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Performance traps of ref locals and ref returns in C#

April 11, 2018 Apr 11, 2018 04/11/18
Sergey Tepliakov
The C# language from the very first version supported passing arguments by value or by reference. But before C# 7 the C# compiler supported only one way of returning a value from a method (or a property) - returning by value. This has been changed in C# 7 with two new features: ref returns and ref locals. But unlike other features that were...

Experiments with HoloLens, Mixed Reality Toolkit and two-handed manipulations

April 10, 2018 Apr 10, 2018 04/10/18
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Senior Consultant/ADM Davide Zordan recently posted this article on his HoloLens experiment.  In this post, he explains how to get started with HoloLens and Mixed Reality Toolkit. I’ve always been a big fan of manipulations, as in the past I worked on some multi-touch XAML Behaviors implementing rotate, translate and scale on 2D objects...

Physical Data Center Security

April 8, 2018 Apr 8, 2018 04/8/18
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Senior Consultant Omar Amin recently posted this article on securing a physical data center.  In this post, he highlights roles and responsibility on security across various hosting options.I don't spend a lot of time talking to customers about physical data center security.As a developer using mostly PaaS or IaaS compute platforms, I ...

Ramping up on Powershell & CLI

April 7, 2018 Apr 7, 2018 04/7/18
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In this post, Senior Application Development Manager, Danny Kolke, gives a practical guide on getting started with PowerShell and Azure CLI."For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." AristotleIn working with my customers I often run into those who want to get started with Azure but just haven't done ...

Microsoft Immersion Program: Bringing Microsoft Product Engineers to your Team

April 4, 2018 Apr 4, 2018 04/4/18
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App Dev Manager Katie Konow spotlights the Microsoft Immersion Program and the value it brings to both Microsoft and our valued customers. immerse verb  im·merse  \ i-ˈmərs \ ENGROSS.  to take or engage the whole attention of : occupy completely As a developer or development lead using a Microsoft technology, you may find ...

Part 1: Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set and Windows Containers–Networking Tips

April 3, 2018 Apr 3, 2018 04/3/18
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In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Julien Oudot teaches you how to ensure network connectivity when working with Windows Containers and Virtual Machine Scale Set in Azure.When working with Windows Containers and Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) in Azure, some steps need to be performed to make sure the networking connectivity works as ...

Hosting an Angular Progressive Web Application (PWA) with Azure

April 2, 2018 Apr 2, 2018 04/2/18
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Progressive Web Applications might just be the future of web development. In this post, Wael Kdouh shows how to deploy an Angular PWA to Azure, including some potential pitfalls to watch out for. In his blog post, Wael introduces the popularity of Progressive Web Applications and how to deploy them to Azure. He writes “In this post...