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January 31, 2018Jan 31, 201801/31/18Premier Developer consultant Julien Oudot brings us this blog with some considerations when designing a Cosmos DB database.
The intent of this article is to summarize some of the key aspects to keep in mind while designing a database using Cosmos DB.
January 30, 2018Jan 30, 201801/30/18In a recent article published on LinkedIn, Premier Developer consultant Ron Vincent highlights some of Microsoft’s geospatial capabilities, both past and present.
Microsoft has for some time now had some level of geospatial capabilities but since Azure has come along there has been many developments on this front.
January 27, 2018Jan 27, 201801/27/18In this post, Senior ADM Rob Reilly shows us how to integrate Power BI dashboards, reports, and tiles into a WPF application.
Use the Power BI Embedded WPF Sample to learn how to integrate Power BI Dashboards, Reports and Tiles into a Windows Presentation Foundation application.
January 26, 2018Jan 26, 201801/26/18In this post, App Dev Manager Mike Lapierre walks us through how to shrink an Azure managed disk.
Managed disks offer several benefits but are priced differently than their non-managed counterpart. With non-managed disks, even though you create a 128GB disk like several Azure gallery images do,
January 25, 2018Jan 25, 201801/25/18This post is provided by Premier Field Engineer, Nathan Vanderby, who walks us through how to write an Alexa skill using Azure Functions. Last updated June 2018.
Most people have heard of the Amazon Echo and the skills that provide it functions.
January 25, 2018Jan 25, 201801/25/18The async series
Dissecting the async methods in C#.
Extending the async methods in C#.
The performance characteristics of the async methods in C#.
One user scenario to rule them all.
In the last two blog posts we’ve covered the internals of async methods in C# and then we looked at the extensibility points the C# compiler provides to adjust the behavior of async methods.
January 24, 2018Jan 24, 201801/24/18In this post, Senior ADM Mike Finley discusses how to get started with Ethereum and Azure Blockchain.
What is Blockchain? At the most basic level of understanding, blockchains are a simple approach to a distributed database. A blockchain is a peer-to-peer system with no central authority managing data flow.
January 23, 2018Jan 23, 201801/23/18In this post, App Dev Manager Daniel Setlock reflects on the trust of open source software using the Food Truck Paradigm.
Introduction
It is somewhat shocking that in 2017 I still receive questions about how open source software, libraries, plug-ins, packages,
January 19, 2018Jan 19, 201801/19/18In this post, Premier Developer Consultant, Kunal Sinha outlines steps to integrate Firebase Database into custom web applications as a NoSql alternative for quick POC demos.
I was recently working on building out a Node JS web application POC for one of my projects and wanted to try out a new database service.
January 12, 2018Jan 12, 201801/12/18In this post, App Dev Manager Adlène Sifi demonstrates innovation at your fingertips by building a real-time earthquake reporting system using Power BI and without writing any code. You can view a French version of this article on LinkedIn.
Innovation usually involves ideation,
