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One fine Wednesday evening when I was busy planning for the following Sunday, my manager called me and asked if I was available to attend a Technical Seminar on Sunday. Before I could say something, he quickly handed over a ticket to me and said, 9 AM, 30th Aug, 2015, Microsoft Hyderabad Building. BE THERE. This seminar was organized by Microsoft User Group Hyderabad (MUGH)

With no other option provided :), I went to the seminar with my other colleagues. The topic was “Real Time Telemetry for Windows Universal Apps using Application Insights and Visual Studio 2015”. I knew it would be interesting as I was already working on Visual Studio 2012. The talk was being presented by Abhijit Jana, ‎Modern and Cloud App Dev Consultant at Microsoft.He talked about the features included with VS 2015 RC, universal apps using Application insights and also went on to show how to create a windows universal app. There was never a dull moment during the entire talk. Here are few highlights of the seminar.

Features of Visual Studio of 2015 RC Include

1.You can use Visual Studio 2015 to build in C#, C++ or JavaScript and construct UI in XAML, HTML or the Cordova framework.
2. Cordova Framework, which means you can build your mobile application without the native programming languages. Instead you can use jQuery Mobile, this will compile your app and prepare to install on the platform it supports including Windows, Android, ISO and Web OS. It helps you to easily test and Device previews allow us to preview our UX adapting in the design.

Universal Apps using Application Insights

1. It help us to track application details in real time. One can check for application performance, availability, detect issues, crashes etc. It also provides a real time dashboard for our apps to monitor the application. Configuration is very easy, and you will see results within minutes.
2. Apps run faster. .NET native can make apps start up to 60% faster.
3. You can also find out how well is your app performing in real world. Application Insight on Universal Apps can give you real time feedback on what users are doing with your app.
4. In real world when users are using application, supposing your app crashes, you get an instant email!