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Sample sites for samples related to ASP.Net Web API, OWIN, and Katana.

Samples to help developers to use Azure Mobile Services.

Sample to help developers to implement Push Notification, through Azure Notification Hubs, in mobile applications.

Many times, a security vulnerability is not caused by a single error, however, but rather by a sequence of errors that occur during the course of the development cycle: a coding error is introduced...

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Are you using the mobile features that your customers want? Windows Vista is uniquely positioned to give you the tools you need to meet the new opportunities and challenges that mobile form factors...

This article outlines the features in the upcoming version 6.0 and discusses how they promote better scalability, reliability, and performance. Features such as Remote administration, caching, and ...

Get a simplified comparison of some of the physical architectures and learn the basic guidelines for appropriate usage scenarios, implementation options, advantages, and disadvantages.

Focuses on performance aspects of transaction control that affect performance, scalability, and maintainability by comparing transactions models, including database transactions, Microsoft ADO.NET ...

Compares performance of data access techniques in common application scenarios. Applies to Microsoft .NET Framework Beta 2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

The demo itself was an extension of the IBuySpy sample Web site. IBuySpy shows how to build a Web application using ASP.NET and takes care of gathering an individual's orders. This demonstration we...

Discusses application design for Microsoft .NET and the changes required: examines architectural lessons learned from building N-tier applications using Microsoft Windows DNA, how these same lesson...

This document provides guidelines for implementing an ADO.NET-based data access layer in a multi-tier .NET-based application. It focuses on a range of common data access tasks and scenarios, and pr...

Focuses on performance aspects of transaction control that affect performance, scalability, and maintainability by comparing transactions models, including database transactions, Microsoft ADO.NET ...

The goal of the .NET Framework design guidelines is to encourage consistency and predictability in public APIs while enabling Web and cross-language integration.