Improved cloud service performance through ASIC acceleration
Delivering new, transformational capabilities increasingly requires that we develop for ourselves competencies which we’d previously turned to our suppliers for. Our experience building Azure public...
View ArticleAzure SQL Data Warehouse releases new capabilities for performance and security
As the amount of data stored and queried continues to rise, it becomes increasingly important to have the most price-performant data warehouse. While we’re excited about being the industry leader in...
View ArticleSigning into Azure DevOps using your GitHub credentials
Across all of Microsoft, we are focusing on empowering developers to build better apps, faster. One way we are accomplishing that is by providing a range of products and services covering all stages of...
View ArticleIntroducing diagnostics improvements in .NET Core 3.0
In .NET Core 3.0, we are introducing a suite of tools that utilize new features in the .NET runtime that make it easier to diagnose and solve performance problems. These runtime features help you...
View ArticleAddressSanitizer (ASan) for the Linux Workload in Visual Studio 2019
In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3 we have integrated AddressSanitizer (ASan) into Visual Studio for Linux projects. ASan is a runtime memory error detector for C/C++ that catches the...
View ArticlePay-per-GB pricing and more Azure Artifacts updates
Azure Artifacts is the one place for all of the packages, binaries, tools, and scripts your software team needs. It’s part of Azure DevOps, a suite of tools that helps teams plan, build, and ship...
View ArticleAnnouncing Entity Framework 6.3 Preview with .NET Core Support
The first preview of the EF 6.3 runtime is now available in NuGet. Note that the package is versioned as 6.3.0-preview5. We plan to continue releasing previews of EF 6.3 every month in alignment with...
View ArticleIntroducing the new Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
Those of you who have been following .NET development closely have very likely seen Scott Hunter’s latest blog post, .NET Core is the Future of .NET. The change in focus of .NET Framework towards...
View ArticleTake your machine learning models to production with new MLOps capabilities
This blog post was authored by Jordan Edwards, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Azure. At Microsoft Build 2019 we announced MLOps capabilities in Azure Machine Learning service. MLOps, also known as...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 18890 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 18890 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 18890 contains bug fixes and under...
View ArticleAnnouncing TraceProcessor Preview 0.1.0
Process ETW traces in .NET. Background Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) is a powerful trace collection system built-in to the Windows operating system. Windows has deep integration with ETW, including...
View ArticleWhat’s new in R 3.6.0
A major update to the open-source R language, R 3.6.0, was released on April 26 and is now available for download for Windows, Mac and Linux. As a major update, it has many new features, user-visible...
View ArticleLinux Development with C++ in Visual Studio 2019: WSL, ASan for Linux,...
In Visual Studio 2019 you can target both Windows and Linux from the comfort of a single IDE. In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3 we announced several new features specific to the Linux...
View ArticleTop Stories from Microsoft Build – 2019.05.10
Whew, what a week! Microsoft Build 2019 has come and gone, and what an amazing conference it was. There were so many great announcements for Microsoft products, and for Azure and DevOps in particular....
View ArticleSystems Thinking as important as ever for new coders
I was at the Microsoft BUILD conference last week and spent some time with a young university student who came prepared. I was walking between talks and he had a sheet of paper organized with...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Azure Pipelines app for Microsoft Teams
As developers, we spend considerable time and energy on monitoring builds and releases. To help us be more efficient, we are excited to announce the availability of the Azure Pipelines app for...
View ArticleAzure SQL Database Edge: Enabling intelligent data at the edge
The world of data changes at a rapid pace, with more and more data being projected to be stored and processed at the edge. Microsoft has enabled enterprises with the capability of adopting a common...
View ArticleLenovo’s new ThinkBook S series—built for business
Lenovo’s new ultra-slim ThinkBook S series is designed for small to medium-sized businesses who need security, reliability, and support services. The post Lenovo’s new ThinkBook S series—built for...
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