A Cosmonaut’s guide to the latest Azure Cosmos DB announcements
At Microsoft Build 2019 we announced exciting new capabilities, including the introduction of real-time operational analytics using new built in support for Apache Spark and a new Jupyter notebook...
View ArticleMay Security Release: Patches available for Azure DevOps Server 2019, TFS...
For the May security release, we are releasing fixes for vulnerabilities that impact Azure DevOps Server 2019, TFS 2018, TFS 2017, and TFS 2015. Thanks to everyone who has been participating in our...
View ArticleIntroduction to AzureKusto
By Hong Ooi and Alex Kyllo This post is to announce the availability of AzureKusto, the R interface to Azure Data Explorer (internally codenamed “Kusto”), a fast, fully managed data analytics service...
View ArticleQuick Info Improvements in Visual Studio 2019: Colorization and Search Online
The Quick Info tooltip has received a couple of improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3. Quick Info Colorization While Quick Info was previously all black text, the tooltip now...
View Article.NET Framework May 2019 Security and Quality Rollup
Today, we are releasing the May 2019 Cumulative Update, Security and Quality Rollup, and Security Only Update. Security CVE-2019-0820 – Denial of Service Vulnerability A denial of service vulnerability...
View ArticleAzure Pipelines Now Supports Additional Hosted macOS Versions
Azure Pipelines, our hosted CI/CD solution, has been offering developers the ability to build and test applications using Microsoft-hosted macOS and Xcode agents, including apps for iOS and watchOS....
View Article.NET Core May 2019 Updates – 1.0.16, 1.1.14, 2.1.11 and 2.2.5
Today, we are releasing the .NET Core May 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. NOTE: If you are a Visual...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 18894 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 18894 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 18894 contains bug fixes and under...
View ArticleDefault implementations in interfaces
Default implementations in interfaces With last week’s posts Announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5 and Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 3, the last major feature of C# 8.0 is now available in...
View ArticleIntroducing the Try .NET Global Tool – interactive in-browser...
If you find yourself learning C# and .NET and come upon the "Run your first C# Program" documentation you may have noticed a "Try the code in your browser" button that lets you work through your first...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure portal May 2019 update
This month is packed with updates on the Azure portal, including enhancements to the user experience, resource configuration, management tools and more. Sign in to the Azure portal now and see for...
View ArticleExploring new frontiers for Git push performance
In previous posts I’ve talked about performance improvements that our team contributed to the Git community. At Microsoft, we’ve been pushing Git to its limits with the largest and busiest Git...
View ArticleAnnouncing Microsoft Web Template Studio
Today, we are excited to announce an early release of Microsoft Web Template Studio, a cross-platform extension for Visual Studio Code that simplifies and accelerates creating new full-stack web...
View ArticleWhat’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 151 + Microsoft Build announcements
Sprint 151 finished rolling out to all organisations end of last week and you can check out all the cool features in the release notes. Here is just a snapshot of some of the features that you can...
View ArticlePerformance Improvements in .NET Core 3.0
Back when we were getting ready to ship .NET Core 2.0, I wrote a blog post exploring some of the many performance improvements that had gone into it. I enjoyed putting it together so much and received...
View ArticleRogers builds a more inclusive culture that supports diverse team members,...
Inclusivity is a priority for building a modern workplace at Rogers Communications, a leading Canadian media company. From office renovations to Microsoft 365 business software with built-in assistive...
View ArticleBuilding the inclusive workplace we imagine, together
Today marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day, one of the days we celebrate the progress made by our customers and partners to create more inclusive workplaces, as well as look ahead to what more we...
View ArticleAccelerate bot development with Bot Framework SDK and other updates
Conversational experiences have become the norm, whether you’re looking to track a package or to find out a store’s hours of operation. At Microsoft Build 2019, we highlighted a few customers who are...
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