Networking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 2
This is the second blog post of a three-part series. Before you begin reading, I would suggest reading the first post Networking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 1. Hybrid networking is a nice...
View ArticleCloud migration and disaster recovery of load balanced multi-tier applications
Support for Microsoft Azure virtual machines availability sets has been a highly anticipated capability by many Azure Site Recovery customers who are using the product for either cloud migration or...
View ArticleAzure File Storage on-premises access for Ubuntu 17.04
Azure File Storage is a service that offers shared File Storage for any OS that implements the supported SMB Protocol. Since GA we supported both Windows and Linux. However, on premises access was only...
View ArticleDiscover and act on insights with new Azure monitoring and diagnostics...
Imagine if you could get a dynamic, end-to-end view of your IT environment, and respond to issues as they arise. You could see how your applications, services, and workloads are connected, and how your...
View ArticleDeploy PHP application to Azure App Service using VSTS
This blog post shows how you can deploy a new PHP application from Visual Studio Team Services or Microsoft Team Foundation Server to Azure App Service. Download the sample Fork the Hello World sample...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2017 Preview 15.2
Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 Preview 15.2. For information on what this preview contains, please refer to the Visual Studio 2017 Preview release notes. If you haven’t heard about our new...
View ArticleOffice Online Server April 2017 release
We are excited to announce our second major update to Office Online Server (OOS), which includes support for Windows Server 2016 as well as several improvements. OOS allows organizations to provide...
View ArticleThe week in .NET – Happy birthday .NET with Robin Cole, TinyORM, 911 Operator
Previous posts: .NET Framework 4.7, reference documentation, On .NET on modular ASP.NET, Happy birthday .NET with Immo Landwerth, JustAssembly On .NET on SonarLint and SonarQube, Happy birthday .NET...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Shareholder Letters: Sentiment Analysis in R
Warren Buffett — known as the "Oracle of Omaha" — is one of the most successful investors of all time. Wherever the winds of the market may blow, he always seems to find a way to deliver impressive...
View ArticleBuilding a Telepresence App with HoloLens and Kinect
When does the history of mixed reality start? There are lots of suggestions, but 1977 always shows up as a significant year. That’s the year millions of children – many of whom would one day become...
View ArticleCleaning up the Visual Studio 2017 package cache
With the ability to disable or move the package cache for Visual Studio 2017 and other products installed with the new installer, packages are removed for whatever instance(s) you are installing,...
View ArticleAndroid and iOS development with C++ in Visual Studio
When it comes to building mobile applications, many developers write most or a part of the apps in C++. Why? Those who are building computationally intensive apps such as games and physics simulations...
View ArticleASP.NET – Overposting/Mass Assignment Model Binding Security
This little post is just a reminder that while Model Binding in ASP.NET is very cool, you should be aware of the properties (and semantics of those properties) that your object has, and whether or not...
View ArticleAnnouncing Azure Analysis Services general availability
Today at the Data Amp event, we are announcing the general availability of Microsoft Azure Analysis Services, the latest addition to our data platform in the cloud. Based on the proven analytics engine...
View ArticleMicrosoft Cognitive Services – General availability for Face API, Computer...
This post was authored by the Cognitive Services Team. Microsoft Cognitive Services enables developers to create the next generation of applications that can see, hear, speak, understand, and...
View ArticleIntroducing H2O.ai on Azure HDInsight
We are excited to announce that H2O’s AI platform is now available on Azure HDInsight Application Platform. Users can now use H2O.ai’s open source solutions on Azure HDInsight, which allows reliable...
View ArticleModernizing the DOM tree in Microsoft Edge
The DOM is the foundation of the web platform programming model, and its design and performance impacts the rest of the browser pipeline. However, its history and evolution is far from a simple story....
View ArticleNew Offline Books for Visual Studio 2017 Available for Download
Today we are happy to announce that new offline books for Visual Studio 2017 are now available for download. Now you can easily download content published on MSDN and Docs for consumption on-the-go,...
View ArticleWindows Developers at Microsoft Build 2017
Microsoft Build 2017 kicks off on May 10 in Seattle, with an expected capacity crowd of over 5,000 developers—plus countless more online. Join us for the live-streamed keynotes, announcements,...
View ArticleMicrosoft R Server 9.1 now available
During today's Data Amp online event, Joseph Sirosh announced the new Microsoft R Server 9.1, which is available for customers now. In addition the updated Microsoft R Client, which has the same...
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