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OS Disk Swap for Managed Virtual Machines now available
Today, we are excited to announce the availability of the OS Disk Swap capability for VMs using Managed Disks. Until now, this capability was only available for Unmanaged Disks. With this capability,...
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Making IT simpler with a modern workplace
There is a simple way to explain one of the biggest threats to any organization’s infrastructure. It’s just one word: complexity. Complexity is the absolute enemy of security and productivity. The...
View ArticleVSTS Public Projects Limited Preview
Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) offers a suite of DevOps capabilities to developers including Source control, Agile planning, Build, Release, Test and more. But until now all these features require...
View ArticleTop stories from the VSTS community – 2018.04.27
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics, listed in no specific order: TOP STORIES Tip: Creating Task Groups with Azure Service...
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A maze-solving Minecraft robot, in R
Last week at the New York R Conference, I gave a presentation on using R in Minecraft. (I've embedded the slides below.) The demo gods were not kind to me, and while I was able to show building a...
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Cosmos DB Solves Common Data Challenges in App Development
When considering how to implement your application with a relational database, it can change how you build it dramatically. Some of these challenges include adding an abstract implementation of the...
View ArticleBecause it’s Friday: Every Wes Anderson Movie
I've found the Honest Trailers series a bit hit-and-miss: sometimes the virtual eyebrow arches just a bit too sharply. But this take on Wes Anderson's films is spot on, and actually makes for a loving...
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Adding Cross-Cutting Memory Caching to an HttpClientFactory in ASP.NET Core...
Couple days ago I Added Resilience and Transient Fault handling to your .NET Core HttpClient with Polly. Polly provides a way to pre-configure instances of HttpClient which apply Polly policies to...
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Turbocharge cloud analytics with Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Data is transformative. The ability to turn data into breakthrough insights is foundational to remain relevant in an increasingly competitive market. To help our customers deliver fast insights from...
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Adaptive caching powers Azure SQL Data Warehouse performance gains
Today we made Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) Compute Optimized Gen2 Tier generally available to our customers. Even though data and data sources grow exponentially, organizations continue to demand...
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Write Accelerator for M-Series virtual machines now generally available
We are excited to announce the general availability of a new feature for Azure virtual machines (VMs) called Write Accelerator! Write Accelerator is a new disk capability that offers customers...
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Azure.Source – Volume 29
Microsoft Build 2018 is only a short week away on May 7-9. Whether you can’t make it to Seattle or you just want to enhance your on-the-ground experience at the event, Microsoft Build Live brings you...
View ArticleAzCopy on Linux now generally available
Today we are announcing the general availability release of AzCopy on Linux. AzCopy is a command line data transfer utility designed to move large amounts of data to and from Azure Storage with optimal...
View ArticleSafeguard your business with new security features for Microsoft 365 Business
Many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are concerned about their ability to protect their business from cyberattacks and keep their data safe—but lack basic protection against the most common...
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Secure credential management for ETL workloads using Azure Key Vault and Data...
Secure credential management is essential to protect data in the cloud. With Azure Key Vault, you can encrypt keys and small secrets like passwords that use keys. Azure Data Factory is now integrated...
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Make a sculpture in LEGO from a photo, with R
The entrance to our office in Redmond in is adorned with this sculpture of our department logo, rendered in LEGO: We had fun with LEGO bricks at work this week. APEX is our internal team name, this was...
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What’s new in Microsoft Edge in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update
The next update to Microsoft Edge is now available with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update! This update includes EdgeHTML 17, the next major version of Microsoft Edge’s rendering engine, as well as new...
View ArticleStart developing on Windows 10 April 2018 Update today
We’re excited to announce that the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (build 17134.1) and SDK is now available. You may also know this as Windows 10, version 1803. A few new features and APIs sure to become...
View ArticleMicrosoft R Open 3.4.4 now available
An update to Microsoft R Open (MRO) is now available for download on Windows, Mac and Linux. This release upgrades the R language engine to version 3.4.4, which addresses some minor issues with...
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New Calendar, Mail, and mobile Outlook features help you get things done
You have emails to respond to, things to take care of, and places to be! New Outlook features—across Windows, Mac, web, and mobile—help you manage your time and keep what matters most front and center....
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