A wonderfully unholy alliance – Real Linux commands for PowerShell with...
I posted recently about What's the difference between a console, a terminal, and a shell? The world of Windows is interesting - and a little weird and unfamiliar to non-Windows people. You might use...
View ArticleTop Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.10.04
Time flies, and it is October already. Pumpkins are everywhere, even in Azure DevOps! If you are looking for a fun automation project for Halloween, check out our last story for this week. PowerApps...
View ArticleNow is the time to make a fresh new Windows Terminal profiles.json
I've been talking about it for months, but in case you haven't heard, there's a new Windows Terminal in town. You can download it and start using it now from the Windows Store. It's free and open...
View ArticleAzure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows are now generally available
In today’s data-driven world, big data processing is a critical task for every organization. To unlock transformational insights and embrace a data-driven culture, companies need tools to help them...
View ArticleMeasuring your return on investment of Azure as a compliance platform
Today we’re pleased to introduce the release of Microsoft Azure is Helping Organizations Manage Regulatory Challenges More Effectively, a new International Data Corporation (IDC) white paper based on...
View ArticleClient provided keys with Azure Storage server-side encryption
Microsoft Azure Storage offers several options to encrypt data at rest. With client-side encryption you can encrypt data prior to uploading it to Azure Storage. You can also choose to have Azure...
View ArticleCustomer Provided Keys with Azure Storage Service Encryption
Azure storage offers several options to encrypt data at rest. With client-side encryption you can encrypt data prior to uploading it to Azure Storage. You can also choose to have Azure storage manage...
View ArticleSAP on Azure–Designing for availability and recoverability
This is the third in a four-part blog series on Designing a great SAP on Azure Architecture. Robust SAP on Azure Architectures are built on the pillars of security, performance and scalability,...
View ArticleJoin the Bing Maps team at Microsoft Ignite 2019 in Orlando, Florida
The Bing Maps team is looking forward to seeing you at Microsoft Ignite 2019, in Orlando, Florida, November 4th through the 8th. If you are attending the event, we hope you will enjoy our sessions and...
View ArticleIntroducing Azure Spring Cloud: fully managed service for Spring Boot...
As customers have moved their workloads to the cloud, we’ve seen a growth in the use of cloud-native architectures, particularly microservices. Microservice-based architectures help improve scalability...
View ArticleVisual Studio extensibility is better with IntelliCode
Installing the Visual Studio extension development workload presents you with a choice of optional components. And looking at the component list might leave you rather confused. Because how are various...
View ArticleAI, Machine Learning and Data Science Roundup: September/October 2019
A 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 Microsoft...
View ArticleCode analysis with clang-tidy in Visual Studio
Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 Preview 1 brings a significant improvement to the C++ code analysis experience: native support for clang-tidy, a Clang-based “linter” tool developed by the LLVM Project...
View Article.NET Framework October 2019 Security and Quality Rollup
Today, we are releasing the October 2019 Security and Quality Rollup and Cumulative Updates for .NET Framework. Security No new security fixes. See September 2019 Security and Quality Rollup for the...
View ArticleAnnouncing Support for Native Editing of Jupyter Notebooks in VS Code
With today’s October release of the Python extension, we’re excited to announce the support of native editing of Jupyter notebooks inside Visual Studio Code! You can now directly edit .ipynb files and...
View ArticlePython in Visual Studio Code – October 2019 Release
We are pleased to announce that the October 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...
View ArticleThe new evergreen Bingbot simplifying SEO by leveraging Microsoft Edge
Today we’re announcing that Bing is adopting Microsoft Edge as the Bing engine to run JavaScript and render web pages. Doing so will create less fragmentation of the web and ease Search Engines...
View ArticleLeveraging Cognitive Services to simplify inventory tracking
Who spends their summer at the Microsoft Garage New England Research & Development Center (or “NERD”)? The Microsoft Garage internship seeks out students who are hungry to learn, not afraid to try...
View ArticleCIS Azure Security Foundations Benchmark open for comment
One of the best ways to speed up securing your cloud deployments is to focus on the most impactful security best practices. Best practices for securing any service begins with a fundamental...
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