ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1 now available
Today we’re very happy to announce that the first preview of the next minor release of ASP.NET Core and .NET Core is now available for you to try out. We’ve been working hard on this release over the...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Improvements for using HTTPS
Securing web apps with HTTPS is more important than ever before. Browser enforcement of HTTPS is becoming increasingly strict. Sites that don’t use HTTPS are increasingly labeled as insecure. Browsers...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1. It is the first public release of .NET Core 2.1. We have great improvements that we want to share and that we would love to get your feedback on....
View ArticleAnnouncing Entity Framework Core 2.1 Preview 1
Today we are releasing the first preview of EF Core 2.1, alongside .NET Core 2.1 Preview 1 and ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 1. The new bits are available in NuGet as part of the individual packages, and as...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Using ASP.NET Core Previews on Azure App Service
There are 3 options to get ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview applications running on Azure App Service: Installing the Preview1 site extension Deploying your app self-contained Using Web Apps for Containers...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Getting started with SignalR
Since 2013, ASP.NET developers have been using SignalR to build real-time web applications. Now, with ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 1, we’re bringing SignalR over to ASP.NET Core so you can build real-time...
View ArticleNew releases: Microsoft R Client 3.4.3, Microsoft ML Server 9.3
An update to Microsoft R Client, Microsoft's distribution of open source R with additional proprietary packages — including RevoScaleR (for data analysis at scale) and MicrosoftML (for machine...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Introducing compatibility version in MVC
This post was written by Ryan Nowak In 2.1 we’re adding a feature to address a long-standing problem for maintaining MVC – how do we make improvements to framework code without making it too hard for...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Improvements for building Web APIs
ASP.NET Core 2.1 adds a number of features that make it easier and more convenient to build Web APIs. These features include Web API controller specific conventions, more robust input processing and...
View ArticleConfidently plan your cloud migration: Azure Migrate is now generally available!
A few months ago, we announced Azure Migrate – a new service that provides guidance and insights to help you migrate to Azure. Today, we're excited to announce that Azure Migrate is generally...
View ArticleVSTS and TFS roadmap update
This week we updated the roadmap (Feature Timeline) for Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server. Check it out to see many of the significant improvements we are working on/planning. If...
View ArticleThe UWP Community Toolkit v2.2
I am extremely excited to announce the latest update of the UWP Community Toolkit, v2.2. The credit for this release, as always, goes to the community, who have continued to support and improve the...
View ArticleThe R Consortium has funded half a million dollars to R projects
The R Consortium passed a significant milestone this month: since its inception, the non-profit body has provided more than US$500,000 in grant funding to project proposed by the R Community. The R...
View ArticleBing Maps Dev APIs Winter Update 2018
The Bing Maps team has been working hard this winter and have added some very useful features. So far this year the team has announced many improvements in geocoding and routing, as well as a an open...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1-preview1: Introducing HTTPClient factory
HttpClient factory is an opinionated factory for creating HttpClient instances to be used in your applications. It is designed to: Provide a central location for naming and configuring logical...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Improvements to IIS hosting
The ASP.NET Core Module (ANCM) is a global IIS module that has been responsible for proxying requests over from IIS to your backend ASP.NET application running Kestrel. Since 2.0 we have been hard at...
View ArticleAnnouncing new milestones for Microsoft Cognitive Services vision and search...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most disruptive forces behind the digital transformation of business. At Microsoft, we believe everyone—developers, data scientists and...
View ArticleAzure Data Lake launches in the West Europe region
Azure Data Lake Store and Azure Data Lake Analytics are now generally available in the West Europe region, in addition to the previously announced regions of East US 2, Central US, and North Europe....
View ArticleBing Entity Search API Now Generally Available
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Bing Entity Search API, which is now available in the United States and the following other markets: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany,...
View Article@CurrentIteration, Team Parameter, Offset
With our Sprint 131 update (rolling out over the next few weeks), there are some major changes coming to the @CurrentIteration macro used for work item queries. We are introducing the concept of a...
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