Making every developer more productive with Visual Studio 2019
Today, in the Microsoft Connect(); 2018 keynote, Scott Guthrie announced the availability of Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1. This is the first preview of the next major version of Visual Studio. In this...
View ArticleAnnouncing Open Source of WPF, Windows Forms, and WinUI at Microsoft...
At Build 2018, I outlined our approach to helping you be more productive when developing apps, including the introduction of .NET Core 3.0. We also started decoupling many parts of the Windows...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Core 2.2
We’re excited to announce the release of .NET Core 2.2. It includes diagnostic improvements to the runtime, support for ARM32 for Windows and Azure Active Directory for SQL Client. The biggest...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Core 3 Preview 1 and Open Sourcing Windows Desktop Frameworks
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3 Preview 1. It is the first public release of .NET Core 3. We have some exciting new features to share and would love your feedback. You can develop .NET Core 3...
View ArticleAnnouncing Live Share for C++: Real-Time Sharing and Collaboration
C++ developers using Visual Studio 2019 16.0 Preview 1 or Visual Studio Code can now use Live Share. With Live Share you can share the full context of your code, enabling collaborative editing and...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 18290 available now!
Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 18290 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 18290 contains bug fixes and under...
View ArticleAnnouncing WPF, WinForms, and WinUI are going Open Source
Buckle up friends! Microsoft is open sourcing WPF, Windows Forms (winforms), and WinUI, so the three major Windows UX technologies are going open source! All this is happening on the same day as .NET...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure portal December 2018 update
This post was co-authored by Leon Welicki, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Azure. This month we’re bringing updates to help improve the usability of creating and managing virtual machines in...
View ArticleSONiC: Global support and updates
Over the past few years, SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud), our open switch OS, has been in the fast lane. A diverse group of community partners have actively engaged with us to...
View ArticleAzure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2 now supports lower compute tiers
Microsoft is helping drive down the entry-level cost of running a data warehouse capable of handling demanding queries by adding lower compute tiers for the blazing fast Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2....
View ArticleAzure obtains automotive industry’s TISAX compliance
Microsoft data centers and operations centers handling Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Dynamics 365 have been evaluated by independent auditors as meeting the strong security requirements of the...
View ArticlePower and simplicity: new Outlook mobile design helps you get things done faster
Tailored to help you get things done faster, gratifying and powerful experiences of Outlook mobile are exemplified in a new design. The post Power and simplicity: new Outlook mobile design helps you...
View ArticleVisual Studio IntelliCode supports more languages and learns from your code
At Build 2018, we announced Visual Studio IntelliCode, a set of AI-assisted capabilities that improve developer productivity. IntelliCode includes features like contextual IntelliSense code completion...
View ArticleIntelliCode for TypeScript/JavaScript
At Build 2018, Microsoft announced Visual Studio IntelliCode, a set of capabilities that provide AI-assisted development. In collaboration with the IntelliCode team, we are excited to announce that we...
View ArticleAn easy way to bring back your Azure VM with In-Place restore
We are excited to announce In-Place restore of disks in IaaS VMs along with simplified restore improvements in Azure Backup. This feature helps roll back or fix corrupted virtual machines through...
View ArticleApply the latest Azure Site Recovery capabilities with automatic agent update
One of the biggest hassles faced by administrators while using services provided by cloud providers is the need to catch up with the latest release and stay up-to-date. This involves downloading the...
View ArticlePower and simplicity: new Outlook mobile design helps you get things done faster
Tailored to help you get things done faster, gratifying and powerful experiences of Outlook mobile are exemplified in a new design. The post Power and simplicity: new Outlook mobile design helps you...
View ArticleAI-Assisted Code Completion Suggestions Come to C++ via IntelliCode
After reading and writing enough code, you begin to notice certain usage patterns. For example, if a stream is open, it will eventually be closed. More interestingly, if a string is used in the context...
View Article.NET Framework December 5, 2018 Preview of Cumulative Update for Windows 10...
Today, we are releasing the December 5, 2018 Preview of .NET Framework Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. For more information about the new Cumulative Updates for...
View ArticleGender Diversity in the R and Python Communities
Many (if not most) tech communities have far more representation from men than from women (and even fewer from nonbinary folk). This is a shame, because everybody uses software, and these projects...
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