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Saving Images: EncoderParameter / ImageCODEC Versus Bitmap Save

Learn how to save JPEG files with the proper encoding to reduce space as well as to reduce creation speed.

Reading Text from Images Using C#

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Creating the Best Virtual Reality User Experience (VR UX): Seven Tips & Tricks

When building Virtual Reality user experience (VR UX), here are seven tips you should consider.

Visual Basic Basics: Modules, Scope, and Accessibility Modifiers

Learn about Scope, Modules, and Accessibility Modifiers in Visual Basic.

What Is Microsoft Graph?

Explore Microsoft Graph, a developers' API platform to connect to the data that drives productivity.

TypeScript for the C# Developer: TypeScript Generics

Learn to use generics in TypeScript the same way as you would with C#.

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TypeScript for the C# Developer: TypeScript Generics

By Peter Shaw - Published 06/23/2017

Learn to use generics in TypeScript the same way as you would with C#.

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Visual Basic Basics: Modules, Scope, and Accessibility Modifiers

By Hannes DuPreez - Published 06/28/2017

Learn about Scope, Modules, and Accessibility Modifiers in Visual Basic.

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Creating the Best Virtual Reality User Experience (VR UX): Seven Tips & Tricks

By Bradley Jones - Published 06/30/2017

When building Virtual Reality user experience (VR UX), here are seven tips you should consider.

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Creating the Best Virtual Reality User Experience (VR UX): Seven Tips & Tricks

By Bradley Jones - Published 06/30/2017

When building Virtual Reality user experience (VR UX), here are seven tips you should consider.

Taking a Database to World-Scale – Microsoft Presents Azure Cosmo DB

By Bradley Jones - Published 05/10/2017

Microsoft released a planet-scale database on Azure.

Where is Microsoft in their Mobile-First, Cloud-First World?

By Bradley Jones - Published 05/10/2017

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It's All in the Planning: Ensuring a Successful Cloud Deployment

Enterprise cloud adoption has evolved rapidly from fringe curiosity to the mainstream. As enterprises increasingly move mission-critical workloads to the cloud, it's important to track best practices to ensure a seamless migration process. While CIOs are becoming increasingly mature and pragmatic in their approach to cloud, surprises and challenges still need to be addressed. Read this eBook to learn the key best practices for cloud deployment success, the importance of SLAs in choosing a cloud provider, and …
Quantifying ROI: The Business Case for IoT

Organizations today are under tremendous pressure to deliver a higher quality of products and services at lower costs, and to do so using existing resources. Any expenditure companies do make to help them achieve this goal is expected to deliver a measurable, hard-dollar ROI — and to deliver it quickly. The Internet of Things (IoT) is creating new opportunities for companies to enhance their products, gain business insights and differentiate their offerings. This whitepaper defines an ROI model for …