Premium Tier for Azure App Service
Recently, we announced the Azure App Service which is a one-of-a kind cloud service that enables developers to build intelligent web and mobile apps for any platform and any device. App Service is an...
View ArticleAzure Data Factory Update – New Data Stores
With the latest service update and Data Management Gateway release, you can connect to new data stores and leverage new features to move data with Azure Data Factory, including:Copy from on-premises...
View ArticleCricket fans brought the world to life: See for yourself with a new video...
Donald Brinkman, a Bing program manager who works on relevance and intent, takes a keen interest in new ways to bring information to life. Data visualization often fits best in terms of how people...
View Article"Project Spartan" in the Windows Technical Preview build 10049
Today we’re excited to announce the availability of a new build for Windows Insiders with the first preview of “Project Spartan,” the new browser for Windows 10. You can learn more in Joe Belfiore’s...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Visual Studio 2015 Product Line
We’re continuing to improve upon the power and productivity of Visual Studio, making it easier to use, no matter what platform you’re on, no matter what app you’re building. We also want to make it...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015 and Graphics Tools for Windows 10
In Visual Studio 2012, we introduced Visual Studio Graphics Diagnostics for Direct3D. Since then, with every update and release of Visual Studio and every monthly preview release we have continued our...
View ArticleAzure Backup – Announcing new pricing model for TCO reduction
In February 2015, Azure Backup announced new functionality that increased the retention range and provided greater flexibility to customers while creating their retention policies. These were key steps...
View ArticleGenerating excel reports for load test runs done in between 03/19-03/31
Recently there was a bug caused in our system due to which customers will not be able to see the relevant data in the Excel reports for their runs done during the following period. This will affect...
View ArticleMarch was for Makers - Fantastic Hardware Tutorials, Videos, Podcasts and more!
I'd like to take a moment and be proud of myself and my friend Saron. This last month, March of 2015, we teamed up at decided to come up with a scheme to get folks excited about Making. By making, I...
View ArticleThe search for cute just got better with Bing
At Bing, we’re always looking for ways to improve your experience. And the search for cute—be it for bunnies, kittens, teacup pigs, or hedgehogs—is no different. That’s why today Bing is proud to...
View ArticleHow "Roslyn" Finally Unshackled Visual Basic From The Tyranny of the...
I was chatting with an old Microsoftie a while ago and he let me in on the real story behind Visual Basic’s at times aggressive reformatting of code. It turns out that it didn’t actually start out as a...
View ArticleChef Server in Marketplace, Chef Azure Provisioning and more
This blog post summarizes some of the recent additions for using Chef on Azure, as part of the ongoing partnership between Microsoft and Chef.Chef, one of the leading open source configuration...
View ArticleViewing VM Reboot Logs
Microsoft Azure periodically performs global updates in order to improve the reliability, performance, and security of the host infrastructure that underlies virtual machines. Most of these updates...
View ArticleBorn in the Cloud
Developers are discovering the benefits of open source software on AzureWhat’s in the cloud? Open source software – and lots of it. Open source software (OSS) applications, frameworks and languages...
View ArticleApplication Insights: Choose your own Performance Counters
You’ve always been able to see some performance counters in Metric Explorer: Process CPU, Available Memory, and so on. Windows has lots of other performance counters, and you may also have defined your...
View Article[Announcement] ODataLib 6.11.0 Release
We are happy to announce that the ODataLib 6.11.0 is released and available on NuGet. Detailed release notes are listed below:New Features:[GitHub issue #23] ODataLib now supports parsing URI path...
View Article[Announcement] ODataLib 5.6.4 Release
We are happy to announce that the ODataLib 5.6.4 is released and available on NuGet. Detailed release notes are listed below:New Features:[GitHub issue #144] ODataLib now suppresses the errors in...
View ArticleCocos2d-x Games for Windows apps in JavaScript. Develop now for a chance to win.
Cocos, an open source, cross-platform game development toolset, can now leverage existing JavaScript to develop Windows apps using Cocos2d-x. Microsoft and the Cocos community forged a partnership in...
View ArticleTop News from March 2015
It’s a pattern only if you see it happen at least twice, so here is our second post in the monthly top news series.This month again we looked at various content across the developer sphere and bring...
View ArticleIntroducing the IE Diagnostics Adapter for third party developer tools
For several releases, Internet Explorer has had diagnostic tools that help developers debug visual issues, find JavaScript bugs, and profile Web sites. These tools have shipped both in the browser as...
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