Highlights from the useR! 2018 conference in Brisbane
he fourteenth annual worldwide R user conference, useR!2018, was held last week in Brisbane, Australia and it was an outstanding success. The conference attracted around 600 users from around the world...
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.NET Core Code Coverage as a Global Tool with coverlet
Last week I blogged about "dotnet outdated," an essential .NET Core "global tool" that helps you find out what NuGet package reference you need to update. .NET Core Global Tools are really taking off...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Framework 4.8 Early Access build 3632
We released the first Early Access build for the .NET Framework 4.8 last month (June-2018) and are happy to announce the next build (3632) for your feedback. This is one of the in-development builds of...
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Python in Visual Studio Code – June & July 2018 Release
We are pleased to announce that the June & July 2018 releases of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available from the marketplace and the gallery. You can download the Python...
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Introducing the Python Language Server
Visual Studio has long been recognized for the quality of its IntelliSense (code analysis and suggestions) across all languages, and has had support for Python since 2011. We are pleased to announce...
View ArticleScore one for the IT Pro: Azure File Sync is now generally available!
Azure File Sync replicates files from your on-premises Windows Server to an Azure file share. With Azure File Sync, you don’t have to choose between the benefits of cloud and the benefits of your...
View ArticleAdopting the word “organization”
In our interactions with users, we see a lot of confusion over the word account. Currently we use account to mean things like https://contoso.visualstudio.com and things like admin@contoso.com. To...
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Come see us at EuroPython 2018!
Next week is the EuroPython conference from July 23-29 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Microsoft is a platinum sponsor of EuroPython this year, and are looking forward to meeting you there! Be sure to come by...
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AltCover and ReportGenerator give amazing code coverage on .NET Core
I'm continuing to explore testing and code coverage on open source .NET Core. Earlier this week I checked out coverlet. There is also the venerable OpenCover and there's some cool work being done to...
View ArticleDashboard Updates in Public Preview
We’re excited to announce updates to the new dashboard experience. This new experience lets you: Easily switch between your team’s dashboards Fine tune team permissions on individual dashboards Find...
View ArticleA hex sticker wall, created with R
Bill Venables, member of the R Foundation, co-author of the Introduction to R manual, R package developer, and one of the smartest and nicest (a rare combo!) people you will ever meet, received some...
View ArticleAdvisory on July 2018 .NET Framework Updates
The July 2018 Security and Quality Rollup updates for .NET Framework was released earlier this month. We have received multiple customer reports of applications that fail to start or don’t run...
View ArticleTop Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2018.07.20
This week I’ve been busy talking with Open Source developers and users at OSCON, explaining how VSTS can enable their builds with our hosted (or on-premises!) build agents. Meanwhile, we’ve seen some...
View ArticleScore one for the IT Pro: Azure File Sync is now generally available!
Azure File Sync replicates files from your on-premises Windows Server to an Azure file share. With Azure File Sync, you don’t have to choose between the benefits of cloud and the benefits of your...
View ArticleBuild secure Oozie workflows in Azure HDInsight with Enterprise Security Package
Customers love to use Hadoop and often rely on Oozie, a workflow and coordination scheduler for Hadoop to accelerate and ease their big data implementation. Oozie is integrated with the Hadoop stack,...
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Accelerated and Flexible Restore Points with SQL Data Warehouse
We are thrilled to announce that SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) has released accelerated and flexible restore points for fast data recovery. SQL DW is a fully managed and secure analytics platform for the...
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IoT: the catalyst for better risk management in insurance
Thought leader Matteo Carbone has titled his book All the Insurance Players Will Be Insurtech. He means that insurance companies that embrace digital transformation and technologies will lead the...
View ArticleAzure.Source – Volume 41
Now in preview Azure Service Fabric Mesh is now in public preview - Azure Service Fabric Mesh is a fully-managed service that enables developers to deploy and operate containerized applications without...
View ArticleWindows UI Library Preview released!
We’re excited to announce the first preview release of the Windows UI Library! The Windows UI Library (or WinUI for short) is a new way to get and use Fluent controls and styles for building Windows 10...
View ArticleBuild secure Oozie workflows in Azure HDInsight with Enterprise Security Package
Customers love to use Hadoop and often rely on Oozie, a workflow and coordination scheduler for Hadoop to accelerate and ease their big data implementation. Oozie is integrated with the Hadoop stack,...
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