VSTS Update – Nov 28
This week we will be deploying our sprint 126 work. This deployment is probably one of the most complicated in a while. Quite a lot of it actually rolled out at our Connect(); event the week before...
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Azure Analysis Services integration with Azure Diagnostic Logs
We are pleased to announce that Azure Analysis Services is integrated with Azure Monitor Resource Diagnostic Logs. Diagnostic logging is a key feature for IT owned BI implementations. We have taken...
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Configuring HTTPS in ASP.NET Core across different platforms
As the web moves to be more secure by default, it’s more important than ever to make sure your websites have HTTPS enabled. And if you’re going to use HTTPS in production its a good idea to develop...
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How to download embedded videos with F12 Tools in your browser
I got an email this week asking how to download some of my Azure Friday video podcast videos from http://friday.azure.com as well as some of the Getting Started Videos from Azure.com.NOTE: Respect...
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How to generate a Secret Santa list with R
Several recent blog posts have explored the Secret Santa problem and provided solutions in R. This post provides a roundup of various solutions and how they are implemented in R. If you wanted to set...
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ADL Tools for Visual Studio Code (VSCode) supports Python & R Programming
We are thrilled to introduce support for Azure Data Lake (ADL) Python and R extensions within Visual Studio Code (VSCode). This means you can easily add Python or R scripts as custom code extensions in...
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R 3.4.3 released
R 3.4.3 has been released, as announced by the R Core team today. As of this writing, only the source distribution (for those that build R themselves) is available, but binaries for Windows, Mac and...
View ArticleNovember extensions round-up: Actionable Insights for Agile teams and a...
The round-up is back for November! I’m sorry for not posting in October. My wife and I welcomed our second child, a girl, into the world. I was at home spending time with them because they grow up so...
View ArticleAnnouncing public preview of Wiki search
Search wiki pages Over time as teams document more content in wiki pages, finding relevant content becomes increasingly difficult. To maximize collaboration, you need the ability to easily discover...
View ArticleTop stories from the VSTS community – 2017.12.01
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. TOP STORIES #LearningVSTS – Creating My First Visual Studio Team Services Site and Team...
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Announcing JUnit Support for Visual Studio Code
Today, we’re pleased to release a new extension to our Visual Studio Code Java extension family – Test Runner/Debugger for Java. It’s a lightweight test runner/debugger with below features we hope you...
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Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17046 now available
Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17046 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17046 contains bug fixes and under...
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A case study in messy data analysis: the Australian same-sex marriage survey
Last month the Australian people signaled their approval of legalizing same-sex marriage by a 62%:38% margin in a national survey. (On a personal note, I was elated and relieved by the result: my...
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Because it’s Friday: The Whole of the Moon
As we've noted before, the Solar System is a big place. You can watch a voyage from the Sun to Jupiter, and it takes 45 minutes at the speed of light. A scale model of the Solar System, with the Sun...
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Azure Cloud Shell – your own bash shell and container – right...
Visual Studio Code has a HUGE extension library. There's also almost two dozen very nice Azure specific extensions as well as extensions for Docker, etc. If you write an Azure extension yourself, you...
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Accelerated 3D VR, sure, but impress me with a nice ASCII progress bar or...
I'm glad you have a 1080p 60fps accelerated graphics setup, but I'm old school. Impress me with a really nice polished ASCII progress bar or spinner! I received two tips this week about cool .NET Core...
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Lift, shift, and modernize using containers on Azure Service Fabric
Azure Service Fabric is a distributed systems platform that is the foundational technology powering core Azure infrastructure, as well as other Microsoft services such as Skype for Business, Azure...
View ArticleDeployment strategies defined
This post is authored by Itay Shakury, Cloud Solution Architect. In the world of devops practices and cloud native infrastructure, the concept of deployments has evolved from an uninteresting...
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Breaking on DOM Mutations in the Microsoft Edge DevTools
Editor’s note: This continues the series we began last week, highlighting what’s new and improved in the Microsoft Edge DevTools with EdgeHTML 16. As the web platform evolves, the line between web and...
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Extend your desktop application with Windows 10 features using the new Visual...
Visual Studio 2017 15.4 introduced the new Windows Application Packaging project to help you modernizing your application by using the new Windows 10 App Deployment Stack. We talked about it in our...
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