Enterprise Microsoft
By Simon Bisson
Azure on Arm is here at last
Microsoft has finally unveiled its Arm-hosted virtual machines, a lower-power option for your cloud-native code.
Hands-on with Microsoft’s CBL-Mariner 2.0 Linux
How to install and configure the fast and lightweight container host Linux distribution for Azure Kubernetes Service and the Microsoft Container Registry.
Understand Visual Studio’s new extension model
Microsoft is updating how you build Visual Studio extensions, with new APIs and the ability to run extensions outside of the Visual Studio process.
Kestrel: The Microsoft web server you should be using
This alternative to Internet Information Services, which Microsoft uses for its own services, delivers modern dynamic web applications on common server platforms or in containers.
Lift and shift Windows applications to containers
Microsoft’s own experience with Microsoft 365 shows that moving to cloud-native is possible, even when you have a lot of code to move.
Manage your tasks with the Microsoft To Do API
A desktop task manager built on top of the Microsoft Graph lets you share tasks with groups and seamlessly link tasks to applications.
Build .NET apps for the metaverse with StereoKit
Microsoft’s open source mixed-reality tools make it easy to build OpenXR apps in .NET.
Build SBOMs with Microsoft’s SPDX SBOM generator
Microsoft is making its internal, cross-platform, software bill of materials generation tool public and open source.
Trying out the Azure Developer CLI
Microsoft’s new Azure developer tool streamlines development in the Azure cloud, from deploying dev environments to running CI/CD.
Azure Artifacts helps you standardize on packages and modules
Microsoft’s Azure DevOps offers a feed-based artifact repository for your own and third-party code that’s well worth a look.
Working with Microsoft’s .NET Rules Engine
Manage application workflow with open source tools that add basic rules processing to your code.
Using Azure Communication Services for email
Microsoft’s Azure multichannel communications APIs get support for email.
What’s new in Microsoft Azure’s NLP AI services
Microsoft is finally close to delivering its long-promised natural user interfaces. Here’s how you can build them into your code.
Building collaborative apps with Teams Live Share
Microsoft is expanding access to its Fluid Framework real-time collaboration tools with a new application platform for Teams developers.
Microsoft Azure eases Kubernetes development with a new Draft
Microsoft resurrects Deis Labs’ Kubernetes quick-start tool to help you package existing code for Azure Kubernetes Service.
Microsoft Dev Box: Your development workstation on Azure
Build 2022 had a developer focus, with new tools to make it easier to write code in a world of hybrid work. Dev Box promises to make your development environments easier to manage.
Introducing Microsoft’s Power Pages
Microsoft’s Power Platform low-code tools now build web apps and turn pictures into code.
Add security to Azure applications with Azure WAF
Microsoft’s latest updates to Azure’s Web Application Firewall make it an essential component of cloud architectures.
Understanding Flatcar Container Linux
Kinvolk’s Flatcar is Microsoft’s latest Linux. What is it and what should you use it for?
WCF returns: Core WCF gets a 1.0 release
Microsoft promises to support the community .NET Windows Communication Foundation replacement.
