Announcing low-priority VMs on scale sets now in public preview
We are thrilled to announce the public preview of low-priority virtual machines (VMs) on VM scale sets. Low-priority VMs allow users to run their workloads at a fraction of the price, enabling...
View ArticleAnnouncing first-class support for CloudEvents on Azure
As more and more serverless applications are developed, events are now the glue connecting all aspects of modern applications. These events can originate from microservices, from VMs, from the edge, or...
View ArticleAzure M-series VMs are now SAP HANA certified
In December 2017, we announced general availability of the Azure M-series virtual machines (VM). These VMs host on the most powerful cloud hardware that is available across all public cloud providers....
View ArticleAzure.Source – Volume 30
Microsoft Build 2018 is just a few days away on May 7-9. Whether you can’t make it to Seattle or you just want to enhance your on-the-ground experience at the event, Microsoft Build Live brings you...
View ArticleTop stories from the VSTS community – 2018.05.04
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 Recent work on the Countdown Widget for...
View ArticleBecause it’s Friday: The eyes don’t work
Spring has finally arrived around here, and a recent tweet reminded me of the depths of fear that Spring brought to me as 7-year old me back in Australia: swooping magpies. These native birds, related...
View ArticleModernizing applications for our multi-sense, multi device world
Tomorrow at Build 2018, Joe Belfiore and I will have the privilege of sharing with you some of the advancements in Microsoft 365 that are focused on multi-sense and multi-device experiences. Microsoft...
View ArticleA new Microsoft Store revenue share is coming
Microsoft Store continues to evolve to be the best destination for Windows 10 users to discover and download Microsoft-verified applications that deliver predictable performance. Microsoft Store is...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Server 2018 Update 2 is now available
Today we announce the release of Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 2. There are a lot of new features in this release, which you can see in our release notes. One big change in Update 2 is that we...
View ArticleIntroducing Visual Studio IntelliCode
Visual Studio IntelliCode brings you the next generation of developer productivity by providing AI-assisted development. Every keystroke and every review is informed by best practices and tailored to...
View ArticleVisual Studio for Mac version 7.5 and beyond
Last year at Build, we launched Visual Studio for Mac, our native macOS IDE for developers building cloud, web, and mobile applications using .NET. Updates have been rolling out at a steady pace ever...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Core 2.1 RC 1
Today, we’re announcing .NET Core 2.1 Release Candidate 1 (RC 1). The .NET Core 2.1 RC 1 is now ready for broad testing and for production use. Our quality, reliability, and performance testing give us...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1
Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without...
View ArticleMicrosoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac,...
Microsoft Build has always been a time when we deliver a wealth of developer-focused announcements. It’s an opportunity to share our vision for developer experiences across mobile, AR/VR, cloud, web,...
View Article.NET Core 3 and Support for Windows Desktop Applications
At Microsoft Build Live today, we are sharing a first look at our plans for .NET Core 3. The highlight of .NET Core 3 is support for Windows desktop applications, specifically Windows Forms, Windows...
View ArticleAI and the New Generation of Software Building Blocks
Today at Build 2018 there was a lot of great energy around the work Microsoft is doing in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This energy comes from our continued investment to deliver on the...
View ArticleAnnouncing Entity Framework Core 2.1 RC 1
Today, we are excited to announce that the first release candidate of EF Core 2.1 is available, alongside .NET Core 2.1 RC 1 and ASP.NET Core 2.1 RC 1, for broad testing, and now also for production...
View ArticleASP.NET Core 2.1.0-rc1 now available
Today we’re happy to announce the first release candidate of ASP.NET Core 2.1! This release should be very close to the final stable release of ASP.NET Core 2.1 and includes primarily bug fixes and...
View ArticleAnnouncing: MSVC Conforms to the C++ Standard
Achieving conformance with the C++ Standards has been a long road for the Visual C++ team. If you’ve seen us at any conferences lately, you’ve probably seen the MSVC Conformance slide. (You can grab a...
View ArticleRecently completed UserVoice Suggestions for Visual Studio
In our blog posts on the Visual C++ Team Blog, we often encourage readers to submit suggestions on how to improve Visual Studio via UserVoice. We review these suggestions regularly and often work to...
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