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Transparent Data Encryption with customer managed keys in Azure SQL Database...
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse. This is one...
View ArticleTFS 2018 Update 2 RC2
We have released Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 2 RC2. You can see details about Update 2, including some key new features, in our RC1 blog post. RC2 is our last planned release before TFS 2018...
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Blazor 0.2.0 release now available
Just a few weeks ago we announced the first preview release of an experimental web UI framework called Blazor. Blazor enables full-stack web development using C# and WebAssembly. So far thousands of...
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Library Manager: Client-side content manager for web apps
If you’re developing a modern web app, chances are your app will reference client-side JavaScript and CSS files like jQuery, bootstrap, or Angular libraries. Maybe you copy these from a previous...
View ArticleWhat’s new in VSTS Sprint 132 Update
The Sprint 132 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) has rolled out to all accounts and includes several features to help you scale your build and release pipeline. If you have multiple,...
View Article.NET Core April 2018 Update
Today, we are releasing the .NET Core April 2018 Update. This update includes .NET Core 1.0.11, 1.1.8 and 2.0.7. There are no new security fixes in this update. See April 2018 .NET Updates for other...
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Azure DDoS Protection for virtual networks generally available
This blog post was co-authored by JR Mayberry, Principal PM Manager, Azure Networking. Today we are excited to announce the general availability of the Azure DDoS Protection Standard service in all...
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Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB: NoSQL data access on Azure
We are pleased to announce that Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB is now available to provide essential Spring Data support for Azure Cosmos DB using SQL API. Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s globally...
View ArticleAltair democratizes access to computer-aided engineering with Azure
My high school physics teacher taught us about metal fatigue by having everyone bend paper clips back and forth until they broke. In the real world, engineers use computer simulations to test their...
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Windows Template Studio 2.0 is now available!
Windows Template Studio has released our 2.0 release and can’t wait for everyone to create some amazing applications with it. Template Studio is an open source project whose sole goal is to get you...
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Uber overtakes taxis in New York City
In an update to his analysis of taxi and ride-share trips, Todd Schnieder reports that the number of daily Uber rides exceeds the number of taxi rides in New York City, as of November 2017. The data is...
View ArticleParticipate in the 2018 Windows Developer Community Pulse
Every year, we ask for just a few minutes of your time so that we can better understand how the developer community uses the Windows platform and tooling. The survey is a collaboration between Windows...
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What Happened to Bower?
Bower is a popular package management system for managing static content used by client-side web applications. Visual Studio provides rich support for Bower, including templates and package management...
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Python in Visual Studio 15.7 Preview 4
Today we have released the first preview of our next update to Visual Studio 2017. You will see a notification in Visual Studio within the next few days, or you can download the new installer from...
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Publish Improvements in Visual Studio 2017 15.7
Today we released Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 4. Our 15.7 update brings some exciting updates for publishing applications from Visual Studio that we’re excited to tell you about, including: Ability...
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Announcing Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 4
As you know we continue to incrementally improve Visual Studio 2017 (version 15), and our 7th significant update is currently well under way with the 4th preview shipping today. As we’re winding down...
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Performance Improvements in .NET Core 2.1
Back before .NET Core 2.0 shipped, I wrote a post highlighting various performance improvements in .NET Core 2.0 when compared with .NET Core 1.1 and the .NET Framework. As .NET Core 2.1 is in its...
View ArticleWindows Community Standup – Improvements for Web and Backend Developers in...
During our April Windows Community Standup, we discussed a few recent Windows 10 features that will help improve your development experience. Without further ado, let’s dive into the features we spoke...
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How to setup Signed Git Commits with a YubiKey NEO and GPG and Keybase on...
This week in obscure blog titles, I bring you the nightmare that is setting up Signed Git Commits with a YubiKey NEO and GPG and Keybase on Windows. This is one of those "it's good for you" things like...
View ArticleUpdated documentation for Visual Studio Build Tools container
I’ve updated the documentation for building a Docker container image for Visual Studio Build tools based on recent feedback that managed code may fail to run. In the case of MSBuild, you might see an...
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