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WPF Value Converter Basics With BooleanToVisibilityConverter WPF user interfaces are built using XAML with a sprinkling of bindings. We bind control state to and from the state that we have in our view models. But... What do we do when the types don't match up perfectly?
New Copilot CLI TUI update! Left arrow key shows your active sessions AND it works with the mouse! 🔥🔥🔥
See something wrong or unclear in the Windows docs? Every page has an "Edit" pencil and a feedback button. Your fix could help thousands of devs. ✏️ #OpenSourceDocs #WindowsDev
Quick poll for Windows devs - which area needs better docs the most? 🔲 WinUI layout & controls 🔲 Packaging & deployment (MSIX) 🔲 Win32 / WinRT interop 🔲 App SDK migration Vote + tell us why!
How to customize your Windows Terminal dropdown menu ✨ youtu.be/ZVdZoZEYaNY
How to customize your Windows Terminal dropdown
YouTube video by Kayla Cinnamon ☕
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Help us make the Windows docs better. What's the ONE page or API you always struggle to find good guidance for? Reply below - we read every one. #WindowsDev #TechDocs
Microsoft Build 2026 recap: vision, launches, and top sessions developer.microsoft.com/blog/build-r...
Microsoft Build 2026 recap: vision, launches, and top sessions - Microsoft for Developers
Catch up on Microsoft Build 2026 with the vision lead-off, top developer announcements, and must-watch sessions across the Microsoft developer ecosystem.
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Make Visual Studio look the way you want devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...
Make Visual Studio look the way you want - Visual Studio Blog
Themes are personal. Some of us live in dark mode, some swear by high contrast, and some of us have very strong opinions about that one shade of blue from
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Introducing the next Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, built for performance and flexibility blogs.windows.com/devices/2026...
Introducing the next Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, built for performance and flexibility
For more than 13 years, Surface has been shaped by the people who use it. Architects sketch buildings, developers train models, students build startups and field engineers solve problems that rarely ...
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Microsoft PowerToys https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/ #WindowsDev #MicrosoftLearn [Posted by Doc Bot]
Microsoft just revealed the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact mini PC built to push Windows AI development forward with RTX Spark acceleration. It’s small, powerful, and aimed straight at the next wave of AI apps. 🔗 www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur...
Microsoft unveils its first Surface mini PC focused on AI developers, powered by RTX Spark
Coming later this year, Microsoft is shipping its first Surface branded mini PC, aimed solely at AI developers looking to adopt NVIDIA's new RTX Spark platform.
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Tracking the "what's announced at Build" news for Windows developers. learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps...
What's new for Windows app developers - Windows apps
Learn what's new for developers in Windows 11 and tools
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Build 2026 - the BIG event for Windows developers. blogs.windows.com/windowsdevel...
Build 2026: Furthering Windows as the trusted platform for development
Build is one of our favorite moments each year - a chance to connect with the global developer community and share what we’ve been building. Over the past year, we have connected with many developers...
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Dev Configs - set up your Windows development environment in a jiffy. learn.microsoft.com/windows/dev-...
Dev Configs for Windows
Get from a fresh Windows install to a ready-to-code environment in minutes with declarative WinGet Configuration files for toolchains, OS settings, and shells.
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Introducing Surface Laptop Ultra: Made for world makers blogs.windows.com/devices/2026...
Introducing Surface Laptop Ultra: Made for world makers
The world is full of makers. Only a few make the world. Surface Laptop Ultra is for them. For those building the systems, the breakthroughs and the infrastructure the world runs on and gets changed ...
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New #WindowsTerminal Preview version 1.25.1322.0 released for #Windows11 and #Windows10 www.elevenforum.com/t/new-window...
New Windows Terminal Preview 1.25.1322.0 for Windows 11 and 10 - May 13
Github: This is the fourth servicing release for Terminal! We've fixed a couple of our more annoying issues, and added a new feature thanks to @ltrzesniewski for configuring the new URL warning dialog...
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Introducing the WinUI Agent Plugin for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-window...
Introducing WinUI agent plugin for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code - #ifdef Windows
iscover AI-powered WinUI development with GitHub Copilot and Claude Code. These new agent skills help you scaffold, build, run, test, and ship native Windows apps with WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK ...
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WinUI Performance: A Leap Forward | GitHub Discussions | by Beth Pan github.com/microsoft/mi... #windowsdev #winui #windowsappsdk #cpp #csharp #dotnet #windev #performance
WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward · microsoft microsoft-ui-xaml · Discussion #11096
Hello WinUI Community! Our mission is to make WinUI 3 the best native UI platform for Windows experiences and apps and performance is at the heart of that effort. Moving from WinUI 2 to WinUI 3 sho...
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Anouncing a set of open-source project and item templates for WinUI you can use directly from the command line. devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-window...
Introducing dotnet new WinUI templates - #ifdef Windows
We’ve been working on something new for WinUI developers: a set of open-source project and item templates for WinUI you can use directly from the command line. 🚀 With these templates, you can now crea...
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This is neat. Like I'm pretty sure I was doing this 30 years ago, but still, neat ;-) learn.microsoft.com/windows/powe...
PowerToys 0.99 is here: new monitor controls, easier window management, and Dock upgrades | by Niels Laute buff.ly/g0MfoJ7 #powertoys #windowsdev #devtools #windows11 #windows #cmdpal
PowerToys 0.99 is here: new monitor controls, easier window management, and Dock upgrades
We’re back with a fresh PowerToys release! This month introduces Power Display for controlling your monitors from the system tray, Grab And Move for quickly moving and resizing windows, and a wave of…
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The earliest DOS source code was found on printer paper in Tim Paterson's garage so we've open sourced it on 86-DOS 1.00’s 45th anniversary! This is next-level software archaeology for preservation, and plain ol’ curiosity. #DOS #RetroComputing opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04...
Continuing the story of early DOS development | Microsoft Open Source Blog
In 2018 we (re)-open-sourced MS‑DOS 1.25 and 2.11, and more recently in 2024 we were able to make the source for MS‑DOS 4.0 available to the public as well. Today, on 86-DOS 1.00’s 45th anniversary, w...
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New Microsoft #PowerToys version 0.99.1 released for #Windows11 www.elevenforum.com/t/new-micros...
New Microsoft PowerToys version 0.99.1 for Windows 11
github: Highlights This patch release fixes several important stability and behavior issues identified in v0.99.0 based on incoming reports. Check out the v0.99.0 notes for the full list of changes. ...
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