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Introducing Elastic Scale preview for Azure SQL Database
Today we are announcing the public preview of Elastic Scale for Azure SQL Database. The new Elastic Scale capabilities simplify the process of scaling out (and in) a cloud application’s data tier by...
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Disaster Recovery to Azure using Azure Site Recovery is now GA
It has been an exciting few months since we announced the Preview of DR to Azure using Azure Site Recovery. Our customers are experiencing first-hand, ASR’s ability to consistently replicate, protect,...
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Custom Login Scopes, Single Sign-On, new ASP.NET Web API – updates to the...
We just released many updates to the .NET backend of Azure Mobile Services, including:Custom scopes from authentication providersSingle sign-on support for Windows Store applicationsUpdated dependency...
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Bing and Sing: Search Lyrics Faster
Bing has launched a new Lyrics experience that enables you to view full lyrics for your favorite song on the mainline search results page, without having to click through to a third party site or spend...
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Can you trust your browser extensions? Exploring an ad-injecting chrome...
My perspective on JavaScript-based browser extensions has been far too naïve until this point. We were all burned by bad toolbars or evil ActiveX add-ons in the past, so when I run IE I run it with no...
View ArticleBlame The Meta Keyword Tag
I blame the meta keywords tag. That little so-and-so started all this. Well, the “tag” and a few crafty humans, really. The idea was pretty simple. If the keyword appeared in the meta keywords tag,...
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Contributions to Azure documentation and SDK’s on GitHub just got simpler
We’re happy to announce a new and improved process that will make it easier for the Azure community to contribute to documentation and SDKs in GitHub. The Contribution License Agreement (CLA) for...
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New Breakpoint Configuration Experience in Visual Studio "14"
If you use Visual Studio to develop code, the chances are good that you set breakpoints on a regular basis as part of debugging. You may however not be aware that breakpoints can be configured with...
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Debugging Improvements in Visual Studio "14"
In the most recent Visual Studio "14" CTP we’ve introduced two improvements to the C++ debugging experience to address pain points that we’ve heard from you. Improved startup performance when launching...
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Announcing TypeScript 1.1 CTP
Today, we’re making TypeScript 1.1 CTP immediately available for Visual Studio “14” CTP4, Visual Studio 2013, npm, and as a source release. 1.1 CTP is the first release of TypeScript to include the...
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ASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio “14” CTP 4
Today we released updates for ASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio “14” CTP 4. This release includes the ASP.NET vNext runtime and tooling improvements as outlined below.ASP.NET vNext RuntimeThis CTP...
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Visual Studio “14” CTP 4 and TypeScript 1.1 CTP Released
Today we released Visual Studio “14” CTP 4. To get started, download the bits (also available on MSDN subscriber downloads page), or use one of the VMs in Azure. This CTP includes all features and...
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Announcing October 2014 Updates to .NET Framework vNext, ASP.NET vNext and...
Today, we are announcing updates to the .NET Framework vNext, ASP.NET vNext and .NET Native. These are all available in Visual Studio “14” CTP4. This .NET Framework release contains RyuJIT, the next...
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Automating the tedious parts of open source on Azure
Contributing to Open Source is a great way to get involved in community. Usually it's as simple as making your contribution, but when you start getting involved with larger projects at larger...
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Interoperable Top Level Domain Name Parsing comes to IE
As part of our ongoingcommitment to help build an interoperable Web that “just works,” we are changing the way Top Level Domains (TLD) names are parsed to use the Public Suffix List. This change can be...
View ArticleD-Series Performance Expectations
Our new D-Series VMs provide great performance for applications needing fast, local (ephemeral) storage or a faster CPU; however, it’s important to understand a little about how the system is...
View ArticlePerform diagnostic search across your Application Insights telemetry
In Application Insights, we’ve just upgraded Diagnostic Search so that you can search all the raw telemetry such as page views, as well as the trace log calls that you can insert. This makes it a lot...
View ArticleAnnouncing Support for Backup of Windows Server 2008 with Azure Backup
Azure Backup is growing rapidly into double digits month over month for the reliable backup service it provides to Windows Servers. Azure Backup supports the latest Windows Server operating systems...
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Hanselman's Newsletter of Wonderful Things: September 5th, 2014
I have a "whenever I get around to doing it" Newsletter of Wonderful Things. Why a newsletter? I dunno. It seems more personal somehow. Fight me.You can view all the previous newsletters here. You can...
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Live 24/7 Reference Streams Available
We have made available two continuous linear streams operating 24/7/365 through the Microsoft Azure Media Services Live service for testing, reference, and demo purposes.These streams are open for...
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