December 2014 Internet Explorer security updates & disabling SSL 3.0 fallback
Disabling SSL 3.0 fallbackWe previously published Security Advisory 3009008 advising that Microsoft will disable SSL 3.0 by default in Internet Explorer and across all Microsoft online services over...
View ArticleAnnouncing the redesigned F12 developer tools interface
With two major updates over the spring and summer, we have continued to improve the developer experiences available in IE's F12 developer tools and today we are excited to provide details around our...
View ArticleAzure Security SSL 3.0 Update
At the end of October, we announced that Azure would begin disabling support for SSL 3.0 starting December 1, 2014 in response to an industry-wide vulnerability in SSL 3.0, commonly known as POODLE....
View ArticleAzure HDInsight Introduces Built-in Integration with Azure Websites to do Web...
Today, all customers who deploy their websites and web apps using Azure Websites generate web logs that track all HTTP transactions and detailed error logging. These logs are stored in Azure Blobs as...
View ArticleMore pricing and licensing changes coming
Earlier this year, we started a process of reviewing our pricing and licensing for Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online. Our intent was to review all of the customer feedback we’ve received...
View ArticleBing brings the world’s knowledge straight to you with Insights for Office
Today Bing and Office are introducing Insights for Office, a new, more powerful way to search for the information you need while in Office Word Online– available in English to all markets in the next...
View ArticlePichit.me and Office 365 come together to make a hit
I love PowerPoint – I really do. There are few tools that empower storytellers to communicate as effectively as PowerPoint can. What I don’t love is the headache of having to find the things that...
View ArticleThe Changelog interview on open sourcing .NET
We recently talked to Adam and Jared at The Changelog about open sourcing .NET Core. Check out the show. #134: Open Sourcing .NET Core with the Microsoft .NET teamHere's the introduction from The...
View ArticleUpdated Application Insights Status Monitor to support .12 (and later)...
The latest release of the Application Insights Status Monitor tool provides an update to the runtime instrumentation agent, which is a component of Application Insights that automatically discovers...
View ArticleMicrosoft acquires HockeyApp, leading mobile crash analytics and beta...
As mobile, cloud, and DevOps continue to transform the application development landscape, we are bringing together the most complete set of tools and services for highly productive mobile-first,...
View ArticleMicrosoft acquires HockeyApp
I’m excited to announce our acquisition of HockeyApp– the next step in our journey to turn Application Insights into the best tool in the world for helping you get insight into your applications. With...
View ArticleSmart Unit Tests - a mental model
Our previous post introduced Smart Unit Tests. Please read that first if you have not already done so. Now let us continue.How is “Smart Unit Tests” able to generate a compact test suite with high...
View ArticleExport telemetry from Application Insights
At last! Everyone's been asking for this, so we're very pleased to announce it. You can set up a continuous export of your telemetry from the Application Insights portal in JSON format. We put the...
View ArticleBing round-up: Hotel booking and new mobile features
We’ve had a busy week over at Bing. Here are some of the new things you can check out on Bing today.Hotel booking on Bing goes international in 22 countries and 14 languagesBing, in partnership with...
View ArticleContinued Innovation: Microsoft announces updates across Storage, Azure SQL...
Today’s workforce is more mobile and technically savvy than it has ever been and enterprises are striving to make their employees productive anywhere, anytime using any device of their choice. To drive...
View ArticlePreview Available for Latest Version of Azure SQL Database
The availability of a new preview, which was previously announced in November, introduces near-complete SQL Server engine compatibility and more Premium performance, representing the next-generation of...
View ArticleNew Premium Storage-Backed Virtual Machines
Today, we’re announcing Public Preview support for Azure Premium Storage. Azure Premium Storage is a new type of SSD-based storage, designed to support I/O intensive workloads. With Premium Storage,...
View ArticleAzure Active Directory News: Application Proxy General Availability and many...
This year is closing with the biggest set of capabilities ever released in one day from the Azure Active Directory team. Many features are coming in public preview for the first time and others are now...
View ArticleAzure Media Services Announces General Availability of Live Channels
We are very excited to announce that Live Channelsfor Azure Media Services is now generally available and backed by the full support of the Azure Service-Level Agreement (SLA) for all customers. These...
View ArticleIntroducing Premium Storage: High-Performance Storage for Azure Virtual...
We are excited to announce the preview of the Microsoft Azure Premium Storage Disks. With the introduction of new Premium Storage, Microsoft Azure now offers two types of durable storage: Premium...
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