Enterprise Microsoft

Understanding Microsoft .NET 5

Microsoft is finally unifying its .NET platforms. What does this mean for your development strategy in 2021?

By Simon Bisson

Nov 17, 2020 6 mins

Microsoft .NET Software Development

Microsoft adds a new Linux: CBL-Mariner

Azure’s container infrastructure Linux host gets a public outing on GitHub.

By Simon Bisson

Nov 10, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Technology Industry

Azure Cosmos DB goes serverless

Microsoft adds new options to its cloud-scale database.

By Simon Bisson

Nov 3, 2020 6 mins

Databases Microsoft Azure Serverless Computing

Kubernetes at the edge with Akri

Microsoft’s latest Kubernetes extension adds device discovery and management.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 27, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Build custom models with Azure Machine Learning Designer

Now anyone can be a model designer with assistive tooling and a new automated ML development service. All you need is data.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 20, 2020 8 mins

Analytics Machine Learning Microsoft Azure

Getting started with Azure SQL Edge

Microsoft scaled down its flagship database, squeezing it into 500MB and running it on edge hardware.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 14, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Microsoft Azure

Testing web applications with Node.js and Playwright

Microsoft’s web testing framework mixes browser and dev tools access to give you a comprehensive automation and test framework.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 6, 2020 7 mins

App Testing JavaScript Software Development

Rapid UI development with Flutter for Windows

Google’s cross-platform user interface tool arrives on Windows with support for Win32 and UWP

By Simon Bisson

Sep 29, 2020 6 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Ignite 2020: Introducing Azure Communication Services

New APIs from Microsoft let you build both Team’s chat services and telephony into your code

By Simon Bisson

Sep 22, 2020 8 mins

Microsoft Azure Software Development

Microsoft flexes Bicep to strengthen ARM

Azure gets a new infrastructure as code language that can help deploy and manage complex architectures

By Simon Bisson

Sep 8, 2020 7 mins

Microsoft Azure Software Development

Analyzing web application APIs using Edge DevTools

Edge’s built-in developer tools have added a Postman-like REST API explorer. Now you can test applications without leaving your browser

By Simon Bisson

Sep 1, 2020 6 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Write clearer code with TypeScript 4.0

Microsoft’s open source JavaScript superset gets a big update, making it easier to write complex applications for the Web

By Simon Bisson

Aug 25, 2020 7 mins

JavaScript Software Development

Build MVVM applications with the Windows Community Toolkit

Model-view-viewmodel works well with XAML and .NET. Now there’s a first-class implementation from the .NET community

By Simon Bisson

Aug 18, 2020 7 mins

Microsoft .NET Software Development

Understanding Microsoft’s Open Service Mesh

Microsoft has announced its open source service mesh implementation. What does it mean for Kubernetes on Azure?

By Simon Bisson

Aug 11, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development Technology Industry

Presenting the Azure Well-Architected Framework

Start using cloud-native applications on Azure with design patterns and best practices

By Simon Bisson

Aug 4, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Technology Industry

Introducing Microsoft’s Dataflex low-code data platform

The latest member of the Power Platform family of tools brings business data into Teams collaborations

By Simon Bisson

Jul 28, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Getting started with Azure Arc and Kubernetes

Azure brings GitOps to Kubernetes at scale with a preview of its new application operations platform

By Simon Bisson

Jul 21, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Technology Industry

The end of the line for PHP on Windows

Microsoft will no longer build new releases of PHP for Windows. What does the Windows Web application development future look like?

By Simon Bisson

Jul 14, 2020 6 mins

Microsoft .NET Microsoft Azure Small and Medium Business

Working with Teams in the Microsoft Graph

Create and manage collaborative teams with code

By Simon Bisson

Jun 23, 2020 6 mins

Software Development

Working with the Azure Kinect Developer Kit

Building applications on top of the Kinect depth sensor

By Simon Bisson

Jun 16, 2020 7 mins

Machine Learning Microsoft Azure Software Development

Using Redis Enterprise in Azure

Microsoft and RedisLabs are collaborating to bring advanced Redis features to Azure, adding new in-memory database tools to Azure’s cache service

By Simon Bisson

Jun 9, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Storage Microsoft Azure Software Development

Building your first Azure Static Web App

Microsoft’s new service brings together Azure and GitHub to deliver static Web content

By Simon Bisson

Jun 2, 2020 6 mins

GitHub Microsoft Azure Web Development

Microsoft’s Project Reunion: Win32 and UWP unite

Microsoft announced it is bringing Win32 and UWP together at last. How is it going to happen?

