New Java documentation subsite for Visual Studio Online
Demonstrating Microsoft's continued commitment to enabling Java developers to fully utilize Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Studio Online (VSO), we have launched a documentation subsite...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC
We are pleased to announce the release of .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC today. This release includes ~150 fixes and some new features. You can read about the new fixes and features that are included in the...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015 Update 1 RC Available
Hello. Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 Release Candidate ( known issues ) is available now. It includes a number of goodies for C++ developers, but before we take a look, the Visual C++ team wants to thank...
View ArticleMSBuild.SonarQube.Runner v1.0.2 released (and renamed)
Yesterday, SonarSource officially released SonarQube C# Plugin 4.3 and version 1.0.2 of the MSBuild.SonarQube.Runner. An updated version of the MSBuild.SonarQube.Runner documentation has also been...
View ArticleSupport for Team Foundation Server 2015 in SonarQube TFVC SCM Plugin
We are happy to announce a new version of the SonarQube TFVC SCM plugin (2.1) that adds support for Team Foundation Server 2015. The previous version of the plug-in supports TFS 2013 and below. With...
View ArticleSupport for Active Directory and Single Sign On (SSO) in the SonarQube LDAP...
At Microsoft we have been working closely with SonarSource to improve the developer experience when using SonarQube server. An example is the new version (1.5) of the SonarQube LDAP Plugin. This...
View ArticleAnnouncing Public Preview for Visual Studio Team Services Code Search
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of Code Search in Visual Studio Team Services. With this release you can search for code across TFVC and Git projects in your Visual Studio Team...
View ArticleEntity Framework 7 RC1 Available
Today we are making Entity Framework 7 RC1 available. EF7 will be the next major release of Entity Framework and is currently in pre-release. When to use EF7As discussed in our EF7 – v1 or v7 post, EF7...
View ArticleAnnouncing ASP.NET 5 Release Candidate 1
As scheduled on our ASP.NET 5 roadmap and demonstrated during the Connect() event, we are proud to announce the availability of runtime and tooling for the RC1 release of ASP.NET 5. The framework and...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Core and ASP.NET 5 RC
Today, we are announcing .NET Core and ASP.NET 5 Release Candidate, supported on Windows, OS X and Linux. This release is "Go Live", meaning you can deploy apps into production and call Microsoft...
View ArticleAnnouncing the new Release Management service in Visual Studio Team Services
Today at Connect(), we announced the public preview of the new Release Management service in VSTS. This service helps you automate deployment of your application software to multiple environments all...
View Article.NET Core and ASP.NET Bug Bounty Update
As we've now released RC1 of .NET Core and ASP.NET restrictions on areas for investigation are now lifted. The entire cross platform stack, including networking is now in scope and eligible for bounty...
View ArticleSupport Ending for the .NET Framework 4, 4.5 and 4.5.1
As previously announced, starting January 12, 2016 Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, technical support or hotfixes for .NET 4, 4.5, and 4.5.1 frameworks. All other framework versions,...
View ArticleWCF Connected Service Visual Studio Extension Preview for ASP.NET 5 Projects
Over the years, many Visual Studio developers have enjoyed the productivity that Add Service Reference Dialog Box provided when their projects need to access Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)...
View ArticleSonarQube Scanner for MSBuild v1.1 released: static analysis now executed...
SonarSource have officially released SonarQube C# Plugin 4.4 and version 1.1 of the SonarQube Scanner for MSBuild. There have been no updates to the scanner documentation in this release, other that...
View ArticleASP.NET 5 is dead - Introducing ASP.NET Core 1.0 and .NET Core 1.0
This post originally appeared on Scott Hanselman's blog at: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNET5IsDeadIntroducingASPNETCore10AndNETCore10.aspxNaming is hard.There are only two hard things in Computer...
View ArticleMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 is available on Windows Update and WSUS
We are happy to announce that the .NET Framework 4.6.1 and its language packs are now available on Windows Update (WU) and WSUS for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. An offline installer is...
View ArticleUse SonarQube quality gates to control your Visual Studio Team Services builds
In Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server you can cause a build to fail if the code does not meet the conditions imposed by a SonarQube quality gate. This post describes how to...
View ArticleSonarQube Scanner for MSBuild v2.0 released: support for third-party Roslyn...
We are pleased to announce that SonarSource has officially released version 2.0 of the SonarQube Scanner for MSBuild and version 4.5 of the SonarQube C# Plugin. The release notes for the scanner and...
View ArticleAnnouncing ASP.NET WebHooks Release Candidate 1
We are very excited to announce the availability of ASP.NET WebHooks Release Candidate 1. Thank you for all the positive feedback, suggestions, pull requests, and comments to date – they are essential...
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