In case you missed it: March 2018 roundup
In case you missed them, here are some articles from March of particular interest to R users. The reticulate package provides an interface between R and Python. BotRNot, a Shiny application that uses a...
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Explore CosmosDB with .NET Core and MongoDB
Have you had to design general purpose “metadata” tables in your SQL database that basically store column names and values? Do you often serialize/de-serialize XML or JSON from your SQL tables to...
View ArticleMSVC now correctly reports __cplusplus
The MSVC compiler’s definition of the __cplusplus predefined macro leaps ahead 20 years in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Preview 3. This macro has stubbornly remained at the value “199711L”,...
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C++ code analysis: configure rules from the command line
This post written by Sunny Chatterjee and Andrew Pardoe Visual Studio version 15.7 Preview 3 introduces a new MSVC compiler switch, /analyze:ruleset, that configures code analysis runs. The primary...
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Spectre mitigation changes in Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.7 Preview 3
With Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Preview 3 we have two new features to announce with regards to our Spectre mitigations. First, the /Qspectre switch is now supported regardless of the selected...
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CMake Support in Visual Studio – Targets View, Single File Compilation, and...
Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 3 is now available, which includes several improvements to the CMake tools. The latest preview offers more control than ever over how to visualize, build, and manage...
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Announcing CodeLens for C++ Unit Testing
If you are just getting started with unit testing in C++, visit our testing startup guide. C++ developers in Visual Studio can now get their first taste of CodeLens! Specifically, Visual Studio 2017...
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IntelliSense for Remote Linux Headers
In Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 3 we are introducing IntelliSense for headers on remote Linux connections. This is part of the Linux development with C++ workload that you can choose in the Visual...
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Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Preview 3
Today we released the third preview of the next update: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7. The top highlights of this Preview include: Updates to Universal Windows Platform development C++ development...
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Three critical analytics use cases with Microsoft Azure Databricks
Data science and machine learning can be applied to solve many common business scenarios, yet there are many barriers preventing organizations from adopting them. Collaboration between data scientists,...
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Achieving GDPR compliance in the cloud with Microsoft Azure
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially goes into effect on May 25. Will your organization be ready? Very soon, the GDPR will replace the Data Protection Directive as the new global...
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New Disaster Recovery tutorials for Wingtip Tickets sample SaaS application
Continuing in our series of tutorials showcasing features of Azure SQL database that enable SaaS app management, we are introducing two new tutorials that explore disaster recovery strategies for...
View ArticleOffline media import for Azure
So many customers I talk to want to upload their offline data stores into the cloud. Yet, no one wants to spend hours and hours inserting tapes, connecting older hard disks, or figuring out how to...
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Statistics from R-bloggers
Tal Galili's R-bloggers.com has been syndicating blog posts about R for quite a while — from memory I'd say about 8 years, but I couldn't find the exact date it started aggregating. Anyway, it contains...
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Updating jQuery-based Lazy Image Loading to IntersectionObserver
Five years ago I implemented "lazy loading" of the 600+ images on my podcast's archives page (I don't like paging, as a rule) over here https://www.hanselminutes.com/episodes. I did it with jQuery and...
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Announcing Improvements to Maps Related Searches for the UK
The Bing Maps team is happy to announce several improvements we have made to maps related searches on Bing.com for the UK market. Over the last few months we have been hard at work lighting up features...
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Announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 2
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 2. The release is now ready for broad testing, as we get closer to a final build within the next two to three months. We’d appreciate any feedback that...
View ArticleAnnouncing Entity Framework Core 2.1 Preview 2
Today we’re releasing the second preview of EF Core 2.1, alongside .NET Core 2.1 Preview 2 and ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 2. Thank you so much to everyone who has tried our early builds and has helped...
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Enhanced capabilities to monitor, manage, and integrate SQL Data Warehouse in...
Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) continues to introduce updates to the Azure portal to provide a seamless user experience when monitoring, managing, and integrating your data warehouse. Support for...
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Rubikloud leverages Azure SQL Data Warehouse to disrupt retail market with...
In the modern retail environment, consumers are well-informed and expect intuitive, engaging, and informative experiences when they shop. To keep up, retailers need solutions that can help them delight...
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