Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension October 2017 update
Yesterday we shipped the October 2017 update of the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension. Following the lightbulb suggestions for IntelliSense include path feature that was shipped last month, we’re...
View ArticleCray Supercomputers are coming to Azure
I’m thrilled to share our new, exclusive partnership with Cray that will provide our customers unprecedented access to supercomputing capabilities in Azure to solve their toughest challenges in climate...
View ArticleFv2 VMs are now available, the fastest VMs on Azure
Today, I’m excited to announce the general availability of our new Fv2 VM family. Azure now offers the fastest Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor, code-named Skylake, in the public cloud. In Azure, we...
View ArticleTransactional replication to Azure SQL Database is now generally available
We are excited to announce that transactional replication to Azure SQL Database is now generally available (GA). This feature allows you to migrate your on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure SQL...
View ArticleLast week in Azure: Cloud Service Map, Azure Red Shirt Dev Tour, & more
Here are the five things to know from last week in Azure: 1. Translating AWS to Azure with the Cloud Service Map "And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?" One of the...
View ArticleTruffle 4.0 beta 2 now available on Azure
Truffle has created a toolset used by developers building decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain. While other tools exist, Truffle focuses on the developer experience and the unique...
View Article.NET Core Performance Profiling with Intel® VTune™ Amplifier 2018
This post was written by Varun Venkatesan, Li Tian, and Juan Rodriguez, engineers at Intel. They are excited to share .NET Core-specific enhancements that Intel has made to VTune Amplifier 2018. We’re...
View ArticleOpen Sourcing the Java Debugger for Visual Studio Code
Since we first released our Java Debugger extension for Visual Studio Code on September 28, it quickly became the most trending extension of the month. And of course, lots of feedback and suggestions...
View ArticleRemote tasks in Visual Studio
We have introduced a new capability to run remote tasks in Visual Studio 2017 15.5 Preview 2. This capability allows you to run any command on a remote system that is defined in Visual Studio’s...
View ArticleVSTS SSH on Azure’s Global Network
Over the past few months, we’ve been moving SSH for Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) onto Azure’s global network. As part of the move, we’re asking our SSH users to update their remotes to new SSH...
View ArticleARM GCC Cross Compilation in Visual Studio
In Visual Studio 2017 15.5 Preview 2 we are introducing support for cross compilation targeting ARM microcontrollers. To enable this in the installation choose the Linux development with C++ workload...
View ArticleStatistical Machine Learning with Microsoft ML
MicrosoftML is an R package for machine learning that works in tandem with the RevoScaleR package. (In order to use the MicrosoftML and RevoScaleR libraries, you need an installation of Microsoft...
View ArticleVcpkg: Using multiple enlistments
Vcpkg allows you to acquire and build 3rd party libraries on Windows. Once cloned, the vcpkg directory (enlistment) provides a stable set of libraries that are all compatible and based on the latest...
View ArticleIntroducing AKS (managed Kubernetes) and Azure Container Registry improvements
Today, we are proud to announce the preview of AKS (Azure Container Service), our new managed Kubernetes service. We have seen customers fall in love with our current Kubernetes support on Azure...
View ArticleBlk.io brings an ERC-20 token service using Quorum to Azure
blk.io has been hard at work on products to support the enterprise build applications powered by blockchain. This includes driving the web3j group of projects. They have also built a service for...
View ArticleHow Azure Security Center automates the detection of cyber attack
Earlier this year, Greg Cottingham wrote a great article breaking down an example of an Azure Security Center detected attack against SQL Server. In this post, we'll go into more detail on the way that...
View ArticleWebinar: Level-up Your Unity Games with Visual Studio, C#, and Azure Easy Tables
Join David Antognoli on Tuesday, November 7th at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 4 pm UTC for our “Build Better Games with Unity and Microsoft Azure” webinar. He’ll show you how to add an Azure cloud data store...
View ArticleAnalytic reports improvements within Dev Center
As part of our continuous effort to deliver insights to you that help make key business decisions about your apps easier, the Dev Center team is excited to announce a few updates to analytic reports....
View ArticleUnit Testing: Test Adapter for Google Test goes in-box!
If you’re just getting started and want to learn more about C++ Unit Testing, check out our tutorial. Here on the Visual C++ team, we want to make your unit testing experience as enjoyable as...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2017 Version 15.5 Preview
Yesterday we released the second Preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 and we would love it if you would try it out and tell us what you think. We’ve polished up some features that were introduced...
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