Azure: Virtual Machine, Machine Learning, IoT Event Ingestion, Mobile, SQL,...
This past month we’ve released a number of great enhancements to Microsoft Azure. These include: Virtual Machines: Preview Portal Support as well as SharePoint Farm Creation Machine Learning: Public...
View ArticleApache Cordova Tooling Update with Support for Windows 7
This week, we released CTP 2.0 of our Extension for Multi-Device Hybrid App Development which enables developers to build apps for iOS, Android, and Windows using Apache Cordova™. This preview release,...
View ArticleOffline support in the Azure Mobile Services Android SDK
In my last post, I talked about the new (alpha) version of the Android SDK for Azure Mobile Services, which introduced support for futures. In that post I briefly mentioned that we also added offline...
View ArticleAutomating VM Configuration using PowerShell DSC Extension
In April, at the //build/ conference, Jeffrey Snover demonstrated provisioning an Azure VM and configuring it using PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration) and Custom Script extension. Azure VM...
View ArticleCelebrity Watchers Rejoice: Snipp3t Now Available on iOS
We are excited for you to be among the first to try out a brand new mobile app we built on the Bing platform that’s available today in the iOS App Store.SNIPP3T (pronounced “snippet”) is an app that...
View ArticleWeb Deploy 3.6 Beta Released
We’re happy to announce that Web Deploy 3.6 Beta is now available for download. This release adds new enhancements for:Support for publishing ASP.Net vNext web applicationsCommand line and API support...
View ArticleAzure Resource Manager Tools Preview
Azure Resource Manager Tools PreviewToday we are announcing the public availability of the Azure Resource Manager Tools Preview for Visual Studio. The Azure Resource Manager Tools preview enables you...
View Article10 Ways to Speed up your WordPress site on Azure websites
Slow page load times can impact your target user audience and discourage them from visiting your website again. A lot of search engines consider page load times as well when ranking results and can...
View ArticlePython Tools for Visual Studio 2.1 RC
Today we released the Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1 RC for download on CodePlex. Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) is an open-source plug-in for Visual Studio that supports programming with...
View ArticleAzure Automation: Runbook Input, Output, and Nested Runbooks
With Azure Automation, a new capability in Microsoft Azure, Dev/Ops and IT professionals are able to create and run runbooks to automate repetitive and complex tasks on their Azure resources. Azure...
View ArticleMicrosoft Teams with Parade Magazine to Discuss Responsible Tech in the...
Technology holds promise to build better classrooms and develop strong teachers in schools across the US. Whether we’re talking about communication, collaboration, problem solving or global awareness,...
View ArticleAugust 2014 Security Updates
The .NET team released a security bulletin today as part of the monthly “patch Tuesday” cycle.Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-046 - Important, Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework could allow Security...
View ArticleDevelop ASP.NET vNext applications on a Mac
Hi everyone, this post is in my name but it’s authored by Sourabh Shirhatti. He is a Program Manager Intern from the University of Texas at Austin that I’ve had the pleasure of working with this...
View ArticleRespond to reviews and PayPal payout option available to more Windows Phone...
Expanding Respond to Reviews to more developers Last April, we announced that the option would be available for developers to respond to user reviews. This new capability enables developers to respond...
View ArticleRavenHQ Now Available in the Azure Store
We’ve heard from many developers on UserVoice who have been asking for a managed RavenDB service hosted on Azure. We are very excited to announce the availability of a managed RavenDB service in the...
View ArticleExploring Impostor Syndrome in Technology - SXSW '15
I've written before about the idea of Imposter Syndrome or being a "Phony." It's the idea that on the surface you're an accomplished technologist but inside you're always question if you're really good...
View ArticleLet’s Have a Conversation
For all kinds of searches, Bing lets you ask a question the way you would ask a friend. For example, “who is the President of the United States” or “the tallest building in the world”, or “who played...
View ArticleMigrate On-Premise Virtualized Workloads to Azure using Azure Site Recovery
We recently announced the Preview of Microsoft’s Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) offering, Azure Site Recovery, which enables automated protection, asynchronous ongoing replication, and orderly...
View ArticleHow to Spatially Enable Customer Care with Bing Maps and Parature
Most enterprise data have a location component, and data related to customer support interactions are no exception. When interacting with a customer, knowing where they are physically located can...
View ArticleFoursquare is Swarm-ing on Windows Phone
Foursquare continues to deliver great innovation, across their applications which makes their service better, as well as today helping make Windows Phone better. When Foursquare announced that they...
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