Azure SDKs

Dependency Management for Java

Alan ZimmerJune 23, 2020Jun 23, 202006/23/20

It is common practice to reuse software libraries to speed up development. However, it introduces a problem of dependency management in your project. I will break down some of our solutions for dependency management in Java. You will learn how to use Maven and Gradle for this task, and how to troubleshoot dependency conflicts along the way. W

Azure SDK Release (June 2020)

Jeffrey RichterJune 18, 2020Jun 18, 202006/18/20

This month, we introduce the Azure SDK for Embedded C, with a preview edition of the Storage client library. In addition, we've updated the client libraries for Cosmos DB, Event Hubs, Storage, and Text Analytics. We've also published new previews for Azure Identity, Cognitive Search, Form Recognizer, and Service Bus.

Async Iterators in the Azure SDK for JavaScript/TypeScript

Brian TerlsonMay 26, 2020May 26, 202005/26/20

A common feature in cloud APIs is paging for list results. Result sets may be massive - you could have thousands of blobs in a container, for example. Getting all results at once can cause delays in transmission and excessive load on the backend. We'll show you how the Azure SDK handles this issue.

Introducing Form Recognizer client library: AI-powered document extraction

Sameeksha VaityMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

Data entry is boring. We all hate it, but one team in Azure Cognitive Service decided we needed a better way that can take away the need to manually enter data.

Azure SDK Release (May 2020)

Jianghao LuMay 12, 2020May 12, 202005/12/20

This month, we have updated Event Hubs and Storage, and introduced new previews for Form Recognizer, Cognitive Search, and Service Bus. We also go in depth with Azure Identity and the new mechanisms we are developing to improve authentication when developing services.

Forecasting Service scale out with Jupyter Notebooks in Visual Studio Code

Kieran Brantner-MageeMay 5, 2020May 5, 202005/5/20

Visual Studio Code has an extension for running Jupyter Notebooks, which is a great tool for those of us interested in data analytics as it simplifies our workflows. In this article, I will show how to consume Azure data in a Jupyter Notebook using the Azure SDK. The problem I will be demonstrating builds a predictive model to anticipate servi

How to use CancellationTokens to cancel tasks in the Azure SDK for .NET

Heath StewartApril 28, 2020Apr 28, 202004/28/20

The ability to cancel long-running tasks is important to help keep applications responsive. Whether the network connection is slow or disconnects, or the user just wants to cancel a long task, using a [`CancellationToken`][CancellationToken] in .NET makes it easy to cancel those long tasks.

How to use abort signals to cancel operations in the Azure SDK for JavaScript/TypeScript

Brian TerlsonApril 21, 2020Apr 21, 202004/21/20

Cancelling in-progress network operations is critical for applications to maintain responsiveness and avoid doing work that isn't needed anymore. There are many situations where you want to cancel on-going work. This article shows you how it is done.

Azure SDK Release (April 2020)

Adrian HallApril 14, 2020Apr 14, 202004/14/20

This month, we have updated the App Configuration, Event Hubs, Key Vault, and Storage libraries. We've also released new previews for Cognitive Search, Event Hubs, Service Bus, and Text Analytics.

Process data in real-time with Java and Azure Event Hubs

Adrian HallApril 7, 2020Apr 7, 202004/7/20

In my position with the Azure SDK team, I'm fortunate to talk to a lot of customers about their needs. Most applications can be categorized into big buckets where we can see the same design patterns repeated. One of those categories is data processing.