Important dates regarding apps with Windows Phone 8.x and earlier and Windows...
As a part of our Windows device life cycle, Microsoft Store will soon stop accepting new apps with Windows Phone 8.x or earlier or Windows 8/8.1 packages (XAP and APPX). Soon after that date, we will...
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Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6
Today we are announcing the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6. Our focus with this release has been to improve product reliability in various areas, with a special focus on the code editing...
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Azure Marketplace consulting offers: May
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. In May, 26 consulting offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: App Migration to Azure...
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DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) for Linux VMs now generally available
Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) in an Azure Linux Virtual Machine (VM) that offers a fast user space packet processing framework for performance intensive applications that bypass the VM’s kernel...
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Expanded Azure Blueprint for FFIEC compliant workloads
We are pleased to announce general availability of the expanded Blueprint for Federal Financial Institution Examination Council (FFIEC) regulated workloads. As more financial services customers moving...
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Logic Apps, Flow connectors will make Automating Video Indexer simpler than ever
Video Indexer recently released a new and improved Video Indexer V2 API. This RESTful API supports both server-to-server and client-to-server communication and enables Video Indexer users to integrate...
View ArticleWhat’s new in VSTS Sprint 138 Update
The Sprint 138 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) has rolled out to all organizations. In this update, test results for releases have been enhanced to group together test attempts and...
View Article.NET Core August 2018 Update
Today, we are releasing the .NET Core August 2018 Update. This update includes .NET Core 2.1.3 and .NET Core SDK 2.1.401. Getting the Update The latest .NET Core updates are available on the .NET Core...
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.NET Core August 2018 Update Today, we are releasing the .NET Core August 2018 Update. This update includes .NET Core 2.1.3 and .NET Core SDK 2.1.401. Getting the Update The latest .NET Core updates...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 17738 available now!
Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17738 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17738 contains bug fixes and under...
View ArticleA Microsoft DevSecOps Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Exercise
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) is a critical DevSecOps practice. As engineering organizations accelerate continuous delivery to impressive levels, it’s important to ensure that continuous...
View ArticleAnalytics Private Preview for Customers on TFS 2018 Update 2
Analytics is the new reporting platform for both Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). We are starting a Limited Private Preview of Analytics for TFS 2018 Update 2 in...
View Articlestd::string_view: The Duct Tape of String Types
Visual Studio 2017 contains support for std::string_view, a type added in C++17 to serve some of the roles previously served by const char * and const std::string& parameters. string_view is...
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How do you even know this crap?
This post won't be well organized so lower your expectations first. When Rob Conery first wrote "The Imposter's Handbook" I was LOVING IT. It's a fantastic book written for imposters by an imposter....
View ArticleMoving from Hosted XML Process to Inherited Process – Generally Available
Last month we announced a private preview that allows you to move projects that use a Hosted XML process to an Inherited process. We received a fare share of feedback, watched the telemetry, and made...
View ArticleMoving from Hosted XML Process to Inherited Process – Publicly Available
Last month we announced a private preview that allows you to move projects that use a Hosted XML process to an Inherited process. We received a fare share of feedback, watched the telemetry, and made...
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Reduce your exposure to brute force attacks from the virtual machine blade
Attackers commonly target open ports on Internet-facing virtual machines (VMs), spanning from port scanning to brute force and DDoS attacks. In case of a successful brute force attack, an attacker can...
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LibMan CLI Released
The Command Line Interface (CLI) is now available for Microsoft Library Manager (LibMan) and can be downloaded via NuGet. Look for Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.CLI The LibMan CLI is cross-platform, so...
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Respond to threats faster with Security Center’s Confidence Score
Azure Security Center provides you with visibility across all your resources running in Azure and alerts you of potential or detected issues. The volume of alerts can be challenging for a security...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.2.0-preview1 now available
Today we’re very happy to announce that the first preview of the next minor release of ASP.NET Core and .NET Core is now available for you to try out. We’ve been working hard on this release over the...
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