Azure Load Balancer to become more efficient
Azure recently introduced an advanced, more efficient Load Balancer platform. This platform adds a whole new set of abilities for customer workloads using the new Standard Load Balancer. One of the key...
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Azure Service Bus now integrates with Azure Event Grid!
We are happy to share that Azure Service Bus is now able to send events to Azure Event Grid. The key scenario this feature enables is for Service Bus queues, topics, or subscriptions with low message...
View ArticleB-series burstable VM support in AKS now available
We are thrilled to announce the availability of B-series VM's, burstable VM's in Azure Container Service (AKS). Burstable VM's (B-series) are significantly cheaper compared to standard and optimal...
View ArticleAzure Blob Storage as a Network Drive
Many applications make use of a network drive to backup and store files. When I was in university I found myself constantly coding for fun, and one example took the form of a network share for my...
View ArticleVSTS/TFS Roadmap update for 2018 Q1 and Q2
We recently published an update to the “Features under development” roadmap on our Features timeline. This feature list, although subject to change and not comprehensive, provides visibility into our...
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Join me on March 2, 2018 for a Developer Tools AMA
A lot has happened since I last hosted a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) nearly two years ago. Our team launched Visual Studio for Mac in late 2016 and released it the following May. Shortly thereafter,...
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Announcing new Ad Monetization policies and updates to Ad unit management UX
Today, we are announcing new policy around ad unit decommissioning, user experience updates to manage active/inactive ad units, default policies around Ad network enablement, and changes to the Ad...
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StorSimple Data Manager now generally available
We are excited to announce the general availability of the StorSimple Data Manager. This feature allows you to transform data from StorSimple format into the native format in Azure blobs or Azure...
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Security Center Playbooks and Azure Functions Integration with Firewalls
Every second counts when an attack has been detected. We have heard from you that you need to be able to quickly take action against detected threats. At Ignite 2017, we announced Azure Security Center...
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Calling All Desktop Developers: How do you interact with data?
Connecting to databases and services is an important part of desktop application development for many of our customers. Visual Studio provides a variety of tools and technologies that can help you...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1 now available
Today we’re very happy to announce that the first preview of the next minor release of ASP.NET Core and .NET Core is now available for you to try out. We’ve been working hard on this release over the...
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ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Improvements for using HTTPS
Securing web apps with HTTPS is more important than ever before. Browser enforcement of HTTPS is becoming increasingly strict. Sites that don’t use HTTPS are increasingly labeled as insecure. Browsers...
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Announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1. It is the first public release of .NET Core 2.1. We have great improvements that we want to share and that we would love to get your feedback on....
View ArticleAnnouncing Entity Framework Core 2.1 Preview 1
Today we are releasing the first preview of EF Core 2.1, alongside .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1 and ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 1. The new bits are available in NuGet as part of the individual packages, and as...
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ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Using ASP.NET Core Previews on Azure App Service
There are 3 options to get ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview applications running on Azure App Service: Installing the Preview1 site extension Deploying your app self-contained Using Web Apps for Containers...
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ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Getting started with SignalR
Since 2013, ASP.NET developers have been using SignalR to build real-time web applications. Now, with ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 1, we’re bringing SignalR over to ASP.NET Core so you can build real-time...
View ArticleNew releases: Microsoft R Client 3.4.3, Microsoft ML Server 9.3
An update to Microsoft R Client, Microsoft's distribution of open source R with additional proprietary packages — including RevoScaleR (for data analysis at scale) and MicrosoftML (for machine...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Introducing compatibility version in MVC
This post was written by Ryan Nowak In 2.1 we’re adding a feature to address a long-standing problem for maintaining MVC – how do we make improvements to framework code without making it too hard for...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Improvements for building Web APIs
ASP.NET Core 2.1 adds a number of features that make it easier and more convenient to build Web APIs. These features include Web API controller specific conventions, more robust input processing and...
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Confidently plan your cloud migration: Azure Migrate is now generally available!
A few months ago, we announced Azure Migrate – a new service that provides guidance and insights to help you migrate to Azure. Today, we're excited to announce that Azure Migrate is generally...
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