May 2017 | CSE Developer Blog

Digital badge building with reusable Web Components

David Douglas May 31, 2017 May 31, 2017 05/31/17

iDEA initiative The Microsoft UK DX team have been working closely with the Partner Catalyst team on the Duke of York's Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA) scheme. The initiative aims to help young people learn and develop digital skills. There are four core categories of online challenges and each category contains its own series of ...

A Production Deis Workflow Deployment on Azure

James Spring May 31, 2017 May 31, 2017 05/31/17

Background Deis Workflow is the second version of the Deis application platform that allows for the easy deployment and scalability of Twelve-Factor applications. Previously, we worked with Deis to enable their V1 PaaS on Azure based on CoreOS. With Deis Workflow, the only requirement for installation is supporting Kubernetes. In November ...

Food Classification with Custom Vision Service

Olga Liakhovich May 12, 2017 May 12, 2017 05/12/17

Background Classification of a photo using machine learning tools can be challenging. Over the last year, significant improvements in the algorithms that power these tools have dramatically improved their efficacy. Developers are now able to create state-of-the-art complex models using powerful tools like Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, ...

Project Fortis: Accelerating UN Humanitarian Aid Planning with GraphQL

Erik Schlegel May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017 05/10/17

Background The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is in charge of planning responses to emergencies and humanitarian crises around the world, between dozens of organizations. Their activities include establishing camps for refugees and reacting to events like epidemics, famines and terrorist attacks. ...

Classifying Leaks Using Cognitive Toolkit

Michael Lanzetta May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017 05/10/17

Background We recently worked with our partner Sierra Systems on behalf of Pure Technologies, a company that searches for leaks and damage to oil and water pipelines through audio analysis. They accomplish this task by rolling a sensor ball through a pipeline and capturing high-resolution audio data. Previously, they had been using ...

Provision and Configure your Infrastructure on Azure using SaltStack

Rita Zhang May 9, 2017 May 9, 2017 05/9/17

Recently we partnered with LogDNA to help migrate their existing infrastructure to Azure using SaltStack and the Azure Python SDK. LogDNA is based in the San Francisco area, and their product offerings include log data ingestion and analytics. The company has been leveraging SaltStack to provision and manage their infrastructure across AWS and...

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