End of Support for Visual Studio 2008 – in One Year
In line with our ten-year support policy, Visual Studio 2008, its associated products, runtimes, and components will cease to be supported from April 10, 2018. Though your Visual Studio 2008...
View ArticleSublime Text Extension Roundup
Learn about VS Code extensions to add features that are missing from Sublime Text.Read the full article
View ArticleImport repositories from TFVC to Git
You can now migrate code from an existing TFVC repository to a new Git repository within the same account. To start migration, select Import Repository from the repository selector drop-down....
View ArticleC++ Debugging and Diagnostics
Debugging is one of the cornerstones of software development, and it can consume a significant portion of a developer’s day. The Visual Studio native debugger provides a powerful and feature-rich...
View ArticleAzure #DocumentDB Service Level Agreements
Why enterprises trust us for their globally distributed applications. Enterprise applications and massive scale applications need a data store that is globally distributed, offers limitless scale,...
View ArticleAnnouncing public preview of Instance Metadata Service
We are excited to announce the public preview of Instance Metadata Service in Azure’s West Central US region. Instance Metadata Service is a RESTful endpoint that allows virtual machines instances to...
View ArticleNetworking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 1
Hybrid networking is a nice thing, but the question then is how do we define hybrid networking? For me, in the context of the connectivity to virtual networks, ExpressRoute’s private peering or VPN...
View ArticleAnnouncing Azure SDK for Node.js 2.0 preview
Today we're excited to announce the 2.0 preview of the Azure SDK for Node.js. This update is packed with features to help you be more productive and we've added 20 new modules for services such as SQL...
View ArticleWhat’s new in Microsoft Edge in the Windows 10 Creators Update
Today, the Windows 10 Creators Update began rolling out to over 400 million Windows 10 devices. With the Creators Update, we’re upgrading Microsoft Edge with dozens of new features and under-the-hood...
View Article.NET Framework April 2017 Monthly Rollup
Today, we are releasing a new Security and Quality Rollup and Security Only Update for the .NET Framework. You can read the April 2017 Security Updates Release Notes to learn about all changes being...
View ArticleThe week in .NET – .NET Framework 4.7, reference documentation, On .NET on...
Previous posts: On .NET on SonarLint and SonarQube, Happy birthday .NET with Dan Fernandez, nopCommerce, Steve Gordon On .NET with Sidharth Gupta on Tizen, Happy birthday .NET with Bertrand Le Roy,...
View ArticlePrepare real-world data for analysis with the vtreat package
As anyone who's tried to analyze real-world data knows, there are any number of problems that may be lurking in the data that can prevent you from being able to fit a useful predictive model:...
View ArticleLinux development with C++ in Visual Studio
C++ is a versatile language that is used in many domains, and on many platforms. Visual Studio enables you, as a C++ developer, to target Windows desktop, Windows Store, Linux, Mobile (Android and...
View ArticleDirectX game development with C++ in Visual Studio
Leverage the full power of C++ to build high-end games powered by DirectX to run on a variety of devices in the Windows family, including desktops, tablets, and phones. In this blog post we will dive...
View ArticleImport repositories from TFVC to Git
You can now migrate code from an existing TFVC repository to a new Git repository within the same account. To start migration, select Import Repository from the repository selector drop-down....
View ArticleHybrid Cloud just got easier: New Azure Migration resources and tools available
Most customers we talk with are using a Hybrid Cloud approach to take advantage of the cloud and their existing applications and infrastructure. Whether you’re considering migrating some or all your...
View ArticleAzure Data Factory March new features update
Hello, everyone! In March, we added a lot of great new capabilities to Azure Data Factory, including high demanding features like loading data from SAP HANA, SAP Business Warehouse (BW) and SFTP,...
View ArticleIntegrating Application Insights into a modular CMS and a multi-tenant public...
The Orchard CMS Application Insights module and DotNest case study Application Insights has an active ecosystem with our partners developing integrations using our Open Source SDKs and public...
View ArticleNew search analytics for Azure Search
One of the most important aspects of any search application is the ability to show relevant content that satisfies the needs of your users. Measuring relevance requires combining search results with...
View ArticleTFS 2015.4 released
Yesterday, we released TFS 2015 Update 4. This will likely be the last release in the TFS 2015 line. TFS 2017 shipped almost 6 months ago and we are already hard at work on TFS 2017 Update 2. This...
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