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The Xamarin Promise – Realized!

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9:00 AM | March 31 2016 | Microsoft //BUILD developer conference | Moscone West, San Francisco.

The Microsoft acquisition of Xamarin was great news; but everyone was waiting to see what all this actually meant for developers.

Microsoft chose the //BUILD conference to divulge the details. The Xamarin promise is now a reality for every Visual Studio developer and the future holds the opportunity for .NET developers to go cross-platform. This article take a 10K feet view to articulate some Xamarin history, its present and the future. Along the way, we’ll talk about some polished UI components so that you don’t have to re-invent the wheel for your cross-platform apps.

It’s a great time to be a mobile developer on Microsoft stack – let us unpack why.

Full article HERE.

Highlights from Microsoft Build Day 1

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“Developers, Developers, Developers!” Microsoft’s old war-cry for developers and renewed mojo was on full display during Day 1 of the annual //BUILD developer conference in San Francisco. Several Telerik Developer Advocates are at //BUILD this week and are just as excited as you are after the Day 1 Keynote. Here are some highlights that stood out from a developer’s standpoint.

Full article over @ Telerik Developer Network.

Biometric Authentication with Microsoft Passport

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Information security is hard. Managing user authentication and authorization in apps/services usually gives developers an additional layer of headache on top of making applications actually work. Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport promise to be solid options for solving these issues.

Windows Hello offers easy biometric authentication that is integrated into Windows 10, taking away much of the pain around managing user credentials. But user authentication is just the first step of the problem. How do developers leverage biometrics to authorize users to apps/services?

That responsibility falls on Microsoft Passport – a seamless 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) system using device and user biometrics. Reusable user credentials can finally be replaced by biometrics and hardware-level security, thus enabling apps/services to offer robust built-in security.

This article unpacks Microsoft Passport and offers a walkthrough of how to utilize Microsoft Passport to power your apps. Seamless biometric security is wonderful, especially when you have the ability to leverage it in your apps. Let’s dive in.

Full article over @ Telerik Developer Network.