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Announcing JUnit Support for Visual Studio Code
Today, we’re pleased to release a new extension to our Visual Studio Code Java extension family – Test Runner/Debugger for Java. It’s a lightweight test runner/debugger with below features we hope you...
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Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17046 now available
Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17046 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17046 contains bug fixes and under...
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A case study in messy data analysis: the Australian same-sex marriage survey
Last month the Australian people signaled their approval of legalizing same-sex marriage by a 62%:38% margin in a national survey. (On a personal note, I was elated and relieved by the result: my...
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Because it’s Friday: The Whole of the Moon
As we've noted before, the Solar System is a big place. You can watch a voyage from the Sun to Jupiter, and it takes 45 minutes at the speed of light. A scale model of the Solar System, with the Sun...
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Azure Cloud Shell – your own bash shell and container – right...
Visual Studio Code has a HUGE extension library. There's also almost two dozen very nice Azure specific extensions as well as extensions for Docker, etc. If you write an Azure extension yourself, you...
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Accelerated 3D VR, sure, but impress me with a nice ASCII progress bar or...
I'm glad you have a 1080p 60fps accelerated graphics setup, but I'm old school. Impress me with a really nice polished ASCII progress bar or spinner! I received two tips this week about cool .NET Core...
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Lift, shift, and modernize using containers on Azure Service Fabric
Azure Service Fabric is a distributed systems platform that is the foundational technology powering core Azure infrastructure, as well as other Microsoft services such as Skype for Business, Azure...
View ArticleDeployment strategies defined
This post is authored by Itay Shakury, Cloud Solution Architect. In the world of devops practices and cloud native infrastructure, the concept of deployments has evolved from an uninteresting...
View ArticleLast week in Azure: Location-based services, Azure Migrate, and more
In addition to several stories and announcements last week related to data and analytics in Azure, we announced two significant public previews. First, at AutoMobility LA, we announced the public...
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Breaking on DOM Mutations in the Microsoft Edge DevTools
Editor’s note: This continues the series we began last week, highlighting what’s new and improved in the Microsoft Edge DevTools with EdgeHTML 16. As the web platform evolves, the line between web and...
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Extend your desktop application with Windows 10 features using the new Visual...
Visual Studio 2017 15.4 introduced the new Windows Application Packaging project to help you modernizing your application by using the new Windows 10 App Deployment Stack. We talked about it in our...
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Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.5, Visual Studio for Mac Released
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View ArticleAI School: Microsoft R and SQL Server ML Services
If you'd like to learn how you use R to develop AI applications, the Microsoft AI School now features a learning path focused on Microsoft R and SQL Server ML Services. This learning path includes...
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Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service is generally available
The Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service is now available with the same great support you've come to know and expect from Azure IoT services. The Device Provisioning Service enables customers to...
View ArticleMicrosoft IoT Central delivers low-code way to build IoT solutions fast
Following a successful limited preview, today we are announcing the public preview of Microsoft IoT Central. Microsoft IoT Central is the first true highly scalable IoT SaaS solution that has built-in...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Lv2-Series VMs powered by the AMD EPYC™ processor
Providing a diverse set of Virtual Machine sizes and the latest hardware is crucial to making sure that our customers get industry-leading performance for every one of their workloads. Today, I am...
View ArticleResumable Online Index Rebuild is generally available for Azure SQL DB
We are delighted to announce the general availability of Resumable Online Index Rebuild (ROIR) for Azure SQL DB. With this feature, you can resume a paused index rebuild operation from where the...
View ArticleDatabase Scoped Global Temporary Tables are generally available for Azure SQL DB
We are delighted to announce the general availability of Database Scoped Global Temporary Tables for Azure SQL DB. Similar to global temporary tables for SQL Server (tables prefixed with...
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HDInsight Tools for VSCode supports Azure environments worldwide
To better serve HDInsight customers worldwide, HDInsight Tools for VSCode now can be connected to all the Azure environments which host HDInsight services. This includes Azure government and regional...
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Don’t build your cloud home on shaky foundations
You probably wouldn’t furnish a house you’re building with a state of the art entertainment system without first installing doors and an alarm system. Similarly, it isn’t advisable to put valuable...
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