Neil Hutson - Focused on Emerging Technologies for Microsoft

I am responsible for the adoption of emerging technology platforms by developers and it professionals at Microsoft

Released : Windows Azure Mobile Services

Today were excited to share that the Windows Azure Mobile Services public preview is now available....

Author: neilhut Date: 08/28/2012

Released : Windows Azure Training Kit June 2012

  Today we shipped the  Windows Azure Training Kit June 2012 Update .   The June...

Author: neilhut Date: 06/19/2012

Learn Windows Azure Event

Next week on Redmond Campus we are running a Windows Azure event hosted by Microsoft technical...

Author: neilhut Date: 12/08/2011

Windows Azure Tookkit for Social Games 1.1 RELEASED

Nathan on the team has just updated the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games to version 1.1. This...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/16/2011

Windows Azure SDK ( November Update )

Today we released a simplified version of the Windows Azure SDK, with a number of new features, a...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/15/2011

Windows Azure Umbraco Accelerator

We have just published a point release of the “Windows Azure Accelerator for Umbraco” which is...

Author: neilhut Date: 06/14/2011

SQLServer “Denali” keynote at TechED 2011

  On Monday, Quentin Clark ( GM of SQL Engineering) presented a foundational session at TechED...

Author: neilhut Date: 05/18/2011

Visual Studio V.NEXT features shown at TechED 2011

Yesterday during the TechED 2011 North America Keynote, Cameron Skinner showed off a number of the...

Author: neilhut Date: 05/17/2011

Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS

  If you every wanted to build iPhone applications which connected to the cloud to access...

Author: neilhut Date: 05/10/2011

Microsoft Office 365 for IT Professionals Jump Start

   https://bit.ly/Office365-JUMP On May 24-26  we are hosting a free 3-day Jump Start...

Author: neilhut Date: 05/03/2011

Microsoft Virtualization for VMWare IT Pros

Recently Symon Perriman and Corey Hynes presented two days of live sessions focused at helping...

Author: neilhut Date: 04/24/2011

TechED 2011 - Keynote Speakers Announced

    We are excited to announce that two of our senior leaders, Corporate Vice President,...

Author: neilhut Date: 04/07/2011

Foundational Sessions at TechED North America

We have just published the foundational sessions for TechED 2011. These are demo heavy sessions...

Author: neilhut Date: 04/04/2011

Will Office 365 get you fired?

There was an interesting article this morning in InfoWorld, discussing whether moving from on...

Author: neilhut Date: 03/31/2011

Microsoft Management Summit - Day 2 Keynote

  Brad Anderson delivered another great keynote session on day 2 of the Microsoft Management...

Author: neilhut Date: 03/24/2011

February 2011 Windows Azure Training Kit Update

We have just completed another release of the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit.   The...

Author: neilhut Date: 03/02/2011

The process to take down Waledac

Just watched a great screencast on EDGE where Keith Combs interviews T.J. Campana and Richard...

Author: neilhut Date: 02/21/2011

Released : Windows Azure Platform Training Kit –January Update

  Today we have released the January 2010 update to the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit(off...

Author: neilhut Date: 02/01/2011

MIX is open for registration

MIX11 is open for registration!! If you are focused on Client, Web or Phone design or development...

Author: neilhut Date: 01/25/2011

Ready to Launch WebMatrix

Tomorrow we are launching WebMatrix at the CodeMash Conference. WebMatrix is a free offering that...

Author: neilhut Date: 01/12/2011

January 2011 Security Bulletin release on TechNET EDGE

Today as part of our monthly security bulletin release we have two bulletins addressing three...

Author: neilhut Date: 01/11/2011

Achim Berg talks about the momentum for Windows Phone 7

Achim provided an update on Windows Phone 7 after its first full 6 weeks since launch. He discussed...

Author: neilhut Date: 12/21/2010

Funny Animated Video on Web Sockets

Check our this very funny video on Web Socket support. https://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7991991/ P.S....

Author: neilhut Date: 12/13/2010

How can you wipe a Windows Phone 7 device through BPOS / Exchange

There are a number of questions coming from enterprise customers wanting to support Windows Phone 7,...

Author: neilhut Date: 12/10/2010

Windows Phone 7 Application reporting available now

Today we announced that as a developer on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace you can get details about...

