Windows Azure HDInsight was also released, based on Hadoop 2.2.
Even with support ending April 8, Windows XP still hangs on, even gaining market share according to some metrics.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/10/2014
SignalR provides real-time communications between servers and clients.
The technology was developed by a company founded by two ex-Microsoft executives.
The deadline was moved back from March 14 to May 7, at which time early adopters will be automatically enrolled as regular users.
Developers will get the release before the general public.
Developers are encouraged to vote on which releases will come first.
Microsoft didn't address a possible release for Office in 2014.
A new Android SDK for Office 365 is also revealed.
Among his early moves is putting a former high-ranking politico in charge of strategy.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/03/2014
It will eventually replace the JIT64 compiler, allowing for faster program starts.
TypeScript 1.0 is nearing reality.
Developers can search for incompatibilities between their own code and .NET more easily than ever.
The enhancements include integration with the ASP.NET Web API.
With Bing Code Search, Visual Studio developers get context-aware search capabilities from within IntelliSense.
A new version of the extension adds support to Visual Studio 2012; it originally supported only Visual Studio 2013.
The developer service has had a number of outages since its introduction last November.
The add-in checks a Windows Store app's performance and health.
It allows devs to debug JSON without leaving Visual Studio.
The update is supposed to be out this spring.