Visual Studio Preview (15.6 Preview 5) now available
We are pleased to announce the release of the Visual Studio Preview (15.6 Preview 5). This preview of Visual Studio includes the Preview SDK Build 17095 as an optional component. Download the Visual...
View ArticleVisual Studio Code is now shipping with Anaconda!
For everyone from enterprise programmers to data scientists, Python is one of the most popular dynamic languages for software development. Anaconda, the most popular Python data science platform,...
View Article#ifdef WINDOWS – One Developer’s Guide to the Surface Hub
Building experiences for the Surface Hub requires developers to tailor their apps for the big screen and multiple users interacting with different components at the same time. Gian Paolo Santopaolo...
View ArticleMicrosoft updates Cognitive Services terms
This post was authored by the Microsoft Cognitive Services Team. We understand that the commitments we make about data are essential for any organization. To give customers more control, we’ve updated...
View ArticleWindows Community Standup on February 22, 2018
Kevin Gallo, VP of Windows Developer Platform, is hosting the next Windows Community Standup on February 22, 2018 at 12:00pm PST on Channel 9! Kevin will be joined by Andrew Whitechapel to discuss the...
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A fresh look for base graphics
While ggplot2 (and its various extensions) is often the go-to package for graphics in R these days, if you need to step outside the boundaries of what ggplot2 can do, you can always step back to base R...
View ArticleUpdated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement and Microsoft Store Policies
The Microsoft Store team has updated the Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement and Microsoft Store Policies as of February 14th. The new version (8.2) of the Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement...
View ArticleTop stories from the VSTS community – 2018.02.16
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. TOP STORIES I love reading – these are the blogs I follow – Wouter de KortSomeone asked...
View ArticleBecause it’s Friday: Hold the Door
You probably saw Boston Dynamics' robots achieve another milestone this week: not only can one of their robots open and pass through a door, it will cooperate and politely hold the door as a fellow...
View ArticleLast week in Azure: Azure SDK for Go GA, and more
On Wednesday, Microsoft CVP, Charlotte Yarkoni announced Microsoft for Startups, a new program that delivers access to technology, go-to-market and community benefits that helps startups grow their...
View ArticleCray in Azure for weather forecasting
When we announced our partnership with Cray, it was very exciting news. I received my undergraduate degree in meteorology, so my mind immediately went to how this could be a benefit to weather...
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Spring Security Azure AD: Wire up enterprise grade authentication and...
We are pleased to announce that Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is integrated with Spring Security to secure your Java web applications. With only few lines of configurations, you can wire up...
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Migrating to Azure SQL Database with zero downtime for read-only workloads
Special thanks to MSAsset engineering team’s Peter Liu (Senior Software Engineer), Vijay Kannan (Software Engineer), Sathya Muhandiramalage (Senior Software Engineer), Bryan Castillo (Principal...
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Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension Feb 2018 update
The February 2018 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is here! In addition to several bug fixes, this update added colorization for inactive code regions, making it easy to read C and C++...
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One Email Rule – Have a separate Inbox and an Inbox CC to reduce email...
I've mentioned this tip before but once more for the folks in the back. This email productivity tip is a game-changer for most information workers. We all struggled with email. Some of us just declare...
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One Email Rule – Have a separate Inbox and an Inbox CC to reduce email...
I've mentioned this tip before but once more for the folks in the back. This email productivity tip is a game-changer for most information workers. We all struggled with email. Some of us just declare...
View ArticleTFS 2018.1 RTM is available
Today we released the final build of Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 1. The key links are: TFS 2018.1 Release notes TFS 2018.1 Web installer TFS 2018.1 ISO image TFS 2018.1 Express edition Web...
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Introducing backup for Azure file shares
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of backup for Azure file shares. Azure Files is a cloud-first file share solution with support for industry standard SMB protocol. Through this...
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Sync SQL data in large scale using Azure SQL Data Sync
Azure SQL Data Sync allows users to synchronize data between Azure SQL Databases and SQL Server databases in one-direction or bi-direction. This feature was first introduced in 2012. By that time,...
View ArticleNew Azure GxP guidelines help pharmaceutical and biotech customers build GxP...
We recently released a detailed set of GxP qualification guidelines for our Azure customers. These guidelines give life sciences organizations, such as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, a...
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