ASP.NET Core and Blazor updates in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7
.NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 is now available and it includes a bunch of new updates to ASP.NET Core and Blazor. Here’s the list of what’s new in this preview: Latest Visual Studio preview includes .NET...
View ArticleNow available: Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1, Release Candidate 2
Today, we are announcing the release of Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1 RC2. This is our last planned prerelease before our final release of Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1. This second release...
View ArticleAnnouncing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 7 and Entity Framework 6.3...
Today, we are making new previews of EF Core 3.0 and EF 6.3 available on NuGet.Org. .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 and ASP.NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 were also made available today. We encourage you to install...
View ArticleSkill up on Visual Studio 2019 with Pluralsight
With the launch of Visual Studio 2019 in April, we announced having partnered with Pluralsight to provide new training content to help you build your skills with Visual Studio 2019. We’re thrilled to...
View ArticleCaching and faster artifacts in Azure Pipelines
I’m excited to announce the public previews of pipeline caching and pipeline artifacts in Azure Pipelines. Together, these technologies can make every run of your pipeline faster by accelerating the...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.2 is now available (and a Preview for 8.3)
Today we are announcing the release of Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.2, as well as Preview 1 of version 8.3. We have a lot of new features and updates in both releases that we’d like to share...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2019 version 16.2 Generally Available and 16.3 Preview 1
Today we are making Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2 generally available, as well as Preview 1 of version 16.3. You can download both versions from VisualStudio.com. If you already have Preview...
View ArticleVisual Studio Code C/C++ Extension: July 2019 Update
The July 2019 update of the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is now available. This release includes many new features, including semantic colorization and improvements to the IntelliSense...
View ArticleAzure publishes guidance for secure cloud adoption by governments
Governments around the world are in the process of a digital transformation, actively investigating solutions and selecting architectures that will help them transition many of their workloads to the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office 365 now available from new South Africa cloud datacenters
To help enable digital transformation and societal impact across Africa, Office 365 is now generally available from our new cloud datacenters in South Africa. The post Microsoft Office 365 now...
View ArticleAccessing virtual machines behind Azure Firewall with Azure Bastion
Azure Virtual Network enables a flexible foundation for building advanced networking architectures. Managing heterogeneous environments with various types of filtering components, such as Azure...
View ArticleImproved Linker Fundamentals in Visual Studio 2019
On the C++ team we’ve heard loud and clear from users that build times are a pain point. So we’ve continued our focus on improving the step, linking, that dominates F5 build times. Fast F5 build times,...
View ArticleShare packages publicly from Azure Artifacts – Public Preview
Azure Artifacts, part of Azure DevOps, offers the ability to host and share Maven, npm, NuGet, and Python package feeds within your organization. Over time, one of the most consistent requests we’ve...
View ArticleDiscover how Microsoft 365 can help health providers adapt in an era of...
For years, patient data management has meant one thing—secure the data. Market and regulatory changes now require that providers go beyond securing the data to also sharing the data. Open data sharing...
View ArticleTop Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.07.26
It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and I hope you are enjoying the lovely weather. For that moment when you need a break from the fun outdoor activities with your friends and family, here are...
View ArticleSystem.Text.Json and new built-in JSON support in .NET Core
In a world where JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is everywhere it's long been somewhat frustrating that .NET didn't have built-in JSON support. JSON.NET is great and has served us well but it's...
View ArticleIntegrating Cosmos DB with OData (Part 1)
We talked in previous articles about the pluggability of OData with any storage technology regardless of its schema, whether it’s a SQL-based storage, NoSQL, In-Memory or simply a file on a hard-drive....
View ArticleMSVC Backend Updates in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2
In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2 we continue to improve the C++ backend with build throughput improvements and new and improved optimizations. These build on top of our MSVC backend improvements in...
View ArticleAnnouncing general availability for the Azure Security Center for IoT
As organizations pursue digital transformation by connecting vital equipment or creating new connected products, IoT deployments will get bigger and more common. In fact, IDC forecasts that IoT will...
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