Accelerate your business revolution with IoT in Action
There’s a revolution underway that is positioning companies to take operational efficiency to new levels and inform the next generation of products and services. This revolution of course, is the...
View ArticleADF v2: Visual Tools enabled in public preview
ADF v2 public preview was announced at Microsoft Ignite on Sep 25, 2017. With ADF v2, we added flexibility to ADF app model and enabled control flow constructs that now facilitates looping, branching,...
View ArticleHow Azure Security Center helps analyze attacks using Investigation and Log...
Every second counts when you are under attack. Azure Security Center (ASC) uses advanced analytics and global threat intelligence to detect malicious threats, and the new capabilities empower you to...
View ArticleLast week in Azure: WAF integrates with Azure Security Center, and more
The first full work week of 2018 was a light week for new Azure functionality since everyone was returning from the holidays, but that won't last for long. Headlines #Azure #SQLDW, the cost benefits of...
View ArticleVcpkg: Introducing the upgrade command
If you’re just getting started and want to learn more about vcpkg, check out our initial post. We recently added a new option to vcpkg (i.e. vcpkg contact –survey) to provide a direct way to share your...
View ArticleA simple way to set up a SparklyR cluster on Azure
The SparklyR package from RStudio provides a high-level interface to Spark from R. This means you can create R objects that point to data frames stored in the Spark cluster and apply some familiar R...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 17069 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 17069 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17069 contains bug fixes and under...
View ArticleImprovements to the DevTools Console in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
We made significant improvements to the Microsoft Edge DevTools in EdgeHTML 16 with the Windows 10 Fall Creator’s Update, including new support for DOM mutation breakpoints and event and CSS inspection...
View ArticleAnnouncing TypeScript 2.7 RC
Today we’re publishing the Release Candidate of TypeScript 2.7. To get started with the RC, you can access it through NuGet, or use npm with the following command: npm install -g typescript@rc Visual...
View ArticleMicrosoft R Open 3.4.3 now available
Microsoft R Open (MRO), Microsoft's enhanced distribution of open source R, has been upgraded to version 3.4.3 and is now available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This update upgrades the R...
View ArticleVisual Studio Code C/C++ extension Jan 2018 update
Today we are shipping the first update of the year to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension! This update includes IntelliSense and code navigation performance improvements and a CPU Usage setting for...
View ArticleAnnouncing IoT extension for Azure CLI 2.0
We recently released a new open source IoT extension that adds to the capabilities of Azure CLI 2.0. Azure CLI 2.0 includes commands for interacting with Azure Resource Manager and management...
View ArticleDecember 2017 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our December top 10 contributors! Alberto Morillo and Visakh Murukesan maintain their top positions. This Leaderboard initiative was started in October 2016 to recognize the top...
View ArticleRegistration and talk proposals now open for useR!2018
Registration is now open for useR! 2018, the official R user conference to be held in Brisbane, Australia July 10-13. If you haven't been to a useR! conference before, it's a fantastic opportunity to...
View ArticleC++ Core Check in Visual Studio 2017 15.6 Preview 2
This post was written by Sergiy Oryekhov. Note that some of the links to docs.microsoft.com do not yet resolve. Not all of the official documentation has yet been written for this topic. Visual Studio...
View ArticleJanuary 2018 VSTS Hosted Agent Image Updates
The January 2018 updates are rolling out this week and should complete by the end of the day Friday January 19, 2018 GitHub Release #1801 Visual Studio 2017 on Windows Server 2016 Disabled IE Welcome...
View ArticleTop stories from the VSTS community – 2017.01.19
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. TOP STORIES Improve Software Testing – Take The Driving Seat – Phil EdwardBefore you...
View ArticleShow off your skills with #AzureTrivia
When you were a kid, everything you encountered was novel and filled you with a sense of wonder. You were an explorer. An inventor. A scientist. A gamer. An astronaut. Now, you’re solving problems...
View ArticleBecause it’s Friday: Principles and Values
Most companies publish mission and vision statements, and some also publish a detailed list of principles that underlie the company ethos. But what makes a good collection of principles, and does...
View ArticleRunning BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv, DOSBox, plus telnet fun...
I continue to enjoy seeing what can be done with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) but even more fun is combining CMD.exe (the Windows console), Ubuntu on Windows (WSL), and DOSBox (an x86 emulator...
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