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Improving the debugging experience for std::function
We received a Visual Studio User Voice suggestion to make “StepInto” go directly to user code, skipping past standard library (std::function) implementation details. We recently worked on this...
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UPDATE – Web Applications with ASP.NET Core Architecture and Patterns...
Updated for ASP.NET Core 2.0 (Nov. 15th 2017) Earlier this year, we published an eBook/Guide and sample application offering guidance named Architecting Modern Web Applications with ASP.NET Core and...
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UPDATE – Microservices and Docker containers: Architecture, Patterns and...
Updated for .NET Core 2.0 “wave” of technologies (Nov. 15th 2017) Earlier this year, we published this eBook/guide and sample application offering guidance for architecting microservices and Docker...
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The City of Chicago uses R to issue beach safety alerts
Among the many interesting talks I saw a the Domino Data Science Pop-Up in Chicago earlier this week was the presentation by Gene Lynes and Nick Lucius from the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago...
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Announcing the Windows Compatibility Pack for .NET Core
Porting existing code to .NET Core used to be quite hard because the available API set was very small. In .NET Core 2.0, we already made this much easier, thanks to .NET Standard 2.0. Today, we’re...
View ArticleBing Maps V8 Web Control SDK November 2017 Update
The Bing Maps V8 Web Control has been updated in November with one key feature which lets you provide your Bing Maps key as a URL parameter of the map script URL rather than as a map option when...
View ArticleTop stories from the VSTS community – 2017.11.17
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. TOP STORIES First Look at VSTS Release Management Approval Gates – Mike DouglasWhen...
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Managing Secrets Securely in the Cloud
You’ve probably heard some version of the story about a developer who mistakenly checked in his AWS S3 key to Github. He pulled the key within 5 minutes but still racked up a multi-thousand dollar bill...
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Announcing .NET 4.7.1 Tools for the Cloud
Today we are releasing a set of providers for ASP.NET 4.7.1 that make it easier than ever to deploy your applications to cloud services and take advantage of cloud-scale features. This release...
View ArticleHighlights from the Connect(); conference
Connect();, the annual Microsoft developer conference, is wrapping up now in New York. The conference was the venue for a number of major announcements and talks. Here are some highlights related to...
View ArticleBecause it’s Friday: Better living through chemistry
This video is a compilation of some spectacular chemical reactions, with a few physics demonstrations thrown in for good measure. (But hey, chemistry is just applied physics, right?). That's all from...
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#AzureSQLDW cost savings with optimized for elasticity and Azure Functions –...
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is Microsoft’s SQL analytics platform, the backbone of your Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). The service is designed to allow customers to elastically, and independently, scale...
View ArticleR3 on Azure: Strengthening our partnership
Blockchain is increasingly prevalent as a topic of interest in our conversations with business leaders. A growing number of our customers and partners are experimenting with the technology as a secure...
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Announcing the public preview of Azure Media Clipper
We are excited to announce the public preview of new capabilities in Azure Media Services (AMS) for composing media clips and stitching together rendered videos. Azure Media Clipper is a free...
View ArticleTime to migrate off Access Control Service
Access Control Service, otherwise known as ACS, is officially being retired. ACS will remain available for existing customers until November 7, 2018. After this date, ACS will be shut down, causing all...
View ArticleAzure SQL Databases Disaster Recovery 101
Why should I care? As a PaaS service, Azure SQL provides automated backup for all databases. It allows customers to recover their data from system or human errors and restores the databases to any...
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Public preview of new Azure Policy features
In the week of the Microsoft Ignite Conference, we announced a private preview of a set of new features for Azure Policies in Azure Compute session, Azure Governance session, and Azure Resource Manager...
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Jenkins on Azure update – ACI experiment and AKS support
I attended a Jenkins Meetup a while back and saw how the engineering team of a local company leveraged Jenkins pipelines and microservices architecture to simplify their build pipelines. It’s obvious...
View ArticleLast week in Azure: News from Connect(); 2017, Azure Virtual Data Center, and...
As covered in Scott Guthrie's post, the annual Microsoft Connect(); event last week focused on developing for the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge to put "AI into the hands of every developer so...
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Azure Advisor – your personalized best practices service got better
This blog post was co-authored by Matt Wagner, Program Manager, Microsoft Azure. Azure Advisor is your personalized cloud service for Azure best practices that help you to improve availability, enhance...
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