Enterprise Microsoft

Microsoft’s Kubernetes for the rest of us

Azure Container Apps is a serverless Kubernetes service that manages scaling for you. Just bring your application’s containers, ready to run.

By Simon Bisson

Nov 10, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Serverless Computing

Ignite 2021: Azure’s Chaos Studio goes public

Azure CTO Mark Russinovich explains how Microsoft is bringing chaos engineering tools to its Azure customers.

By Simon Bisson

Nov 2, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Microsoft Azure

Using Microsoft’s YARP project to proxy web-based microservices

Microsoft’s internal .NET reverse proxy project gets close to a public release.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 27, 2021 6 mins

Microsoft .NET Open Source Software Development

Azure updates AKS with new Kubernetes technologies

Microsoft continues to evolve Azure’s container orchestration platform, adding proxy and WebAssembly support.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 20, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Optimizing C and C++ Windows binaries with SizeBench

More of Microsoft’s internal tools get released to the outside world.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 13, 2021 7 mins

C Language C++ Small and Medium Business

Jump into WebAssembly with Hippo

Deis Labs’ Hippo WebAssembly PaaS makes it easy to build and run portable WASM applications, whether they’re browser-hosted or standalone.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 6, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Rust

Under the hood with .NET 6

A new .NET release will be here soon, with a new set of compilers that promises a cross-platform future.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 29, 2021 7 mins

Development Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Software Development

Working with Azure Managed Instance for Cassandra

Use open-source tools to build big data systems that bridge on premises and cloud.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 22, 2021 6 mins

Microsoft Azure NoSQL Databases Open Source

Understanding WAGI, the WebAssembly Gateway Interface

One of the oldest web development techniques is back, ready to power a new generation of edge hardware and services.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 15, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing Development Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Understanding Azure Virtual Networks

Azure’s built-in software-defined network tools are key to delivering cloud-native applications securely.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 8, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Use the Visual Studio Code editor in your own projects

Microsoft’s Monaco JavaScript library powers its own editors. Now you can build it into your own code.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 1, 2021 7 mins

JavaScript Software Development Visual Studio Code

Build verified code with F*

Microsoft Research’s new language makes code safer and more secure.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 25, 2021 7 mins

C Language Programming Languages Visual Studio Code

Build mixed reality for Microsoft Edge with WebXR

Get started with the new web standard for developing mixed-reality applications in Microsoft Edge on Windows.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 18, 2021 7 mins

Software Development Virtual Reality

How to run Azure services on your own servers

Microsoft’s Azure Arc now supports Azure App Services.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 11, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Debugging concurrent code with Coyote

Microsoft’s new .NET distributed systems testing framework helps track down hard-to-reproduce errors in cloud code.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 4, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft .NET Microsoft Azure

Design for responsible AI with Microsoft’s HAX

Microsoft Research’s Human-AI eXperience toolkit makes us think about how we use AI in our code.

By Simon Bisson

Jul 28, 2021 7 mins

Deep Learning Machine Learning Neural Networks

Get your Visual Studio extensions ready for 64-bit

Microsoft is finally releasing a 64-bit version of Visual Studio, but you have to rebuild your VSIX extensions for the new IDE.

By Simon Bisson

Jul 21, 2021 6 mins

Software Development Visual Studio

Programming the Windows kernel with eBPF

Microsoft brings an important Linux kernel tool to Windows.

By Simon Bisson

Jul 14, 2021 7 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

AI gives software development tools a boost

GitHub Copilot, DeepDev, IntelliCode, and other code-focused applications of machine learning can help us deliver better code, faster.

By Simon Bisson

Jul 7, 2021 7 mins

GitHub Visual Studio Visual Studio Code

What Windows 11 means for developers

A new Windows offers an updated UI and big changes to the Windows Store with no limits on application packaging.

By Simon Bisson

Jun 30, 2021 6 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Simplify machine learning with Azure Applied AI Services

Microsoft is wrapping its Cognitive Services machine learning platform as business-focused services.

By Simon Bisson

Jun 23, 2021 7 mins

Data Science Machine Learning Microsoft Azure

What is Azure Confidential Ledger?

Work with confidential data in a cryptographically secure space, using Intel’s SGX instruction set to enhance the isolation between tenants.

By Simon Bisson

Jun 16, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Security Microsoft Azure

Power Platform becomes the new Visual Basic

Low-code tools enter the application development life cycle as Power Platform’s fusion bridges enterprise development models.

By Simon Bisson

Jun 9, 2021 7 mins

No Code and Low Code Technology Industry Visual Studio Code

Catching up on Build 2021: AI and Arm

Build 2021 packed a lot into 48 hours; here are some of the announcements you may have missed.