By Simon Bisson

May 26, 2020 7 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Lists and Fluid Framework add fuel to Microsoft Graph development

At Build 2020 Microsoft unveils new Graph-based tools for building collaborative applications

By Simon Bisson

May 19, 2020 7 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

GitHub takes Visual Studio Code online

GitHub Codespaces give you and your team a VS Code development environment as part of your repository, along with threaded discussions.

By Simon Bisson

May 12, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing GitHub Technology Industry

Understanding Azure Edge Zones

Microsoft brings your network to Azure in an effort to reduce latency and support distributed applications that work across infrastructure on-premises, in edge data centers, and in Azure

By Simon Bisson

May 5, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Hybrid Cloud Microsoft Azure

Getting started with Azure Remote Rendering

Deliver complex 3D images to HoloLens 2 using GPUs in the public cloud

By Simon Bisson

Apr 28, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Using C# to automate web application testing in Edge with WebDriver

Microsoft adds support for its Chromium-based browser to the open source Selenium test framework

By Simon Bisson

Apr 21, 2020 6 mins

C# Software Development Web Development

Kubernetes meets WebAssembly in Microsoft’s Krustlet

‘Kubernetes Rust kubelets’ allow you to run WebAssembly workloads on Kubernetes alongside containers

By Simon Bisson

Apr 14, 2020 6 mins

Open Source Software Development

Inside Microsoft’s latest OS: Azure RTOS

Microsoft’s family of operating systems now scales from the smallest devices to hyperscale clouds

By Simon Bisson

Apr 7, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Building PWAs in the new Microsoft Edge

Microsoft is making it easier to discover progressive Web applications in Edge

By Simon Bisson

Mar 31, 2020 6 mins

Software Development Web Development

Remote coding with Visual Studio Live Share and GitHub

Using Microsoft’s development tools for remote working and social coding

By Simon Bisson

Mar 24, 2020 7 mins

Software Development Visual Studio

How to use the Kubernetes C# client library

Take advantage of the official .NET Kubernetes client and .NET or .NET Core to build your own Kubernetes tools

By Simon Bisson

Mar 17, 2020 6 mins

C# Software Development

How to make the most of Azure Cosmos DB’s free tier

Microsoft has added a free option to Azure’s distributed database. Let’s jump in

By Simon Bisson

Mar 10, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Microsoft Azure

What is Azure confidential computing?

Microsoft and Intel are working on protecting your data while it’s being used in the cloud

By Simon Bisson

Mar 3, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Security Microsoft Azure

Use Azure Cognitive Services to automate forms processing

Form Recognizer brings unsupervised machine learning to paper document processing, and it’s a snap to build into your applications

By Simon Bisson

Feb 25, 2020 7 mins

Deep Learning Machine Learning Microsoft Azure

Developing for Windows 10X and the Surface Neo

The wraps are slowly coming off a new generation of Windows

By Simon Bisson

Feb 18, 2020 8 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Developer tools in the new Microsoft Edge

Microsoft’s new browser delivers improved tools for web application development

By Simon Bisson

Feb 11, 2020 6 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Getting started with GitHub’s desktop and mobile tools

Social coding is powerful, but to get the most out of it you need the right tools

By Simon Bisson

Feb 4, 2020 7 mins

GitHub Software Development Technology Industry

Working with Microsoft’s Surface Duo developer tools

New Surface hardware won’t be here until late 2020, but you can start building code now

By Simon Bisson

Jan 28, 2020 6 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Understanding Azure Container Registry

Use Azure to manage the containers and components that make up your Kubernetes applications

By Simon Bisson

Jan 21, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Understanding Azure Arc

Microsoft’s new hybrid cloud management tools bring Azure features to your servers, wherever they are

By Simon Bisson

Jan 14, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing Hybrid Cloud Microsoft Azure

Get started with Azure Bastion

Microsoft’s SSL connections to Azure make it easier to manage Windows and Linux virtual machines

By Simon Bisson

Jan 7, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Technology Industry

5 Microsoft developer tools and technologies to explore in 2020

What should Microsoft platform developers focus on in 2020? .NET 5, WinUI 3.0, AKS, WSL 2, and Azure Sphere, for starters

By Simon Bisson

Dec 31, 2019 6 mins

Microsoft .NET Microsoft Azure Small and Medium Business

Python and Windows get cozier

Microsoft makes it easy to install and use Python in Windows and in Visual Studio Code

By Simon Bisson

Dec 17, 2019 6 mins

Python Small and Medium Business Software Development

A first look at Azure Synapse

Microsoft’s new Azure data analytics platform is an evolution of Azure Data Warehouse.

