Simon Bisson
Columnist
Author of InfoWorld's Enterprise Microsoft blog, Simon BIsson prefers to think of "career" as a verb rather than a noun, having worked in academic and telecoms research, as well as having been the CTO of a startup, running the technical side of UK Online (the first national ISP with content as well as connections), before moving into consultancy and technology strategy. He’s built plenty of large-scale web applications, designed architectures for multi-terabyte online image stores, implemented B2B information hubs, and come up with next generation mobile network architectures and knowledge management solutions. In between doing all that, he’s been a freelance journalist since the early days of the web and writes about everything from enterprise architecture down to gadgets.
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.
Programming the Windows kernel with eBPF
Microsoft brings an important Linux kernel tool to Windows.
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.
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.
Simplify machine learning with Azure Applied AI Services
Microsoft is wrapping its Cognitive Services machine learning platform as business-focused services.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Machine teaching with Microsoft’s Project Bonsai
Microsoft’s simulation-based machine teaching environment provides a way to build AI control systems.
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.
Build real-time communication applications with Azure Web PubSub
Azure’s latest service uses WebSockets to deliver a publish-and-subscribe messaging hub.
Using Pulumi 3.0 to manage Azure infrastructure
Pulumi’s infrastructure-as-code platform gets a major upgrade, with Azure at the core.
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.
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.
Microsoft gets serious about WebAssembly
Compiled code running at near-native speeds in the browser is getting the .NET touch.
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.
Automate your Windows workflow with Power Automate Desktop
Microsoft is adding an automation tool to Windows, ready to manage our day-to-day tasks.
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.
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