Azure SQL Database now offers zone redundant Premium databases and elastic pools
Azure SQL Database Premium tier supports multiple redundant replicas for each database that are automatically provisioned in the same datacenter within a region. This design leverages the SQL Server...
View ArticleMicrosoft and Esri launch Geospatial AI on Azure
Integrating geography and location information with AI brings a powerful new dimension to understanding the world around us. This has a wide range of applications in a variety of segments, including...
View ArticleIntroducing SQL Information Protection for Azure SQL Database and on-premises...
We are delighted to announce the public preview of SQL Information Protection, introducing advanced capabilities built into Azure SQL Database for discovering, classifying, labeling, and protecting the...
View ArticleAnnouncing Storage Service Encryption with customer managed keys general...
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Storage Service Encryption with customer managed keys integrated with Azure Key Vault for Azure Blob and File Storage. Azure...
View ArticleDevOps for IoT with Win10 IoT Core, UWP, and VSTS
We often get asked how to do CI/CD for IoT apps using Win10 IoT Core. If you’ve been considering or using Win10 IoT Core, then read on. The Visual Studio Test Platform that ships with Visual Studio...
View ArticleFaster Metric Alerts for Logs now in limited public preview
I am happy to share the public preview of a new capability – Metric Alerts on Logs for OMS Log Analytics. With this capability, customers can get lower latency alerts from logs. Interested…read on!...
View ArticleR data concepts, for Excel users
Excel users starting to use R likely have some established concepts about data: where it's stored, how functions apply to data, etc. In general, R does things differently to Excel (or any spreadsheet,...
View ArticleJoin the Bing Maps Team at NAFA 2018 Institute & Expo
Known as the largest event for fleet professionals, NAFA 2018 Institute & Expo, is the perfect place to see the latest in fleet management solutions — and we’ll be there! Join us in Anaheim, CA on...
View ArticleVSTS Update – Mar 5
This week we began rolling out the sprint 131 updates. You can get the details in the release notes. There are some good things in this sprint payload (a good start at a new Work items hub, Azure...
View ArticleThree things you need to know about Windows Developer Day
We live in an interconnected world and the digital transformation that companies are going through are as unique as the companies themselves. The opportunity to explore new approaches and new...
View ArticleAI Platform for Windows Developers
At Microsoft, we’re making huge investments in AI and Machine Learning across the company. AI capabilities in Office 365 help subscribers with productivity at work, intelligent features in the Photos...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 17110 now available
Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17110 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17110 contains bug fixes and under...
View ArticleBuild Spring Boot 2.0 apps with Azure Starters and new VSCode extensions
Spring fans, we are excited to announce full support of Spring Boot 2.0 on the Spring Boot Starters for Azure, already available on Spring Initializr. Plus, with new Java and Spring extensions for...
View ArticleHow to Contribute to Git (on Windows)
Git was originally designed for Unix systems and still today, all the build tools for the Git codebase assume you have standard Unix tools available in your path. If you have an open-source mindset and...
View ArticleAzure’s layered approach to physical security
We have heard from many customers that cloud security is one of their top concerns. Another thing we’ve heard from customers is that they want clarity around what they are responsible for securing in...
View ArticleA digital transformation Journey featuring Contoso Manufacturing and Azure IoT
This is a story about the digital transformation of Contoso HVAC Manufacturing, a virtual company that is growing its business from a traditional HVAC Chillers manufacturer, to delivering value to...
View ArticleUpdate management, inventory, and change tracking in Azure Automation now...
Azure Automation provides the ability to automate, configure, and deploy updates across your hybrid environment using serverless automation. These capabilities are now generally available for all...
View ArticleJoin Microsoft at Supercomputing Frontiers Europe
If you’re in Warsaw, Poland March 12-15, you’ll want to come and join Microsoft at Supercomputing Frontiers Europe. This conference is a great opportunity to come together with high-performance...
View ArticleCompare outlier detection methods with the OutliersO3 package
by Antony Unwin, University of Augsburg, Germany There are many different methods for identifying outliers and a lot of them are available in R. But are outliers a matter of opinion? Do all methods...
View ArticlePython in Visual Studio Code – Feb 2018 Release
We are pleased to announce that the February 2018 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available from the marketplace and the gallery. You can the download the Python extension...
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