By Simon Bisson

Dec 10, 2019 6 mins

Business Intelligence Machine Learning Microsoft Azure

Babylon.js: Going beyond the 2D web

Microsoft’s shift to Chromium from Edge makes it easier to add 3D graphics to your Web apps

By Simon Bisson

Dec 3, 2019 7 mins

Software Development

Kubernetes autoscaling for event-driven workloads

A Microsoft and Red Hat open source collaboration, KEDA, brings event-driven autoscaling to any Kubernetes cluster

By Simon Bisson

Nov 26, 2019 6 mins

Open Source Software Development

Use GitHub Actions to deploy code to Azure

Microsoft’s GitHub Actions for Azure let you automate your Azure development lifecycle from inside GitHub

By Simon Bisson

Nov 19, 2019 6 mins

CI/CD GitHub Microsoft Azure

WinUI 3.0: The future of Windows controls

Microsoft’s new UI framework for Windows starts to come together, with an alpha release

By Simon Bisson

Nov 12, 2019 6 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

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Enterprise Microsoft

Understanding Microsoft .NET 5

Microsoft adds a new Linux: CBL-Mariner

Azure Cosmos DB goes serverless

Kubernetes at the edge with Akri

Build custom models with Azure Machine Learning Designer

Getting started with Azure SQL Edge

Testing web applications with Node.js and Playwright

Rapid UI development with Flutter for Windows

Ignite 2020: Introducing Azure Communication Services

Microsoft flexes Bicep to strengthen ARM

Analyzing web application APIs using Edge DevTools

Write clearer code with TypeScript 4.0

Build MVVM applications with the Windows Community Toolkit

Understanding Microsoft’s Open Service Mesh

Presenting the Azure Well-Architected Framework

Introducing Microsoft’s Dataflex low-code data platform

Getting started with Azure Arc and Kubernetes

The end of the line for PHP on Windows

Working with Teams in the Microsoft Graph

Working with the Azure Kinect Developer Kit

Using Redis Enterprise in Azure

Building your first Azure Static Web App

Microsoft’s Project Reunion: Win32 and UWP unite

Lists and Fluid Framework add fuel to Microsoft Graph development

GitHub takes Visual Studio Code online

Understanding Azure Edge Zones

Getting started with Azure Remote Rendering

Using C# to automate web application testing in Edge with WebDriver

Kubernetes meets WebAssembly in Microsoft’s Krustlet

Inside Microsoft’s latest OS: Azure RTOS

Building PWAs in the new Microsoft Edge

Remote coding with Visual Studio Live Share and GitHub

How to use the Kubernetes C# client library

How to make the most of Azure Cosmos DB’s free tier

What is Azure confidential computing?

Use Azure Cognitive Services to automate forms processing

Developing for Windows 10X and the Surface Neo

Developer tools in the new Microsoft Edge

Getting started with GitHub’s desktop and mobile tools

Working with Microsoft’s Surface Duo developer tools

Understanding Azure Container Registry

Understanding Azure Arc

Get started with Azure Bastion

5 Microsoft developer tools and technologies to explore in 2020

Python and Windows get cozier

A first look at Azure Synapse

Babylon.js: Going beyond the 2D web

Kubernetes autoscaling for event-driven workloads

Use GitHub Actions to deploy code to Azure

WinUI 3.0: The future of Windows controls

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Databricks adds Data Science Agent to automate analytics tasks

Rust Innovation Lab launched, sponsors first project

PostgreSQL 18 to boost OLTP performance, but misses AI readiness

Getting encryption wrong (and getting it right, too)

How to build a native desktop app vs. a web UI app

PyApp: Build click-to-run Python apps with Rust