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Connect(); is a yearly, Microsoft-hosted developer event that is broadcast live from New York City to developers worldwide. A year ago, we introduced a new Microsoft for developers – unveiling the future of an open source .NET on Linux and Mac, and a free Visual Studio for targeting any device and any OS. Now, it's time for the next phase. This year’s event was on November 18 & 19 and features keynotes from Microsoft executives Scott Guthrie, Brian Harry, and Scott Hanselman plus interactive Q&A sessions with the engineering teams behind Microsoft’s developer tools and technologies. The free live stream is complemented by over 60 on-demand sessions which provide deeper insights into the announcements. Get next-level coding inspiration and get ready to develop without limits.

 

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Have a startup on the side? Lightning Lab is a four month accelerator programme that supports early-stage tech startups, providing the funding, networks and expertise to help accelerate their growth. Applications are now open and will close on December 18, 2015. The programme will run in Auckland from March – July, 2016. Entrepreneurs can start their application now and update it all the way up to the deadline.
 
How influential are you? Here's your chance to grow your influence over the web and be in to win a trip to the Microsoft //build/ conference in the States. Enter by creating a Channel 9 video for our millions of viewers globally, or by answering technical questions in selected forums. Registrations close on the 15th of this month. Find out more or go ahead and register now.
 
Developer update for Microsoft Band It’s been a year since we launched Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health. Since then, we delivered three developer tools around our devices and services: Microsoft Band SDK, Microsoft Band Web Tiles, and Microsoft Health Cloud APIs. And as our devices and services evolve, we’re making continuous improvements to these tools
 
Add video interstitial ads to your Windows Store apps Video interstitials are full screen vide FWEJGJZJ ads, 20-30 seconds, that typically offer up to 10x the eCPM (value per thousand views) vs traditional banner ads. This makes video interstitial ads a valuable tool for app and game monetization.
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Upcoming Events
Startup Weekend 13-15 November (Tauranga) 20-22 November (Taranaki) 20-22 November (Auckland) Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Connect(); 2015 18-19 November (online) A year ago Connect(); started the journey for a new Microsoft for developers, unveiling the future of an open source .NET on Linux and Mac, and a free Visual Studio for targeting any device and any OS. Join us this year to hear directly from Scott Guthrie, Brian Harry, and Scott Hanselman on what’s next in this exciting journey. Get deeper insights into our exciting announcements with over 70 on-demand sessions. Interact with the engineering team members behind Microsoft tools and technologies to help you get started. Wellington .NET User Group - Unit Testing 18 November (Wellington) Starting with how to write unit tests for something trivial, Ben Amor will cover key points of good unit testing and how those points scale to meet the challenges of the real world. Dev Camp - Microsoft Azure 23 November (Hamilton) Learn how to use the new Microsoft Azure features and services including Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, Web Apps, API Apps, Azure Data Platform, DocumentDB and Visual Studio 2015 to build and move a variety of apps to the cloud. North Shore .NET User Group - TypeScript Structured Development 26 November (Auckland) We will explore the benefits of TypeScript’s structure and strong typing on code clarity, correctness and maintainability and how parallels between the TypeScript language and C# allow frontend models and frontend API accessor logic to be generated relatively simply from backend code. Dev Camps - Windows 10 3 December (Auckland) 9 December (Wellington) join us for a day of guided, hands-on development of Universal Windows Platform apps that can run across all Windows 10 devices. That is an unprecedented opportunity of over one billion devices! Learn what’s new in developing for Windows 10 devices - not just for a PC or a phone, but for all Windows 10 devices including IoT, Xbox and in the near future, HoloLens. devmob 5-6 December (Auckland) Microsoft NZ are proud to be backing devmob this year in December, the only conference in New Zealand for everyone who is pushing the limits of mobile platforms.
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A huge congrats goes to the Bright Spark People's Choice Award winner who's Windows app TVPlan we're proud to be featuring in this week's flash alongside the TradeMe Mall and the app that allows you to access information from Xero while you’re working in Office 365.

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Developer Interview Series In this interview series, we bring you best practices, anecdotes, and insights from developers who are building creative solutions using Microsoft technologies. Channel 9 Cloud Cover Series: IoT Hub An introduction to the new IoT Hub service. See how to write both management code and on-device code leveraging the IoT Hub SDK. IoT Hub allows you to manage millions of devices, to collect telemetry from these devices and to send commands back to them. Azure Service Fabric Lifecycle Management The Service Fabric is the system that is underlying Windows Azure itself, and it's now being made available as a programming model for developers to create "Born in the Cloud" applications.
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