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Measuring the carbon impact of web browsing

Pierre LAGARDE June 14, 2021 Jun 14, 2021 06/14/21

Search, simple click, simple letter typed in the search box have an impact on the environment when browsing Internet. Under Windows, the user spends on average 60% of his time in the browser; all of his actions can be measured and therefore can be optimized to reduce carbon emissions. How can we change our behavior? How to know your ...

How to rename a NIC

@DoctorDNS June 13, 2021 Jun 13, 2021 06/13/21

Q: Is there a simple way to rename a NIC, especially inside a Hyper-V VM? A: You can change the name of any Windows NIC using PowerShell - whether the NIC is in a physical host or a Hyper-V VM. NICS and NIC names One thing that can quickly become confusing when using Hyper-V with multiple VMs and VM Switches is how fast the network adapters...

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CTO Choices – What happens when you need to choose your database?

Christopher Maneu June 11, 2021 Jun 11, 2021 06/11/21

Almost any application needs to keep track of some sort of state. Now, you have one of the most complicated choice of your architecture to make: which database to pick? You better have made the right choice the first time 😊.

Creating Startups

Case Study: dnata digitally transforms air cargo ground operations with Microsoft 3D technology and Azure.

Azure Depth Platform team June 11, 2021 Jun 11, 2021 06/11/21

The aviation industry relies heavily on service providers to efficiently transport cargo between locations. Related processes which are part of what is known as ground operations, are poised to experience tremendous growth, according to Boeing’s World Air Cargo Forecast (2020-2039), “Overall, world air cargo traffic will more than double ...

Azure Depth Platform

The ARM processor (Thumb-2), part 10: Memory access and alignment

Raymond Chen June 11, 2021 Jun 11, 2021 06/11/21

It's just loads and stores.

The Old New Thing

Show dotnet: Running my .NET nanoFramework for 8 years on a battery

Laurent Ellerbach June 10, 2021 Jun 10, 2021 06/10/21

.NET nanoFramework works directly on microprocessors like ESP32, STM32. It can deep sleep and have a very low battery consumption. I'll show you how to make it real.

.NET Blog

Static Analysis Fixes, Improvements, and Updates in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10

Jordan Maples June 10, 2021 Jun 10, 2021 06/10/21

The C++ static analysis team is committed to making your C++ coding experience as safe as possible. We are adding richer code safety checks and addressing high impact customer feedback bugs posted on the C++ Developer Community page. Thank you for engaging with us and giving us great feedback on the past releases and early previews leading ...

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Surface Duo Design Kit update

Mehul Shah June 10, 2021 Jun 10, 2021 06/10/21

Hello designers, Today we are excited to share you with an update to the Design Kit for the Microsoft Surface Duo that’s available on Figma for download. The latest update to our Design Kit version 0.4 includes: In this blog post we want to highlight details of the guidelines, principles, and...