Microsoft IoT Hackathon accelerates solutions across industries
Houston, Texas, has become a hub for digital innovation, making it the ideal location for the Microsoft IoT Hackathon that took place May 13-15. Fed by a competitive university system, Houston’s...
View ArticleExtension Spotlight – 7pace Timetracker
The Azure DevOps Marketplace keeps on growing, with around 1,000 extensions used every day by our customers. While it’s easy to find and search for something you know you need to solve a problem (like...
View ArticleHB-series Azure Virtual Machines achieve cloud supercomputing milestone
New HPC-targeted cloud virtual machines are first to scale to 10,000 cores Azure Virtual Machine HB-series are the first on the public cloud to scale a MPI-based high performance computing (HPC) job to...
View ArticleAzure.Source – Volume 84
Now available All U.S. Azure regions now approved for FedRAMP High impact level We’re now sharing our ability to provide Azure public services that meet U.S. Federal Risk and Authorization Management...
View ArticleCMake 3.14 and Performance Improvements
In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2 we have updated the version of CMake we ship inbox to CMake 3.14. This comes with performance improvements for extracting generated build system...
View ArticlePorting desktop apps to .NET Core
Since I’ve been working with the community on porting desktop applications from .NET Framework to .NET Core, I’ve noticed that there are two camps of folks: some want a very simple and short list of...
View ArticlePiper Command Center BETA – Build a game controller from scratch with...
Back in 2018 I posted my annual Christmas List of STEM Toys and the Piper Computer Kit 2 was on the list. My kids love this little wooden "laptop" comprised of a Raspberry Pi and an LCD screen. You...
View ArticlePython in Visual Studio Code – May 2019 Release
We are pleased to announce that the May 2019 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. You can download the Python extension from the Marketplace, or install it directly...
View ArticleAzure IoT Edge Tools Extension (Preview) Announcement
We’re excited to announce the preview availability of the new Azure IoT Edge Tools Extension (Preview) for Visual Studio 2019. The extension provides a rich set of functionalities to support...
View ArticleKey causes of performance differences between SQL managed instance and SQL...
Migrating to a Microsoft Azure SQL Database managed instance provides a host of operational and financial benefits you can only get from a fully managed and intelligent cloud database service. Some of...
View ArticleSimplifying event-driven architectures with the latest updates to Event Grid
Event-driven architectures are increasingly replacing and outpacing less dynamic polling-based systems, bringing the benefits of serverless computing to IoT scenarios, data processing tasks or...
View ArticleIsolate app integrations for stability, scalability, and speed with an...
Innovation at scale is a common challenge facing large organizations. A key contributor to the challenge is the complexity in coordinating the sheer number of apps and environments. Integration tools,...
View ArticleSimplify the management of application configurations with Azure App...
We’re excited to announce the public preview of Azure App Configuration, a new service aimed at simplifying the management of application configuration and feature flighting for developers and IT. App...
View ArticleVisual Studio Extensibility Day 2019 was a hit
On Friday, May 10th we hosted both internal and external Visual Studio extension authors in the Workshop room in building 18 on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond. It was a full day event with keynotes...
View ArticleTake your analog data digital for a faster, more efficient way to work
At Microsoft, we’ve been developing ways for you to easily move analog data into a digital format to help you be more productive. The post Take your analog data digital for a faster, more efficient way...
View ArticleNew to Microsoft 365 in May—new tools to streamline compliance and make...
This month, we’re introducing new tools to help simplify compliance, app updates to boost productivity, and features to foster secure, collaborative user experiences. The post New to Microsoft 365 in...
View ArticleAI, Machine Learning and Data Science Roundup: May 2019
A monthly roundup of news about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science. This is an eclectic collection of interesting blog posts, software announcements and data applications from...
View ArticleAnnouncing TypeScript 3.5
Today we’re happy to announce the availability of TypeScript 3.5! If you’re new to TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on JavaScript that adds optional static types. TypeScript code gets...
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