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Welcome to The Xamarin Show Snack Pack Edition. A Snack Pack is bite sized episode that is focused on a specific topic and covered in just a few minutes. Today, we take a look at how to easily archive and publish Xamarin.Android applications directly from Visual Studio with the new Android Archive Manager. Show Links: Blog: Android Archiving and Publishing Made EasyPublishing and Application on Google PlayPreparing an Application for ReleaseFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagno

This Week on Windows: we're taking a look back at some of the biggest Windows news of the year! Plus we take you to a school that's utilizing Minecraft: Education Edition. Other topics covered in this episode include: Windows 10 Anniversary UpdateHoloLens/Windows Holographic (Actiongram beta/global expansion)Xbox Play Anywhere begins with RecoreRio Announcement: Windows 10 Creators Update, Surface Studio, Surface Dial, Surface Book with Performance BaseWinHec 2016 – cellular PC/Qualcomm announcement

Now THAT was a year! We asked our Channel 9 Hosts for a few of their Picks of the Year. While it was almost impossible for them to narrow down such an awesome year, with some hair pulling, hemming and hawing and finally tough decisions (and some paper, rock and scissors) here are the top 14 Shows, Posts, Videos and Episodes for 2016 here on Channel 9 This Week on Channel 9 Pick: TWC9 in the ForestGolnaz's Picks: Windows Insider Program: Interview with Dona Sarkar, Jeremiah Marble, and Kyle DunkerleyKaitlin's Picks: Build 2016: Before the Big EventGet started with VS Code using C# and .NET Core on macOSJames Montemagno's (Xamarin Show) Picks What's New in C# 6.0The Xamarin Show 5: MVVM & Data Binding with Xamarin.FormsRobert Green's (Visual Studio Toolbox Host) Pick: Template 10 for Windows 10 AppsChris Risner's Picks (Cloud Cover Host): Episode 205: Azure Functions with Chris AndersonAndrew Richards (Defrag Tools) Pick: Defrag Tools #161 - Troubleshooting a Slow PCKatie Stone Perez's (LevelUp Host) Pick: Episode 18: Xbox Dev Kit ModeSoumow's Picks: Windows Subsystem for Linux: Architectural OverviewInterview with Kathleen HoganLarry’s Picks: Seth plays against USA Table Tennis Olympian, Erica WuDefrag: We're back with new tools, old tools, partition tips, Hibernate vetoing and more....Seth’s Pick: An Introduction to Microservices with Mark Russinovich ... did you scroll all the way down? Well then you get some bonus content! We added a number of new shows in 2016 as well as hosted a mind-numbing number of great events! New Shows This week on WindowsDrone GarageXamarin ShowTop Events Connect(); // 2016App Dev on XboxCppCon 2016Microsoft Machine Learning & Data Science Summit 2016DEVintersection Las Vegas 2016PowerShell 10 Year AnniversaryXamarin Dev Days LiveTechnical Summit 2016 - connecting.technologies.DevDays Latam 2016 Let us know what your favorite video of the year was! Follow @CH9

Another short interview from the MVP Summit, this time with Steve Smith. We're talking about ASP.NET Core and its documentation, that Steve has been contributing to, about his consulting activity, and about his Kickstarter-funded software craftsmanship calendar. Steve's site: http://ardalis.com/ Software Craftsmanship Calendar Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/988315286/software-craftsmanship-2017-calendar Testing controllers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/controllers/testing

In this episode, Dmitry is joined by Meet Bhagdev and Andrea Lam, who show us how to get started with programming apps in PHP and Java connecting to SQL Server on Linux. PHP and Java both have open sourced connectors that can be used by applications to connect to SQL Server anywhere (on-premises or in the cloud). This includes the recently released SQL Server on Linux and we'll show you some demo's using Visual Studio Code and the newly released SQL Server extension. Resources: Get started quickly with our tutorialsCheck out the PHP driver and JDBC driver GitHub repositoriesSQL Server Extension for Visual Studio Code

Welcome to The Xamarin Show Snack Pack Edition. A Snack Pack is bite sized episode that is focused on a specific topic and covered in just a few minutes. In this episode we take a look at how to get started using Xamarin Workbooks. Workbooks is an interactive documentation tool for exploring a myriad of topics, from the basics of the C# language to fundamentals of computer science and advanced topics surrounding mobile application development. Show Links: Xamarin Workbooks PortalBlog: Introducing Workbooks and InspectorFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagno

This week on Channel 9, Scott Klein and Robert Green discuss the week's top developer news, including; [00:40] Cortana to open up to new devices and developers with Cortana Skills Kit and Cortana Devices SDK[03:09] More Ways to Make Smart Bots [Colleen Estrada], QnA Maker[04:56] Updating Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate [John Montgomery][07:31] Announcing Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks V1 [Henrik F Nielsen][09:12] New Updates to Web Tools in Visual Studio 2017 RC [Daniel Roth][09:50] Updating Visual Studio 2017 RC – .NET Core Tooling improvements [Joe Morris, David Carmona][10:17] Enroll in the Calendar.help preview and let Cortana schedule your meetings[11:40] Microsoft Ventures: Making the long bet on AI + people [Nagraj Kashyap][13:34] Connect(“demos”); // 2016: BikeSharing360 on GitHub [Erika Ehrli Cabral][14:54] Windows 10 Tip: How to stream Xbox One games to your Windows 10 PC with Oculus Rift [Elana Pidgeon][17:50] Research papers in the .NET source [Matt Warren][20:34] Someone made an Xbox One controller table and it’s awesome [Brad Stephenson][22:24] NASA Shares the Universe on Pinterest and GIPHYPicks of the Week! Robert's Pick of the Week: [23:45] Xamarin Dev Days Live Scott's Pick of the Week:[25:11] SQL Server + C#: What’s new Producer Note: This is the last TWC9 for 2016. Thanks to all our hosts, the production staff and most importantly, YOU, our audience! Thank you again, please have a safe and happy holidays. See you in 2017! Please leave a comment or email us at twc9@microsoft.com. Follow @CH9 Follow @SQLScott Follow @rogreen_ms Follow @gduncan411

In this episode Chris Risner and Lucas Huet-Hudson are joined by Jason Shaver, Program Manager on the Azure Open Source Tools Team. On that team, Jason works on the new Azure Command Line Interface 2.0. The new CLI was built to be cross-platform and work well with tools that many people are used to using (VSCode, Emacs, grep, grok, etc). This includes the ability to change the format of the data the CLI prints out from tabular (very human readable), to JSON, TSVs, and more. Another great aspect of the new CLI is the ease of installation and distribution. You can now install the CLI through appropriate package installers on every OS. One of the reasons for the ease of installation of the new CLI is that it is built with Python. Links from the show: [01:48] - Demoing the new CLI[04:56] - Outputting data to JMESPath[09:50] - Why we built a new CLI[11:35] - Productivity featuresAnnouncing the 2.0 PreviewInstalling the CLI 2.0 PreviewAzure CLI 2.0 on GitHubLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010

This session will mobilize the hardware industry to maximize Windows Holographic market success through innovative PC designs that showcase Microsoft as the platform leader in Mixed Reality.

Join us for the Xamarin virtual event of the year, Xamarin Dev Days Live, streamed live right! Xamarin Dev Days Live starts with several session covering native cross platform development for iOS, Android, & Windows in C# with Xamarin from experts. Spend the afternoon immersed in code by following along at home as we walk through building our first app. Registration Link: https://www.xamarin.com/dev-days

This session introduces the new exciting features in Cortana and the speech platform, that allow users to engage with Cortana from across the room, and ensure that Cortana is ready to assist users even when the Windows device is in modern standby. Come and learn how these features enhance existing Cortana scenarios, and how you can implement them on your devices.

In this session we will be cover developing native iOS, Android, and Windows apps in C# with Xamarin.

Join us for the Xamarin virtual event of the year, Xamarin Dev Days Live, streamed live right! Xamarin Dev Days Live starts with several session covering native cross platform development for iOS, Android, & Windows in C# with Xamarin from experts. Spend the afternoon immersed in code by following along at home as we walk through building our first app.

Golnaz and Kaitlin had the chance to sit down with ID@Xbox's Senior Program Manager, Katie Stone Perez (and host of Channel 9's Level Up show)! Katie has worked in gaming for fifteen years. In this episode she talks about her passion for games at an early age, pursuing studies in child psychology, and how that later lead her to Microsoft's ID@Xbox team. Check out Katie's People feature on Microsoft's news page here. Follow her on Twitter @KatieStonePerez

This week on Channel 9, Nikola and new host Kriti Jindal discuss the week's top developer news, including; [00:27] Kriti Jindal joins TWC9[01:17] Download Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate[02:04] Productivity in Visual Studio 2017 RC [Mark Wilson-Thomas][02:58] More Productive JavaScript in Visual Studio 2017 RC [Bowden Kelly][03:26] Harness the Power of the Redesigned Start Page [Allison Buchholtz-Au][04:40] Connect(); On Demand[05:15] From “A PC on every desktop” to “Deep Learning in every software” [Joseph Sirosh][06:36] Unity 5.5 is ready for you [Alex Lian][07:22] On The Road with Holoportation [08:39] Microsoft uses HoloLens for the first mixed reality Mannequin Challenge [Tom Warren][09:20] Slack client for Commodore 64 [Jeff Harris]Picks of the Week! Nikola's Pick of the Week:[10:06] Microsoft doubles down on quantum computing bet [Allison Linn]Kriti's Pick of the Week:[11:21] Students launch Windows 10 IoT experiment into spacePlease leave a comment or email us at twc9@microsoft.com. Follow @CH9 Follow @MarkDeFalco Follow @metulev Follow @vladkol Follow @Kriti_J Follow @gduncan411