By Simon Bisson

Jun 2, 2021 7 mins

Microsoft .NET Microsoft Azure PyTorch

New tools for Azure Data at Build 2021

From immutable ledgers in SQL Azure to in-memory cache in Cosmos DB, Microsoft is adding more features to its Azure data platform.

By Simon Bisson

May 25, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Microsoft SQL Server

Machine teaching with Microsoft’s Project Bonsai

Microsoft’s simulation-based machine teaching environment provides a way to build AI control systems.

By Simon Bisson

May 19, 2021 7 mins

Machine Learning Microsoft Azure No Code and Low Code

Get moving with Microsoft’s FAST web components

Use FAST to build out well-designed websites with a Windows look and feel or even design your own web controls.

By Simon Bisson

May 12, 2021 7 mins

JavaScript Technology Industry Web Development

Build real-time communication applications with Azure Web PubSub

Azure’s latest service uses WebSockets to deliver a publish-and-subscribe messaging hub.

By Simon Bisson

May 5, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Using Pulumi 3.0 to manage Azure infrastructure

Pulumi’s infrastructure-as-code platform gets a major upgrade, with Azure at the core.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 28, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Open Source

Build more secure software with Rust for Windows

Microsoft has released an early version of its Rust tool for Windows development. It’s well worth a look.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 21, 2021 6 mins

Programming Languages Rust Technology Industry

Microsoft returns to Java with Azure-focused OpenJDK release

It’s been a long time since Microsoft brewed its own Java. But now it’s back, with the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, fit and finished for running in the Azure cloud.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 14, 2021 6 mins

Java Microsoft Azure Technology Industry

Microsoft gets serious about WebAssembly

Compiled code running at near-native speeds in the browser is getting the .NET touch.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 7, 2021 7 mins

Microsoft .NET Microsoft Azure Software Development

Microsoft inches closer to unified Windows SDK

The latest preview bits of Microsoft’s Project Reunion for building Windows 10 desktop applications are ready for testing and even for production.

By Simon Bisson

Mar 31, 2021 7 mins

C# Microsoft .NET Small and Medium Business

Automate your Windows workflow with Power Automate Desktop

Microsoft is adding an automation tool to Windows, ready to manage our day-to-day tasks.

By Simon Bisson

Mar 24, 2021 8 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Getting started with winget, the Windows Package Manager

Microsoft is adding Linux-like package management tools to Windows for scripted application installs from a searchable repository.

By Simon Bisson

Mar 17, 2021 7 mins

Development Tools Small and Medium Business Software Development

What Microsoft Mesh means for developers

Microsoft has unveiled a new framework for building collaborative, mixed-reality applications. What is Microsoft weaving into the Mesh toolchain and what will it mean for application development?

By Simon Bisson

Mar 9, 2021 7 mins

Microsoft Azure Technology Industry Virtual Reality

2021’s Ignite shows off new Cosmos DB features

Microsoft’s second virtual Ignite conference is promoting new Azure data services, including major upgrades to its planet-scale distributed database.

By Simon Bisson

Mar 2, 2021 7 mins

Graph Databases Microsoft Azure NoSQL Databases

Introducing Microsoft .NET 6

Microsoft is unveiling its road map for the next major release of .NET, along with a first preview download.

By Simon Bisson

Feb 23, 2021 6 mins

Development Libraries and Frameworks Software Development Technology Industry

Run containers on Azure App Service

Simple container-based web apps and services don’t need Kubernetes to run on Azure.

By Simon Bisson

Feb 16, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Use DirectML to add machine learning to C code

Microsoft provides new tools for working with machine learning in GPUs.

By Simon Bisson

Feb 10, 2021 6 mins

C Language GPUs Technology Industry

Cloud on cloud: Couchbase as a service on Azure

The Azure Marketplace lets you add third-party tools and services, such as Couchbase’s NoSQL database, to your applications.

By Simon Bisson

Feb 2, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure NoSQL Databases

Extending Azure Functions with custom handlers

Build serverless code on Azure in any language.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 26, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Serverless Computing

Building microservices? Give Dapr a try

Microsoft’s open source, cross-platform microservices framework is ready for prime time at last.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 19, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Working with Azure Image Builder

Dynamically generate and customize your Azure virtual machines.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 12, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Jumping into Azure Arc Data Services

Azure Arc brings Azure databases to your on-premises servers and applications.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 5, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Microsoft Azure

Setting up a PWA toolchain with PWABuilder

The Microsoft-supported open source PWABuilder continues to evolve, offering a suite of developer tools for progressive Web apps to bridge the app gap.

By Simon Bisson

Dec 22, 2020 6 mins

Software Development Web Development