Model comparison and merging for Azure Analysis Services
Relational-database schema comparison and merging is a well-established market. Leading products include SSDT Schema Compare and Redgate SQL Compare, which is partially integrated into Visual Studio....
View ArticleVelocity Widget available for Analytics Extensions
The Velocity Widget is now available for those who’ve installed the Analytics Extension. The Velocity Widget provides functionality not available in the Velocity Chart displayed on the Backlog view,...
View ArticleThe End of an Era – Next Steps for Adobe Flash
Today, Adobe announced that Flash will no longer be supported after 2020. Microsoft will phase out support for Flash in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer ahead of this date. Flash led the way on the...
View ArticleSQL Server 2017 release candidate now available
SQL Server 2017, the next major release of the SQL Server database, has been available as a community preview for around 8 months, but now the first full-featured release candidate is available for...
View Article.NET Framework July 2017 Quality Update
You can now install the July 2017 Quality Update for the .NET Framework. It applies to multiple Windows versions. This update resolves known issue 4033488. It is recommended on machines that have...
View ArticleFast and Easy Containers: Azure Container Instances
Containers have fundamentally changed the way developers develop their applications, the way applications are deployed, and the way system administrators manage their environments. Containers offer a...
View ArticleMicrosoft joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation
I’m excited to share that we have just joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as a Platinum member. CNCF is a part of the Linux Foundation, which helps govern for a wide range of...
View ArticleAnnouncing App Service Isolated, more power, scale and ease of use
Today, we are announcing the general availability of App Service Isolated, which brings the simplicity of multi-tenant App Service to the secure, dedicated virtual networks powered by App Service...
View ArticleAzure App Service Premium V2 in Public Preview
Azure App Service is announcing the Public Preview of the Premium V2 tier! App Service is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offer that allows you to quickly build, deploy, and scale enterprise-grade web,...
View ArticleEnhance Azure SQL Data Warehouse performance with new monitoring...
Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) is a SQL-based petabyte-scale, massively parallel, cloud solution for data warehousing. It is fully managed and highly elastic, enabling you to provision and scale...
View ArticleNVIDIA Shares How AI Helps Bing Search for Images Within Images
"Get the Picture: How AI Helps Bing Search for Images Within Images” is a post Bing is sharing from NVIDIA.Search just got smarter, thanks to AI and NVIDIA GPUs. Microsoft’s Bing now lets you search...
View ArticleWindows Store: video trailers, improved Store listings, advanced sales, and...
At Build 2017, the Windows Store announced the initial availability of several features. Today, I want to share with you that all accounts have access to these features: More ways to promote your apps...
View ArticleIntroducing Joyplots
This is a Joyplot: a series of histograms, density plots or time series for a series of samples, all aligned to the same horizontal scale and presented with a slight overlap. Peak time for sports and...
View ArticleThe new .NET Application Architecture Guidance
The .NET Team has been producing guidance for building microservices and container based applications, web applications and Xamarin.Forms mobile apps. You can use this guidance to help build your...
View ArticleThe week in .NET – MIST, F# in NYC, and links
Previous posts: Command Line Parser Library, .NET South East Links! Links! Package of the week: MIST The INotifyPropertyChanged interface is essential to many applications such as Windows Forms or WPF...
View ArticleImproved user settings in Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)
We’re excited to announce some upcoming changes that will make it easier to update your user settings. Here is a preview of what’s coming in Q4 2017. Coming Q4 2017 An update user interface (UI) to...
View Articledotnet sdk list and dotnet sdk latest
Can someone make .NET Core better with a simple global command? Fanie Reynders did and he did it in a simple and elegant way. I'm envious, in fact, because I spec'ed this exact thing out in a meeting a...
View ArticleAmping up your disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery
If you are in the process of building or revising your business continuity plans, it’s worth taking a look at Azure Site Recovery (ASR). ASR is a disaster recovery service that allows you to failover...
View ArticleImport Power BI Desktop files into Azure Analysis Services
Last week we released a preview of the Azure Analysis Services web designer. This new browser-based experience will allow developers to start creating and managing Azure Analysis Services (AAS)...
View ArticleApp Service Environment v2 release announcement
We are happy to announce an upgrade to the App Service Environment. The App Service Environment (ASE) is a powerful feature offering of the Azure App Service that gives network isolation and improved...
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