One Email Rule – Have a separate Inbox and an Inbox CC to reduce email...
I've mentioned this tip before but once more for the folks in the back. This email productivity tip is a game-changer for most information workers. We all struggled with email. Some of us just declare...
View ArticleOne Email Rule – Have a separate Inbox and an Inbox CC to reduce email...
I've mentioned this tip before but once more for the folks in the back. This email productivity tip is a game-changer for most information workers. We all struggled with email. Some of us just declare...
View ArticleCray in Azure for weather forecasting
When we announced our partnership with Cray, it was very exciting news. I received my undergraduate degree in meteorology, so my mind immediately went to how this could be a benefit to weather...
View ArticleSpring Security Azure AD: Wire up enterprise grade authentication and...
We are pleased to announce that Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is integrated with Spring Security to secure your Java web applications. With only few lines of configurations, you can wire up...
View ArticleMigrating to Azure SQL Database with zero downtime for read-only workloads
Special thanks to MSAsset engineering team’s Peter Liu (Senior Software Engineer), Vijay Kannan (Software Engineer), Sathya Muhandiramalage (Senior Software Engineer), Bryan Castillo (Principal...
View ArticleVisual Studio Code C/C++ extension Feb 2018 update
The February 2018 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is here! In addition to several bug fixes, this update added colorization for inactive code regions, making it easy to read C and C++...
View ArticleTFS 2018.1 RTM is available
Today we released the final build of Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 1. The key links are: TFS 2018.1 Release notes TFS 2018.1 Web installer TFS 2018.1 ISO image TFS 2018.1 Express edition Web...
View ArticleIntroducing backup for Azure file shares
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of backup for Azure file shares. Azure Files is a cloud-first file share solution with support for industry standard SMB protocol. Through this...
View ArticleSync SQL data in large scale using Azure SQL Data Sync
Azure SQL Data Sync allows users to synchronize data between Azure SQL Databases and SQL Server databases in one-direction or bi-direction. This feature was first introduced in 2012. By that time,...
View ArticleNew Azure GxP guidelines help pharmaceutical and biotech customers build GxP...
We recently released a detailed set of GxP qualification guidelines for our Azure customers. These guidelines give life sciences organizations, such as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, a...
View ArticleUnlock Query Performance with SQL Data Warehouse using Graphical Execution Plans
The Graphical Execution Plan feature within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is now supported for SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW)! With a click of a button, you can create a graphical representation of...
View ArticleThe Squishy Side of Open Source
A few months back my friend Keeley Hammond and I did a workshop for Women Who Code Portland called The Squishy Side of Open Source. We'd done a number of workshops before on how to use Git and the...
View ArticleMonitor network connectivity to applications with NPM’s Service Endpoint...
As more and more enterprises are hosting their applications in cloud and are relying more on SaaS and PaaS applications to provide services, they are increasingly becoming dependent on multiple...
View ArticleNew VSTS Messaging Extension for Microsoft Teams
Today we are releasing our new Messaging Extension to add to the integrations between Microsoft Teams and Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). The messaging extension allows you to search, find, and...
View ArticleYour guide to Azure services for apps built with Xamarin
When talking about app development today, the cloud is almost always part of the conversation. While many developers have an idea of the benefits that cloud can offer them – scalability, ready-to-use...
View ArticleMachine Learning in R with TensorFlow
Modern machine learning platforms like Tensorflow have to date been used mainly by the computer science crowd, for applications like computer vision and language understanding. But as JJ Allaire...
View ArticleGet started with Azure Cosmos DB through this technical training series
Are you building a new application which requires low latency at any scale? Or are you in the process of migrating your NoSQL databases to the cloud? Or looking for the right resources to help you get...
View ArticleLUIS.AI: Automated Machine Learning for Custom Language Understanding
This blog post was co-authored by Riham Mansour, Principal Program Manager, Fuse Labs. Conversational systems are rapidly becoming a key component of solutions such as virtual assistants, customer...
View ArticleUsing AI to automatically redact faces in videos
In the last few years, many law enforcement agencies have adopted body worn cameras. In this blog post, I will provide some background on what is driving the growth and will talk about how AI can help...
View ArticleVNet service endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available
This blog post was co-authored by Anitha Adusumilli, Principal Program Manager, Azure Networking. We are excited to announce the general availability of Virtual Network (VNet) Service Endpoints for...
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