ADO.NET DataSet announcements

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  Guidelines for entering Dataset forum posts
  Chris Robinson- MSFT Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:40 PM

  For people who are posting questions on this forum, here are a couple of questions to ask to understand if this forum is the best place to ask your question

  1) If you have a question about how to connect to a database using Ado.Net, the Ado.Net Data Providers forum is the correct place make a Post

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/adodotnetdataproviders/threads/

  2) If you are having Databinding issues and not using a Dataset, DataTable or DataView, here is an appropriate forum to make a Post

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdatacontrols/threads/

  3) For issues that occur when using Visual Studio and dragging and dropping within VS, here is an appropriate forum to make a Post

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdesigner/threads/

  4) If you have a question related to VB6 Data Access please proceed to the following Discussion group

  http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion&lang=en&cr=US

   

  Thanks

  Chris Robinson

  Dataset - PM

   

Application Compatibility for Windows Desktop Development announcements

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  Windows 8 Compatibility Resources
  Dan Reagan Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:45 PM

  • Benefits of getting desktop apps certified for Windows 8
  • Learn how to use the Windows App Certification Kit
  • How to list a desktop app in the Windows Store
  • App submission checklist
  • What’s new in the SDK 
  • The Compatibility Cookbook: Tips on getting your app compatible for Windows 8
  • Compatibility Center  Update the compatibility status of your app or add apps

  For questions about certification policies, contact the Certification Support Team
  For questions about Dashboard services, certification submissions, bug management, and reports, send e-mail to sysdev@microsoft.com

   
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  Windows 7 Application Remediation Services
  DaButler1 Friday, August 7, 2009 6:29 PM

  Windows 7 Application Remediation Services are now available to assist software developers and corporate customers with application compatibility issues.  Microsoft wants to ensure customers resolve application compatibility issues related to code remediation or general compatibility with Windows 7.  If you are a software developer, Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) ISV, or corporate customer who is deploying software on Windows 7, you may take advantage of this program in the following ways:

   

  1.       Online support and resources at:

  a.       MSDN

  b.      TechNet

  c.       MPN ISV Online Technical Communities (MPN partners provided a response within 8 business hours from Microsoft)

  d.      https://www.isvappcompat.com/

   

  2.       Premier customers may request a Windows 7 Application Compatibility for Enterprises Workshop through their Technical Account Manager.  Premier Field Engineers are also available for on-site identification and remediation of issues through Application Compatibility services. In some countries, the workshop is being made available for open enrollment events as well.

   

  3.       Use your Premier, or Professional Support agreements (or Pay Per Incident) to open paid service requests with Microsoft Support.  Our support teams will assist you through shim development, debugging code or leveraging XP mode to resolve application compatibility issues.  You may open a service request by using the following resources: Phone (800) 936-4900 - Premier Support, Professional or MSDN Support.

   

  4.       In addition, MPN Partners can leverage Technical Sales Assistance, Technical Advisory Services, and Break-Fix Support benefits by contacting the Global Partner Support team. To do so learn more at MPN Partner Technical Support Benefits and MPN ISV Online Technical Communities

Application Insights (AI) announcements

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  General availability of Azure Application Insights
  Rakefet Galazan Thursday, November 17, 2016 9:05 AM

  Yesterday at Connect() 2016 event in New York, we announced the general availability of Azure Application Insights(previously Visual Studio Application Insights) and launched our new pricing structure. With this announcement, Application Insights now provides a financially backed SLA offering 99.9% availability. You can read all about in the following blog post

  In addition, we are announcing these new features and enhancements to Application Insights, that we are proud to share these with you .

  1. Increased raw data retention to 90 days for Analytics Queries
  2. European data center option for storing Application Insights data
  3. Improvements in Application Performance Management:
     • Smart detection of degradation in request performance
     • Correlating Availability Monitoring results with server side telemetry which will let you diagnose failures of your synthetic tests
     • Failure Samples in Live Metrics Stream which will let you get insight into details of failed requests, dependency calls and exceptions in real time
     • Grid control in Azure Dashboards and additional charting options in Metric options such as percentage charts
  4. Enhancements to the Codelens and Application Search capabilities inside Visual Studio provide more information in context to identify and fix issues sooner
  5. Preview of Application Insights REST APIs to access all your queries, events, and metrics data

  Rakefet