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OS Disk Swap for Managed Virtual Machines now available
Today, we are excited to announce the availability of the OS Disk Swap capability for VMs using Managed Disks. Until now, this capability was only available for Unmanaged Disks. With this capability,...
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Making IT simpler with a modern workplace
There is a simple way to explain one of the biggest threats to any organization’s infrastructure. It’s just one word: complexity. Complexity is the absolute enemy of security and productivity. The...
View ArticleVSTS Public Projects Limited Preview
Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) offers a suite of DevOps capabilities to developers including Source control, Agile planning, Build, Release, Test and more. But until now all these features require...
View ArticleTop stories from the VSTS community – 2018.04.27
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics, listed in no specific order: TOP STORIES Tip: Creating Task Groups with Azure Service...
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A maze-solving Minecraft robot, in R
Last week at the New York R Conference, I gave a presentation on using R in Minecraft. (I've embedded the slides below.) The demo gods were not kind to me, and while I was able to show building a...
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Cosmos DB Solves Common Data Challenges in App Development
When considering how to implement your application with a relational database, it can change how you build it dramatically. Some of these challenges include adding an abstract implementation of the...
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Adding Cross-Cutting Memory Caching to an HttpClientFactory in ASP.NET Core...
Couple days ago I Added Resilience and Transient Fault handling to your .NET Core HttpClient with Polly. Polly provides a way to pre-configure instances of HttpClient which apply Polly policies to...
View ArticleBecause it’s Friday: Every Wes Anderson Movie
I've found the Honest Trailers series a bit hit-and-miss: sometimes the virtual eyebrow arches just a bit too sharply. But this take on Wes Anderson's films is spot on, and actually makes for a loving...
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New to Microsoft 365 in April—tools for the modern workplace
This month, we’re kicking off a new approach and moving from our monthly “What’s new in Office 365” blog to “What’s new in Microsoft 365.” We’re also consolidating updates from across Office 365,...
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Announcing the .NET Framework 4.7.2
Today, we are happy to announce the release of the .NET Framework 4.7.2. It’s included in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. .NET Framework 4.7.2 is also available on Windows 7+ and Windows Server 2008...
View ArticleWhat’s new in VSTS Sprint 133 Update
The Sprint 133 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) has rolled out to all accounts. In this Update we continue to expand on the languages and platforms we support build and release. Check out...
View ArticlePython, Node.js, Go client libraries for Azure Event Hubs in public preview
Azure Event Hubs is expanding its ecosystem to support more languages. Azure Event Hubs is a highly scalable data-streaming platform processing millions of events per second. Event Hubs uses Advanced...
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Explore SaaS analytics with Azure SQL Database, SQL Data Warehouse, Data...
Continuing our series of tutorials on SaaS application patterns with SQL Database, we are delighted to announce an additional cross tenant analytics tutorial. This new tutorial shows how to extract and...
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Global VNet Peering now generally available
Today, I am thrilled to announce the general availability of Global VNet Peering in all Azure public regions, empowering you to take the ease, simplicity, and isolation of VNet peering to the next...
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Monitor Microsoft peering in ExpressRoute with Network Performance Monitor...
We are excited to announce the public preview of Network Performance Monitor’s (NPM) new capability to monitor Microsoft peering in ExpressRoute. This complements NPM’s generally available capability...
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Microsoft Build: Come for the tech, stay for the party
Looking forward to Microsoft Build? Now you’ve got one more reason. After three days of can’t-miss tech sessions and skill-sharpening workshops, we’re throwing an awesome party for attendees at...
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Azure Marketplace new offers: April 1–15
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. From April 1st to 15th, 20 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: (Basic) Apache...
View ArticleAnnouncing the DevOps Resource Center
One of the favorite parts of my job is curating a web site with the stories of how we work. Those experience reports and more of our guidance are now consolidated at https://aka.ms/devops. In addition...
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Announcing Babylon.js v3.2
Babylon.js is an open source framework designed from ground up to help create easy and powerful 3D experiences in your browser or your web apps. Today I’m excited to announce the availability of...
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Build-A-Bear turns to Microsoft 365 to empower employees and drive...
Today’s post was written by Mike Early, senior managing director and head of information technology at Build-A-Bear Workshop. Build-A-Bear Workshop has brought joy to families and kids since 1997. And...
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