Set breakpoints on auto-implemented properties with Visual Studio 2015
Ask a room of developers what is the first concept that they think of when they think about debugging and most of them will say: breakpoints. That is why with Visual Studio 2015 we significantly...
View ArticleUsing Selenium with Cloud Load Testing
This blog is an introduction to how users can execute Selenium tests using Cloud-based Load Testing from Visual Studio Online. IntroductionLet's get familiar with Cloud-based Load Testing (CLT) from...
View ArticleDevOps style deployment in Visual Studio 2015 preview - A detailed look
By now you must be aware about the DevOps style deployment capability that was announced in Visual Studio 2015 preview. If not already, you would want to refer the announcement blog; Announcing DevOps...
View ArticleDevOps style deployment in Visual Studio 2015 preview - Sharing deployment...
While the earlier blog on DevOps style deployment capability touched upon the scenarios for an individual developer, in this blog let’s look at how this experience can be extended to team. You would...
View ArticleAzure HDInsight clusters can now be customized to run a variety of Hadoop...
Today, we are excited to announce the ability for you to customize your Azure HDInsight clusters with projects available from the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. This ecosystem is a portfolio of fast-moving...
View ArticleMonitoring Azure Services and External Systems with Azure Automation
In this blog post, I will walk through how to set up Azure Automation to monitor services in Azure or in an external system so that actions can be taken when a specific event occurs. I have had quite a...
View ArticleGeography awareness week is Nov. 16th -22nd, GIS Day is Nov. 19th
Hey teachers, students, parents and geography lovers, did you know that this week is Geography Awareness Week? It was established by the National Geographic Society 25 years ago to encourage American...
View ArticleC++11/14/17 Features In VS 2015 Preview
Visual Studio 2015 Preview is now available , so here's an updated feature table for the Core Language: C++11 Core Language Features VS 2013 VS 2015 Preview Notes Rvalue references Partial Yes...
View ArticleInnovation and the Enterprise: Takeaways from Dublin Web Summit 2014
I’ve been reflecting on the week I spent in Dublin at Web Summit 2014 (DWS). With 22,000 attendees, including 2,000 startups and 700 investors, being at the Summit tells a vibrant story regarding the...
View ArticleEF6.1.2 Beta 2 Available
Today we are making Beta 2 of the EF6.1.2 release available. This patch release contains bug fixes and some contributions from our community. When will EF6.1.2 RTM?We were originally planning to go...
View ArticleKatana, ASP.NET 5, and bridging the gap
This post is for developers that have been using the Microsoft Owin components (e.g. the Katana project) and want to know how it relates to ASP.NET 5.As discussed in Katana’s roadmap, the next major...
View ArticleAn End-to-End Prototype of PlayReady Protection with ACS Authentication and...
IntroductionThis end-to-end prototype was in response to the requests from customers in Asia and Europe.Azure Media Services Content Protection contains the following:PlayReady license delivery...
View ArticleAnnouncing Feature Updates for Microsoft Azure StorSimple
We’re happy to announce the availability of the following features in Microsoft Azure StorSimple:Bandwidth templatesController managementConfiguration of email addresses for notification...
View ArticleAzure HPC and Batch Team at SC14 Conference
The Azure Big Compute team is attending SC14 this week, the annual conference for high performance computing and analysis. It’s been a great year for HPC on Azure, and we look forward to catching up...
View ArticleAzure Storage Performance Checklist
How to get great performance when using Azure Storage is a topic we’ve talked with you about many times: during talks at TechEd and Build, in threads on forums, on our blog, and in person. It’s always...
View ArticleDocker CLI for Windows Clients
In the last several weeks after Microsoft’s partnership with Docker announcement, we have added several features to make it easy to integrate Docker containers with Microsoft Azure including Portal...
View ArticleImproving the Visual Studio Account Management Experience
Anyone who has built an application in Visual Studio that uses several services (e.g. roaming Visual Studio settings, accessing Azure services in Server Explorer, or using Windows Store) has probably...
View ArticleVisual Studio Release Manager for Azure VMs
Visual Studio Release Manager is a great solution for automating multi-stage deployment and managing the release process. As part of the recent TechEd announcements, Azure announced the integration of...
View ArticleTypeScript 1.4 sneak peek: union types, type guards, and more
With TypeScript 1.3 out the door, we're focused on adding more type system and ECMAScript 6 features to TypeScript. Let's take a quick look at some of the new features you'll be able to use in the next...
View ArticleEnabling Multiple Subscriptions to Share an ExpressRoute Circuit
When we launched ExpressRoute in May we allowed customers to link multiple VNETs to an ExpressRoute circuit. However, the VNETs and the circuit had to belong to the same subscription. We’ve gotten...
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