.
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SQL Server Replication
Discussions on SQL Server Replication
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SQL Service Broker
Come here to ask questions about SQL Server Service Broker
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SQL Server Security
Any Security discussions related to SQL Server
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SQL Server Database Engine
Any questions or discussions relating to the SQL Server Database Engine, performance, features, Full-text Search, linked servers, etc.
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SQL Server Documentation
Books Online and all other documentation-related discussions
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SQL Server Setup & Upgrade
General Setup discussions, upgrade advisor, Best Practices Analyzer
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SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Any questions or discussions around using AlwaysOn, backup/restore, DBCC, recovering from hardware issues, planning disaster recovery or high-availability strategies.
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SQL Server Notification Services
Look here for Questions, answers, and advice on using SQL Server Notification Services
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SQL Server Compact
SQL Server Compact/Mobile Edition Technical Discussion
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Getting started with SQL Server
New to SQL Server? Beginners just getting started - here's the place for help with simple questions. For installation or setup questions, refer to the Setup Forum.
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Database Mirroring
General questions relating to the Database Mirroring feature, including client failover.
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SQL Server Express
Questions related to SQL Server Express, SQL Server Express with Advanced Services, and MSDE upgrade questions.
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Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server
Forum for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server (SQLSRV & PDO_SQLSRV) which is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications on the Windows Platform
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SQL Server Data Warehousing
Need help with using SQL Server for data warehousing, Change Data Capture, or decision support? Post your questions here.
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SQL Server Search
Specifics on how to Search (and find) in SQL Server. This forum has the right expertise on how to do this in SQL Server, with deeper focus on SQL Server enhancements
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SQL Server Spatial
Any questions related to the use of spatial data in SQL Server.
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SQL Server Samples and Community Projects
Your place to discuss SQL Server product samples and community projects.
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Microsoft StreamInsight
Forum to support the Microsoft StreamInsight product
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Database Design
Discussion regarding general database design
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SQL Server Migration
Any questions or discussions related to migrating to SQL Server (using SSMA tool or otherwise) from other databases.
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SQL Server Master Data Services
All questions and discussions related to installing, configuring, and implementing Master Data Services.
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SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management
SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management, introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2
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SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel
Discussions relating to importing data, building relationships, and using DAX within the PowerPivot window.
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SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint
Discussions relating to the server set up and configuration, publication of workbooks, data refresh and workbook monitoring.
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SQL Server Manageability
Primarily discussion around SQL Server Manageability
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SQL Server Distributed Replay
This forum is for discussions and questions about SQL Server Distributed Replay.
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SQL Server Data Quality Services
This forum is for Data Quality Services
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Microsoft HDInsight (Windows and Windows Azure)
Forum for discussing Microsoft HDInsight
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SQL Server Data Tools
Forum for discussion about SQL Server Data Tools
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SQL Server 2012 Setup and Installation (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 PowerPivot for Excel (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 High Availability and Disaster Recovery (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Spatial (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 PowerPivot for SharePoint (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 Database Engine (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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SQL Server 2012 SQL Tools (Pre-Release)
This forum supported SQL Server 2012 pre-release. It has been set to read-only and will remain online for a few weeks. For discussion of all SQL Server releases, including SQL Server 20120 visit: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sqlserver. SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
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Windows Forms General
Discuss client application development using Windows Forms controls and features.
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Windows Forms Designer
Discuss features of the Windows Forms designer inside of Visual Studio as well as custom control designers and hosting the Windows Forms designer in your app.
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ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects
Discuss the ClickOnce deployment technology as well as using Windows Forms controls from inside Internet Explorer.
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Windows Forms Data Controls and Databinding
Discuss data controls such as the DataGridView, and connecting your Windows Forms app to data from a SQL server, a web service or a custom business object.
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Windows Forms Sample Applications
Discuss the Terrarium, TaskVision, FotoVision and IssueVision sample applications.
