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Deepesh Mohnani [MSFT]
Photo Sky SampleThis sample demonstrates how to use the LiveSDK for pulling images from SkyDrive. In this sample you will learn how to use LiveSDK and request consent from the user to access his SkyDrive files and display the images in a Metro style application. 
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Alessandro Del Sole [MVP]
More often than not, Windows Store Apps need to save data locally for later reuse. Learn a simple technique to store and retrieve serialized collections of objects in Windows Store Apps with Visual Basic, in the local application folder.In order to build the sample you need Visua
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3/13/2013
268 Downloads
Azure AD Developer Experience Team - Microsoft
This sample demonstrates how to use Windows Azure Authentication Library (AAL) for Windows Store Beta to add user authentication capabilities to a Windows Store app. Also, it demonstrates authenticating calls to a Web API REST service using JSON Web Token Handler for .Net 4.5.
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4/22/2013
279 Downloads
C#
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This sample demonstrates how to create a Windows Store device app for a camera. A Windows Store device app is provided by an IHV or OEM to differentiate the capture experience for a particular camera. It can be used to adjust camera settings or to pr...
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5/31/2012
7,083 Downloads
Ken Tucker
Create a Analog Clock in a windows store applicationYou can build this application with Visual Studio 2012 on a computer using Windows 8 as the operating systemDescriptionThis sample uses xaml and c# to create an analog clock in a windows store application.  Xaml allows you to va
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5/12/2013
95 Downloads
C#, XAML
Nick Harris - MSFT - Microsoft
This sample shows how you can implement a Feedback charm option in your Windows Store application and submit the feedback to be both stored Windows Azure Mobile Services and emailed directly to you.
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1/7/2013
509 Downloads
Windows Content Team Instructional Samples - Microsoft
This sample shows the same renderer as the Cube9 sample, but implemented as a DirectX 11.1 Windows Store app. By comparing the two samples you can learn about the differences between Direct3D 9 and Direct3D 11.1.
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3/21/2013
539 Downloads
C++
saramgsilva
This sample has the goal to show how to share code between Windows Store and Windows Phone App.
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2/5/2013
1,138 Downloads
C#, XAML
Can Bilgin
One of the biggest issues with Windows Store Apps (aka Metro Applications) was the removal of the TraceListeners from the windows runtime. Log4Net community has not yet took a step forward to port at least some of the functionality to .NET for Windows Store
Apps Framework eithe
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10/2/2012
3,571 Downloads
Microsoft - Bing Maps Team - Microsoft
This interactive SDK is a very useful application that lets you explore the Bing Maps SDK for Windows Store apps APIs by viewing simple C# code samples and interactively changing property values to see how they change the map.
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11/14/2012
1,131 Downloads
C#
Roberto Sonnino - MSFT - Microsoft
This sample contains the starting point for a basic game for the Windows Store, a “Starter Kit” which provides support for consuming runtime assets produced by the VS tools. This includes loading and rendering assets (meshes, textures and shaders).
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2/12/2013
1,037 Downloads
C++

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