AVX2 floating point improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5
In Visual Studio 2019 We’ve been working hard on optimizing floating point operations with AVX2 instructions. This post will outline work done so far and recent improvements made in version 16.5. The...
View Article.NET Core 3.0 will reach End of Life on March 3, 2020
.NET Core 3.0 will reach end of life on March 3, 2020. It is a “Current” release and is superseded by .NET Core 3.1, which was released on December 3, 2019. After that time, .NET Core patch updates...
View ArticleThe Performance Benefits of Final Classes
The final specifier in C++ marks a class or virtual member function as one which cannot be derived from or overriden. For example, consider the following code: struct base { virtual void f() const...
View ArticleFebruary ML.NET Model Builder Updates
ML.NET is a cross-platform, machine learning framework for .NET developers. Model Builder is the UI tooling in Visual Studio that uses Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) to train and consume custom...
View ArticleThe Spring 2020 Roadmap for Visual Studio published
The Visual Studio roadmap has been updated to provide a peek into the work planned for Visual Studio through June 2020. It captures significant capabilities that we plan to add, but it’s not a...
View ArticleAzure IoT Introduces seamless integration with Cisco IoT
The pace of technological change is relentless across all markets. Edge computing continues to play an essential role in allowing data to be managed closer to its source, where workloads can range from...
View ArticleEmpowering the NFL with Microsoft Surface and Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is expanding our deep technology partnership with the National Football League to help them digitally transform and empower the people who make the game of football great—the coaches,...
View ArticleEnabling Endpoint Routing in OData
Few months ago we announced an experimental release of OData for ASP.NET Core 3.1, and for those who could move forward with their applications without leveraging endpoint routing, the release was...
View ArticleAnnouncing preview of Backup Reports
We recently announced a new solution, Backup Explorer, to enable you as a backup administrator to perform real-time monitoring of your backups, helping you achieve increased efficiency in your...
View ArticleHow to write a Roslyn Analyzer
Roslyn analyzers inspect your code for style, quality, maintainability, design and other issues. Because they are powered by the .NET Compiler Platform, they can produce warnings in your code as you...
View ArticleMigrating OData V3 Services to OData V4 without Disrupting Existing Clients
The migration from your existing OData V3 services to V4 can be challenging if there are some clients that cannot be easily upgraded, like the ones running on on-premises resources. The OData V3...
View ArticleOur commitment to customers during COVID-19
With COVID-19 continuing to impact people and countries around the world, workers everywhere are transitioning to remote work. And they’re using Microsoft Teams to chat, meet, call, learn, and...
View ArticleIoT Signals healthcare report: Key opportunities to unlock IoT’s promise
The cost of healthcare is rising globally and to tackle this, medical providers, from hospitals to your local doctor’s office, are looking to IoT to streamline processes and minimize costs. Few...
View ArticleReimagining healthcare with Azure IoT
Providers, payors, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences companies are leading the next wave of healthcare innovation by utilizing connected devices. From continuous patient monitoring, to optimizing...
View ArticleData agility and open standards in health: FHIR fueling interoperability in...
Data agility in healthcare; it sounds fantastic, but there are few data ecosystems as sophisticated and complex as healthcare. The path to data agility can often be elusive. Leaders in health are...
View ArticleAnalyze your builds programmatically with the C++ Build Insights SDK
We’re happy to announce today the release of the C++ Build Insights SDK, a framework that gives you access to MSVC build time information via C and C++ APIs. To accompany this release, we are making...
View ArticleEmpowering care teams with new tools in Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 announces new capabilities to improve communication and collaboration in healthcare, allowing clinicians to focus on better patient safety, quality of care, and reduced costs. The post...
View ArticleOData Connected Service 0.4.0 Release
OData Connected Service 0.4.0 has been released and is now available on the Visual Studio Marketplace. The new version adds the following features: Support for Visual Studio 2019 (in addition to Visual...
View ArticleAccelerate your Windows Virtual Desktop deployment—join our virtual event
Join us on March 19 to learn about the newest updates that help you accelerate your deployment. Hear live presentations and get best practices from the team building the solution. The post Accelerate...
View ArticleMaking a cleaner and more intentional azure-pipelines.yml for an ASP.NET Core...
A few months back I moved my CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Development) to Azure DevOps for free. You get 1800 build minutes a month FREE and I'm not even close to using it with three...
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