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By Michael Domingo
A preview of the extension for spinning up Azure development and test environments right from within Visual Studio Team Services is now no longer a preview.
06/21/2016
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By Terrence Dorsey
That "other" cloud company is a popular option due to the breadth of tools and capabilities. So, it only makes sense that there are a number of Windows developer tools available for those who want to hop on the AWS cloud.
06/14/2016
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By Michael Domingo
WinDocks is now available for .NET developers looking for a smoother solution for spinning up Windows Server 2012-based Docker containers in the AWS cloud.
06/03/2016
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By Michael Domingo
Azure Test Drives gives developers the ability to test out apps in the cloud without any commitment whatsoever.
06/01/2016
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By Michael Domingo
Developer targeting cloud deployments can now use Azure DevTest Labs for development and testing and control costs at the same time.
05/31/2016
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Docker is open sourcing developer tools used to facilitate standing up containers targeted for Windows and Mac platforms.
05/19/2016
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By Michael Domingo
As Microsoft Learning slates two exams for the MCSD: UWP for retirement next year, two more skills-focused exams will take their places.
05/18/2016
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New updates mainly fall into the performance and reliability categories, but the .NET engineering teams also inlcude an update to the .NET Core SDK, dubbed 'Preview 1.'
05/16/2016
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The support and community development portals for Microsoft developers and IT specialists is getting a cloud upgrade, starting with a preview of services around Microsoft's enterprise mobility technologies. Bonus: It's being open sourced.
05/05/2016
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By Terrence Dorsey
Microsoft Azure has become one of the top cloud computing environments and we've got 14 essential tools for integrating Azure right into your development environment.
05/02/2016
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Latest updates allows more incremental improvements to work items, such as alerts for keeping up with them and ability to move between projects, as well as the simple act of changing their types.
04/19/2016
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The online cross-platform editor is now a finished product, now that the company has appended its name with a version 1.0.
04/14/2016
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Microsoft said it will add tooling to Hyper-V containers in Windows 10 that will allow developers to bypass complex VM machinations to support development activities. Coming PowerShell module for Docker is also aimed at devs.
04/08/2016
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A new tool that ingests every piece of Application Insights and turns it into reportable information is now getting its public preview. It's also got a name.
04/05/2016
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Microsoft's Qi Lu and his team showed off a few new developer features that will make Office 365 integration a much easier prospect, including Skype SDKs that open up communication capabilities.
04/01/2016
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It's limited what VSDE member can do with it. Also: SQL Server 2016, when released later this year, will also be free.
04/01/2016
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The second day of Build highlighted the "cloud-first" part of Microsoft's mission. Plus: Xamarin is set free and is open sourced.
03/31/2016
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella expands the company's vision with the concept of "conversations as a platform." That's where Skype, HoloLens, and Cortana now need developers to usher those tools deeper into the conversation,, which means tools aplenty now and to come.
03/30/2016
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Docker last week announced a beta release of Mac and Windows developer tools for working with its Docker container technology.
03/29/2016
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HoloLens, anyone? How about developing for Xbox apps? Not sure if those will be featured, but Microsoft developers are expecting an expanded device universe for which to develop new apps.
03/23/2016
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SONiC is the company's open source framework that will allow application developers to extend network switches to work across disparate hardware platforms.
03/16/2016
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Announced at EclipseCon: More tools and support for open source Eclipse platform coming in Microsoft's Azure and Visual Studio tools.
03/08/2016
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Microsoft's Scott Guthrie said that the company's RDBMS could be running on the Linux platform some time in 2017. He plans to preview a new SQL Server Stretch Database service at a New York event this week.
03/08/2016
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When your goal is 99.999-percent uptime, there's a small crack in the window for downtime. That happened with Visual Studio Team Services last week. And it happened within a span of two days.
02/09/2016
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Peter revisits an earlier column on how to display a dynamic dialog box to your browser-based users, this time using the JavaScript library that comes with ASP.NET MVC: Backbone.
02/05/2016