Author: neilhut Date: 12/09/2010

BING Windows Phone apps

With the launch of Windows Phone 7, the BING search engine team has provided a pictorial view of all...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/09/2010

Wanted - Cloud Evangelist Microsoft

At the PDC we showed the momentum that we are creating around with Cloud with Windows Azure. We are...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/03/2010

PDC and Silverlight

Bob Muglia has provided some updates on his comments made at the PDC last week. Some people...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/01/2010

31 Days of Windows Phone 7 Developement

Jeffrey has been building a step by step series of tutorials which walks you through ever step for...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/01/2010

Is Your Windows Phone 7 application ready to ship - sign up to be one of the first in the Windows Phone Marketplace

Today we provided details about the roll out of the Marketplace for Windows Phone 7. If you have...

Author: neilhut Date: 10/04/2010

Developing Windows Phone 7 Applications for SharePoint 2010

Paul in the team has created a great blog posted which shows you how you can build sharepoint...

Author: neilhut Date: 10/04/2010

Windows Phone 7 Design Days

  Jaime just published the video for a day and a half day event which we held in Redmond...

Author: neilhut Date: 08/16/2010

Where is the LightSwitch? Visual Studio Announced a new tool today

Today we announced Visual Studio LightSwitch, a new tool offering which will provide the simplest...

Author: neilhut Date: 08/03/2010

Microsoft Security Bulletins for May 2010

This week we are released two security bulletins, MS10-030 and MS10-031 to address two...

Author: neilhut Date: 05/13/2010

SharePoint 2010 Developer RTM training Kit

Paul in the team has just published the RTM versions of the SharePoint 2010 Developer training...

Author: neilhut Date: 05/12/2010

How does Microsoft Secure it Cloud Infrastructure?

David and TechNet EDGE team have just published a screencast on Microsoft’s security of our cloud...

Author: neilhut Date: 04/29/2010

Azure “Down Under”

Just got these pictures from the Microsoft DPE team in Australia. They hired one of those planes...

Author: neilhut Date: 03/07/2010

How do you build a game to run on Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox?

  At TechED MEA this week Eric Rudder showed off a very cool gaming demo which ran on the...

Author: neilhut Date: 03/06/2010

Windows Phone 7 sessions published on MIX10 site

Yesterday we published the final sessions which will be delivered at Mix10 in Las Vegas in a weeks...

Author: neilhut Date: 03/06/2010

The New Windows Phone is Here : Windows Phone 7 Series Announced at World Mobile Congress

Steve Ballmer, Joe Belfiore, and Andy Lees announced the Windows Phone 7 Series at Mobile World...

Author: neilhut Date: 02/15/2010

Visual Studio 2010 RC Training Kit RELEASED TO WEB

The team have just finished updating the Visual Studio 2010 RC and .NET Framework 4 RC Training Kit....

Author: neilhut Date: 02/10/2010

Visual Studio 2010 - Release Candidate (RC) Ships Today

Today we announced a Release Candidate (RC) for Visual Studio 2010. The RC is available to MSDN...

Author: neilhut Date: 02/08/2010

Mobile Developer Sessions Published for Mix 2010 and Joe Belfiore announced as keynote speaker

Yesterday the MIX 2010 team announced a couple of interesting new developments on their MIX10 site....

Author: neilhut Date: 02/05/2010

Everything that you wanted to know about Claims Based Identity and that you were afraid to ask!!

The Patterns and Practices team have just completed a great reference about Claims based Identity....

Author: neilhut Date: 01/06/2010

Download the “Tailspin Travel Application” from Codeplex

In Bob Muglia’s keynote at the PDC2009, Cameron Skinner presented a demo focused on some of the...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/17/2009

Microsoft Announce RTM of Windows Identity Foundation at PDC09

At the keynote today at PDC09, we announced the RTM of Windows Identity Foundation which is a .NET...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/17/2009

TechEd Europe 2009 – Keynote Recap

Here is a great recap of the keynote for TechED Europe. Pretty funny that 3 people got to go on...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/12/2009

Windows Server 2008 R2 Training Course on Channel 9

Today we have launched the Windows Server 2008 R2 Training Course for Developers on Channel 9. ...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/09/2009

100 days to the Winter Olympic Games

It amazing that we are now (just) less that 100 days to the Olympic days. The new, interactive...

Author: neilhut Date: 11/05/2009

Sending EMAIL from your Web Application

On my travels, one thing that I got asked a lot about is sending email from your web application....

Author: neilhut Date: 11/02/2009

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