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Windows Live General: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Windows Live Messenger Web APIs: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Windows Live Messenger Client: Development (retired)
Discussion forum for developer topics related to Messenger activities. Note: This forum has been locked per lack of moderation (8/8/2011)
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Windows Live Spaces: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Bing Maps: Map Control and Web services Development
Discussion forum for developing applications using the Bing Map Controls and the Bing Maps Web Service APIs
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Windows Live ID: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Windows Live Writer: Development
This forum is being retired as it is for discussing technologies that have been deprecated. Developers interested in integrating with SkyDrive, Hotmail, Messenger and Windows Live ID services should go to the Live Connect forums.
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Live Connect
Discuss and ask questions about Live Connect and the Live SDK. Live Connect enables developers to connect their websites, applications and devices to Windows Live ID, SkyDrive, Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger. The Live SDK is the associated set of downloads for targeting development on Windows Phone and Windows Developer Preview.
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Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility and Certification
Forum for developers to discuss Windows Server 2008 software certification and application compatibility
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Server Virtualization
Discussion on virtualization on the Windows Server 2008 platform
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SDK for Home Server 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials, Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
This forum supports developing solutions for Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. The SDK can be found at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg513958.aspx
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MSDN Subscriptions Feedback
Post questions about your MSDN Subscriptions including managing your account, using Subscriber Downloads, how to use the software under your MSDN license, and more.
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MSDN and TechNet Search Feedback
For bugs and suggestions about Search features of MSDN and TechNet websites. For bug reports, please include the URL of search results page where the problem occurs. Note: Only Moderators can post to this forum currently.
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MSDN, TechNet and Expression Library Feedback
Help us improve the Library Experience in MSDN, TechNet and Expression by providing feedback on features, bugs, look and feel or by just providing suggestions.
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CRM
Forum for discussions with Microsoft CRM experts, MVPs, and Partners.
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CRM Deployment
Forum for discussing Microsoft CRM deployment questions.
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CRM Development
Forum for discussing customization, add-ins, and integration with Microsoft CRM.
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Standard 7: Embedded Enabling Features (EEFs)
Discussion on Embedded Enabling Features (EEFs), such as EWF, FBWF, USB Boot, Shell Launcher and etc for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
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Standard 7: Components/Run-time Issues
Discussion on components or run-time images, such as feature packages, componentizing 3rd party apps etc for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
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Standard 7: Tools
Discussion on the tools such as Image Creation Editor (ICE), Image Based Wizard (IBW) and etc for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
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Standard 7: Servicing and Deployment
Discussion on issues related to deployment, updates, servicing, device management and etc for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
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Standard 7: Misc
Discussion on any miscellaneous issue of Windows Embedded Standard 7. Announcements from the product team will be posted here too.
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Windows Embedded 8 Standard Community
This forums is discussion for Windows Embedded 8 Standard. You can learn more about Windows Embedded 8 Standard at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/evaluate/windows-embedded-8.aspx. If you have a question on Windows 8 please participate in the answers forum at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows.
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Orchard –Discussions
General discussions about the Orchard project.
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Orchard - Help and Support
Technical questions about the Orchard project
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Script Junkie Discussion
Use this forum for general discussions about ScriptJunkie and our content.
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Team Foundation Server - General
Discuss and ask questions about Team Foundation Server general topics such as Power tools, reports and other general concepts.
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Team Foundation Server - Setup and Administration
Discuss and ask questions about Team Foundation Server setup, administration, configuration, and operations.
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Team Foundation Server - Build Automation
Discuss and ask questions about Team Foundation Server setup, administration, configuration, and operations.
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Team Foundation Server - Process Templates
Discuss Team Foundation Server process template development and customization.
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Team Foundation Server - Source and Version Control
Discuss and ask questions about Team Foundation Version Control, including branching, merging, and shelving.
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Team Foundation Server - Project Management & Work Item
Discuss and ask questions about Team Foundation Work Item Tracking for all Team Foundation Server clients, including Storyboarding, Excel, Project, Project Server, Feedback, Taskboards, Backlogs, work item customization, and Office integration.
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Team Foundation Server - Eclipse and Cross Platform
Discuss and ask questions about using Team Foundation Server from Eclipse based IDE's or from Mac, Linux and Unix platforms.
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Team Foundation Service
Discuss Team Foundation Service concepts, post questions and suggestions
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Team Foundation Server – Migration and Integration
Team Foundation Server has multiple tools for migrating data from other systems, as well as the TFS Integration Platform which can be used to build tools that connect other systems to TFS. This forum is the place to discuss issues hit during migration, ask questions about building tools, and propose new features for the platform.
