DevBlogs

Introducing PyTorch-DirectML: Train your machine learning models on any GPU

Adele Parsons October 21, 2021 Oct 21, 2021 10/21/21

The Windows AI team is excited to announce the first preview of DirectML as a backend to PyTorch for training ML models! This release is our first step towards unlocking accelerated machine learning training for PyTorch on any DirectX12 GPU on Windows and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). In order for you to take advantage of DirectML ...

Windows AI Platform

Announcing SharePoint Framework 1.13 - Extending Microsoft Viva Connections

SharePoint team October 21, 2021 Oct 21, 2021 10/21/21

We are excited to announce general availability of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) 1.13 with the general availability for for building engaging experiences for Microsoft Viva Connections.

Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

Surface Duo 2 showing front and back of device

See your app on Microsoft Surface Duo 2!

Hakon Strande October 21, 2021 Oct 21, 2021 10/21/21

Hello Android developers! Now that Surface Duo 2 is readily available, there’s even more reason to start enhancing your Android apps for foldable devices. Visit our developer documentation to get started! Figure 1: Surface Duo 2 is now available! Surface Duo 2 emulator If you don’t yet have a device, you can ...

Surface Duo Blog

Why isn't `MapDialogRect` mapping dialog rectangles?

Raymond Chen October 21, 2021 Oct 21, 2021 10/21/21

Maybe you don't have a dialog.

The Old New Thing

RichEdit Place Holder

murrays October 20, 2021 Oct 20, 2021 10/20/21

Sometimes you need a text box that cues the user to type something in, such as, “Start a conversation”. As soon as the user types something, the cue text vanishes, and the user sees what the user typed. If the user deletes all the text, the cue text reappears. Such a text box is called a place-holder control. The Microsoft 365 RichEdit has...

Math in Office

Update on .NET Hot Reload progress and Visual Studio 2022 Highlights

Dmitry Lyalin October 20, 2021 Oct 20, 2021 10/20/21

.NET Hot Reload progress update. This includes what's new in platform support, user experiences, supported edits and more since our May 2021 blog post. We'll also cover how far we've come with Visual Studio 2022 integration.

.NET Blog

Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 Release

Kayla Cinnamon October 20, 2021 Oct 20, 2021 10/20/21

Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 is here and it's HUGE! This release adds the new features below to Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 and adds the features from this previous blog post to Windows Terminal 1.11. Windows Terminal 1.11 will also be receiving the Defaults page in the settings UI along with the default terminal functionality. You can ...

Windows Command Line

My code crashed when I asked WIL to convert an exception to an HRESULT, did I throw an improper exception type?

Raymond Chen October 20, 2021 Oct 20, 2021 10/20/21

Digging into the failure more closely.

The Old New Thing

Join us Oct. 27, 2021: Key strategies + tech for agencies to improve the nation’s cybersecurity

Karina Homme October 20, 2021 Oct 20, 2021 10/20/21

We invite you to RSVP and join us Wednesday, Oct. 27, from 6 – 7 p.m. ET, to hear speakers from government and industry discuss strategies and demo technologies that will help agencies improve their cybersecurity during a virtual Azure Government user community meetup.