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AzureFunBytes - Microsoft Identity with Christos Matskas!

Jay Gordon May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 05/11/21

This week I welcomed [Christos Matskas](https://twitter.com/ChristosMatskas), Program Manager at Microsoft, to the show. We have discussed Identity before, but we'll get a great look into [authentication, authorization](https://cda.ms/24G), and [Azure AD](https://cda.ms/24F). Christos helps us understand how we can bridge the gap between our

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May patches for Azure DevOps Server

Gloridel Morales May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 05/11/21

This month, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Check out the blog post for more details.

Azure DevOps Blog

Why does the mouse cursor jump a few pixels if you right-click on the Start button?

Raymond Chen May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 05/11/21

To give you a head start.

The Old New Thing

Finding Bugs with AddressSanitizer: Patterns from Open Source Projects

Kevin Cadieux May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021 05/10/21

AddressSanitizer (ASan) was officially released in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9. We recently used this feature to find and fix a bug in the MSVC compiler itself. To further validate the usefulness of our ASan implementation, we also used it on a collection of widely used open source projects where it found bugs in Boost, Azure IoT C SDK, ...

C++ Team Blog

Put a DPAD on that GC!

maoni May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021 05/10/21

Say what? Yes, there's a new feature called DPAD for regions - regions is what we are currently working on in .NET 6 to convert segments to. In this blog post I will first give some introduction to regions then talk about the DPAD feature. Note that it's unlikely we will officially support regions by the end of 6.0 as there's...

.NET Blog

Python in Visual Studio Code – May 2021 Release

Savannah Ostrowski May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021 05/10/21

We’re thrilled to announce that the May 2021 release of the Python extension is here and it brings Pylance as the new default language server for Python, faster extension startup times and code reload when debugging Python scripts. Keep on reading to learn more!

Python

Cassandra API Recommendations for Java

Theo van Kraay May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021 05/10/21

Check out the latest recommendations for using Java V4 Cassandra Driver with Azure Cosmos DB's Cassandra API. We've created a custom Java extension that you can implement without any code changes, for a better overall experience.

Azure Cosmos DB Blog

What are the page sizes used by Windows on various processors?

Raymond Chen May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021 05/10/21

Usually there was no choice, but sometimes there was.

The Old New Thing

2x-3x Performance Improvements for Debug Builds

Pranav Kant May 7, 2021 May 7, 2021 05/7/21

We have made substantial runtime performance improvements in the x86/x64 C++ compiler for Visual Studio's default debug configuration. For Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10 Preview 2, we measure 2x - 3x speedup for programs compiled in debug mode. These improvements come from reducing the overhead introduced by runtime checks (/...

C++ Team Blog

How Do I Discover Changes to an AD Group's Membership

@DoctorDNS May 7, 2021 May 7, 2021 05/7/21

Q: Is there an easy way to detect and changes to important the membership of AD Groups? A: Easy using PowerShell 7, WMI, and the CIM Cmdlets. WMI Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an important component of the Windows operating system. WMI is an infrastructure of both management data and management operations on Windows-based ...

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