Real-time serverless applications with the SignalR Service bindings in Azure...
Since our public preview announcement at Microsoft Ignite 2018, every month thousands of developers worldwide have leveraged the Azure SignalR Service bindings for Azure Functions to add real-time...
View ArticleAzure Databricks – New capabilities at lower cost
Azure Databricks provides a fast, easy, and collaborative Apache Spark™-based analytics platform to accelerate and simplify the process of building big data and AI solutions backed by industry leading...
View ArticleBuild a CI/CD pipeline for API Management
APIs have become mundane. They have become the de facto standard for connecting apps, data, and services. In the larger picture, APIs are driving digital transformation in organizations. With the...
View ArticleUpdated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Revenue Share
As of March 5th, the Microsoft Store team has updated the Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement (ADA). The next time you log into your Partner Center dashboard, you or someone with an administrative...
View ArticleJoin the Bing Maps team at NAFA 2019 I&E
The Bing Maps team will be at NAFA 2019 Institute & Expo, known as the largest event for fleet professionals, April 15 – 17 in Louisville, Kentucky. Stop by booth #706, to learn more about the Bing...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 18346 available now!
On Tuesday, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 18346 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 18346 contains bug fixes and...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Open Sourcing of Windows Calculator
Today, we’re excited to announce that we are open sourcing Windows Calculator on GitHub under the MIT License. This includes the source code, build system, unit tests, and product roadmap. Our goal is...
View ArticleASP.NET Core updates in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 3
.NET Core 3.0 Preview 3 is now available and it includes a bunch of new updates to ASP.NET Core. Here’s the list of what’s new in this preview: Razor Components improvements: Single project template...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Core 3 Preview 3
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 3. We would like to update you on the .NET Core 3.0 schedule and introduce you to improvements in .NET Core SDK installers, Docker containers, Range, and...
View ArticleMaking C++ Exception Handling Smaller On x64
Visual Studio 2019 Preview 3 introduces a new feature to reduce the binary size of C++ exception handling (try/catch and automatic destructors) on x64. Dubbed FH4 (for __CxxFrameHandler4, see below), I...
View ArticleMicrosoft continues to build the case for data estate modernization on Azure
Special thanks to Rik Tamm-Daniels and the Informatica team for their contribution to this blog post. With the latest release of Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft doubles-down on Azure SQL DW as...
View ArticleWindows Developer Twitch Workshop
On March 14th starting at 8AM PT, we’ll be hosting a free Windows Developer Twitch Workshop for .NET developers working with WPF, WinForms or UWP framework. The day will be split into three themes...
View ArticleWindows Desktop Developer Twitch Workshop (March 14, 2019)
Today we’d like to announce an upcoming free live streaming workshop on March 14th, 2019 focused on Windows Desktop development for .NET applications using frameworks such as WPF, WinForms and UWP. The...
View ArticleWhere to find the worst weather in the US
Which US city has the worst weather? To answer that question, data analyst Taras Kaduk counted the number of pleasant days in each city and ranked them accordingly. For this analysis, a "pleasant" day...
View ArticleIntel and Microsoft bring optimizations to deep learning on Azure
This post is co-authored with Ravi Panchumarthy and Mattson Thieme from Intel. We are happy to announce that Microsoft and Intel are partnering to bring optimized deep learning frameworks to Azure....
View ArticleBlazor 0.9.0 experimental release now available
Blazor 0.9.0 is now available! This release updates Blazor with the Razor Components improvements in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 3. New Razor Component improvements now available to Blazor apps: Improved...
View ArticleHow to parse string dates with a two digit year and split on the right...
So you've been asked to parse some dates, except the years are two digit years. For example, dates like "12 Jun 30" are ambiguous...or are they? If "12 Jun 30" is intended to express a birthday, given...
View ArticleAzure Stack IaaS – part 3
This blog post was co-authored by David Armour Principal PM Manager, Azure Stack and Tiberiu Radu, Senior Program Manager, Azure Stack. Foundation of Azure Stack IaaS Remember back in the...
View ArticleTop Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.03.08
It’s been a busy week here on the Azure DevOps team – we’ve been busy putting the finishing touches on Azure DevOps Server 2019 and getting it out the door. Azure DevOps Server is the new name for Team...
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