Announcing RemoteIE: Test the latest IE on Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android
Today, we’re excited to announce the preview availability of RemoteIE via Azure RemoteApp. This is a free service from Microsoft that allows you to run the latest version of Internet Explorer on the...
View ArticleIt’s time to vote and Bing is ready with your personal voting guide
November 4th is a big day and we’re with you all the way.If you haven’t been using Bing’s election guide for the last few weeks, it’s not too late. Search for elections on Bing or head over to...
View ArticleCloud-based Load Testing from Europe is now possible
While the announcement regarding VSO availability in Europe was made a few days back, this post outlines what that means in the context of Cloud-based Load Testing with Visual Studio Online. For...
View ArticleUsing AIB Files with Azure Media Indexer and SQL Server
IntroductionAzure Media Indexer is a powerful media processor that extracts meaningful metadata from multimedia files. In the last post, we explored the basic usage of the processor, and a high-level...
View ArticleMeet our Mobile Bots
In today’s post we are joined by Lee Xiong from the Bing Crawl team. Lee is going to discuss some new developments on the crawl front pertaining to mobile SEO. Enjoy! - VincentWe can all agree that...
View ArticleA great week at TechEd with Docker
We are just getting back and what a great week in Barcelona at TechEd EMEA with Docker! After just two weeks from our announcement outlining a deep partnership, Docker became the highlight of many...
View ArticleYou’re Invited: NYC Media in the Cloud Summit
On the heels of an exciting and interactive Media Summit in LA, Microsoft Azure Media Services is very excited to announce our Media in the Cloud Summit NYC on Friday, November 14th from 9am-1pm at our...
View ArticleApplication Insights - Metric Explorer - Part 1
When you drill through many of the charts from the Application Insights overview page, you get to a detailed view that we call Metrics Explorer (ME), which is the focus of this series of blog posts....
View ArticleBack up your Data to the Cloud with 3 Simple Steps
Data is at the heart of any modern organization and backing it up is a critical part of business strategy. Cloud based backups are increasingly becoming a superior alternative to traditional off-site...
View ArticleTurn bugs on/off on your backlog – Nov 4
Note: The improvements discussed in this post will be rolling out throughout the week. Please follow progress of the deployment at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsoservice/.Lots to cover this sprint, so...
View ArticleNetwork Security Groups
Last week at TechEd Europe we announced the general availability of Network Security groups, a key addition to the Azure Networking stack. Network Security Groups provides segmentation within a Virtual...
View ArticleInnovation in Cloud Security Enables Customers to Move to Microsoft Azure...
Cloud adoption is accelerating among heavily regulated industries like healthcare and banking, and enterprises are moving more mission-critical applications and sensitive data to the cloud. As such,...
View ArticleGetting Started with Live Streaming using the Media Services SDK
Azure Media Services just announced the public preview of its Live streaming service. This tutorial will show you how to set up live streaming with Azure Media Services .NET SDK. You can download full...
View ArticleIntroducing PowerShell support for Azure Site Recovery
Last week we announced PowerShell support for recovery between two Hyper-V sites managed by Azure Site Recovery. The ASR cmdlets can be used to enable protection for virtual machines and performing...
View ArticleUsing System.Numerics.Vector for Graphics Programming
We've just released a major update to the SIMD vector types we've blogged about earlier (first announcement, second update).We've now made the vector library a lot more more useful for typical graphics...
View ArticlePreview for greater SQL Server compatibility coming soon to Azure SQL Database
Today at the annual PASS Summit conference, we announced a new preview of Azure SQL Database coming later this year that represents another major milestone for our database-as-a-service. With this...
View ArticleVisual Studio Toolbox Video: See and learn about Bing Maps in under 1 hour
Technical Evangelist and host of Visual Studio Toolbox, Robert Green, is joined by Bing Maps Program Manager, Johannes Kebeck who demonstrates how easy it is to add maps to your application. Johannes...
View ArticleAnnouncing Azure Event Hubs General Availability
Secure and reliable ingestion of very large amounts of telemetry data from multiple distinct sources is the key to many modern, adaptive interactive experiences as well as for many innovative consumer...
View ArticleNuGet Package of the Week - Courtesy Flush to flush buffers earlier and...
Yes, really. It's got to be the best name for an open source library out there. It's a great double entendre and a great name for this useful little library. Perhaps English isn't your first language,...
View ArticleDo you know your BMI?
With the holidays rapidly approaching, and big meals on the horizon, it’s more important than ever to be conscious of your health. One key measure of good health is your Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI uses...
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