App

The App Manifest in UWP

How Package.appxmanifest declares a UWP app's identity, visual elements, sandbox capabilities, and system integration extensions.

The Future of UWP

Where the Universal Windows Platform stands relative to WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK in 2026, and how existing UWP apps should plan their migration.

UWP App Capabilities

How Universal Windows Platform apps declare and request access to system resources like the microphone, location, and internet through capability declarations…

UWP App Certification

How the Windows App Certification Kit and Microsoft's Store review pipeline validate UWP/MSIX apps for security, performance, and policy compliance.

UWP App Updates

How UWP and MSIX apps receive updates through the Microsoft Store, differential block-map delivery, and enterprise deployment tools.

Windows App SDK

The Windows App SDK is Microsoft's unified set of APIs and components for building Win32 and packaged desktop apps outside the UWP sandbox.

Dialog-Based Applications

How MFC's dialog-based application template uses DoModal and DDX/DDV to build a self-contained UI without a document/view frame.

Project Structure in WPF

How a typical WPF project is organized, from the default App.xaml/MainWindow template files to MVVM folder conventions and resource dictionaries.

App Governance and Permission Policies

Understand how org-wide app settings, app permission policies, publisher verification, and Defender for Cloud Apps' App governance work together to control thi…

Teams App Best Practices

Practical guidelines for building performant, secure, and visually consistent Microsoft Teams applications that hold up in production.

The Teams App Manifest

The manifest.json file is the declarative blueprint that tells Microsoft Teams who an app is, what it can do, and where it is allowed to run.

Model-Driven App Navigation (Sitemap)

Learn how the Sitemap defines the navigation structure — areas, groups, and subareas — that users see in a Model-Driven App.

Screens and Navigation

How canvas apps structure multiple screens, pass data between them with Navigate, manage app-wide state with variables and collections, and design navigation p…

The Power Apps Studio

A tour of the Power Apps Studio editor — its Tree view, design canvas, formula bar, App Checker, and data/media panels — and how they fit together during app b…

Your First Canvas App

A walkthrough of building a first canvas app using 'Start with data', covering the Browse/Detail/Edit screen pattern, galleries, and saving records with Patch…

Project Structure and App.razor

How a default Blazor Web App project is organized, and the role of App.razor, layouts, and Program.cs.

Deploying to Azure App Service and Docker

Containerize an ASP.NET Core app with a multi-stage Dockerfile and deploy it to Azure App Service using Key Vault-backed configuration and deployment slots.

Workspaces and Apps

How Power BI workspaces organize collaborative content, and how Apps package that content into a curated, read-only experience for a wider audience.

Building a To-Do App

A hands-on walkthrough of building a MAUI to-do list app with MVVM data binding and local SQLite persistence.

Publishing to App Stores

Walk through preparing, signing, and submitting a .NET MAUI app to Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Your First MAUI App

A hands-on walkthrough of scaffolding, running, and modifying your first .NET MAUI app, including event wiring, navigation, and Hot Reload debugging.

Implementing OAuth in a Web App

A practical guide to wiring the Authorization Code flow into a server-rendered web application, from callback handling to secure token storage and refresh rota…

Building a Simple CRUD App in VB.NET

A step-by-step walkthrough of building a Create-Read-Update-Delete application in VB.NET using ADO.NET and a repository pattern.

Building a Simple GUI App in Tk

A hands-on walkthrough of the widget-creation, layout, and event-handling steps needed to build a working Tk desktop app.

Vue.js Cheat Sheet

A quick reference to Vue.js directives, the Composition API, and single-file components for building reactive web interfaces.

Cloud Native Architecture Cheat Sheet

Covers the twelve-factor app principles, microservices patterns, containers, and the CNCF landscape that define cloud native systems.