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Team Foundation Server - Reporting & Warehouse
Discuss Team Foundation Reporting, which uses SQL Server 2005 Reporting services to report team project metrics.
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Visual Studio Visualization & Modeling SDK (DSL Tools)
Discuss the Microsoft Domain-Specific Language (DSL) Tools and extensibility for the Visual Studio 2010 modeling tools.
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Windows Embedded Compact Managed Application Development
Discussions on managed code application development targeting Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded CE and Window CE .NET.
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Windows Embedded Compact Native Application Development
Discussions on native code application development targeting Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded CE and Window CE .NET.
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Windows Embedded Compact Platform Development
Discussions on platform development for Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded CE and Window CE .NET using Platform Builder.
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WebsitePanel - Discussions
General discussions about WebsitePanel project.
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WebsitePanel - Support
Technical questions about WebsitePanel.
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WebsitePanel - Enterprise Modules Support
Technical questions about WebsitePanel “enterprise” functionality - Exchange 2007/2010, SharePoint, OCS, CRM and Hyper-V modules.
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WebsitePanel - Development
Public forum for 3rd-party WebsitePanel developers.
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Windows Azure Marketplace
Forum for Windows Azure Marketplace issues. The Windows Azure™ Marketplace is an online market buying, and selling finished Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and premium datasets.
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Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout
Discuss Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout which is a .NET tool for displaying visually appealing complex directed graphs.
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General Discussion—Kinect for Windows SDK
Share experiences and provide feedback about the Kinect for Windows SDK.
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NUI API and Programming—Kinect for Windows SDK
Discuss the programming interfaces for NUI, such as skeletal tracking, depth, and camera streams.
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Audio API and Programming—Kinect for Windows SDK
Discuss the programming interfaces for audio, such as acoustic noise and echo cancellation.
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Face Tracking – Kinect for Windows SDK
Discussion around the programming interfaces for real-time Face Tracking such as head poses, 3d face mesh and facial expressions
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The Samsung Windows Developer Preview PC General
Welcome to the Samsung Windows Developer Preview PC forum. This forum provides technical support for users who received the Samsung PC during the Microsoft //BUILD conference. Samsung provides updates for this device on their site, http://www.samsung.com/windowsbuild.
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Application Compatibility for Windows Desktop Development
Discuss application compatibility testing, common compatibility issues, and best practices for creating Windows-based applications.
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Developing Windows Desktop Applications with Power Management
Discuss use of system messages about power management status, sleep transitions, and other aspects of managing power consumption at the application level.
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Windows Desktop Development for Accessibility and Automation
Discuss issues related to using Microsoft technologies to enable accessibility and GUI automation.
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DirectShow Development
Discuss how to develop DirectShow applications using the API provided in the Windows SDK.
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General Windows Desktop Development Issues
Discuss general issues about developing applications for Windows.
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Windows Desktop Development for Ink, Touch, and Tablet PC
Discuss developing applications that use natural interaction, including ink, gestures, handwriting recognition, and touch.
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Media Foundation Development for Windows Desktop
Discuss development of multimedia apps on Windows Vista using the Media Foundation technologies: the new audio video pipeline, Protected Media Path, and DXVA 2.0.
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Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
This Forum is for all MSMQ related questions
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Windows Desktop Optical Platform Discussion
Discuss CDROM.SYS, IMAPIv2 and Live File System issues. The forum focuses on OS-level topics and is intended for application developers rather than end users.
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Peer-to-Peer Networking for Windows Desktop
Discuss the Microsoft Peer-to-Peer Platform
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Application Security for Windows Desktop
Discuss writing secure applications for the Windows platform.
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Windows Desktop Sidebar Gadget Development
Discussion on writing Gadgets for the Windows Sidebar
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User Interface development for Windows Desktop
Discuss how to take advantage of new user experience APIs in your Windows-based applications, including Taskbar and Shell APIs.
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Visual C++
Discuss and ask questions about the Visual C++ IDE, libraries, samples, tools, setup, and Windows programming using MFC and ATL.
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