The following post about managing risks in modern software development is from Premier Developer consultant, Assaf Stone.No offense, but despite your best intentions, you might not be handling risk properly. In this day and age, everything is software-dependent; even if you do not consider yourself a “software-firm” per-se, even if you are just run...

In this post, Senior App Dev Manager Doug Owens explores cloud hosted TFS options for government organizations.In sharing notes with peers within Microsoft, it becomes clear that many of our PubSec customers can benefit from improved Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and DevOps practices. The world-class features, low barriers to entry, scalab...

If you are in the NYC area on Feb 21, Premier Developer consultant Razi Rais will be hosting an event to demonstrate how to build and run a fully functional blockchain based audit trail application. The first half is a good fit for both business and technical audiences, as it covers auditing scenarios using blockchain. The latter half will showcase...

In this post, Senior App Dev Manager Nayan Patel introduces SQL Server PolyBase and shares some insights from a recent engagement using the technology.I was recently involved in helping my customer complete a successful PoC around SQL Server 2016’s PolyBase feature.  They have invested a signification amount of budget and resources standing up...

In this post, Senior App Dev Manager Pete Fuenfhausen breaks down the concept of Data Sciences and provides a walk through of free training track to get oriented with the technologies Microsoft offers in this space. These days it’s pretty hard to be an application developer without running into concepts like big data, data science, artificia...

In this post, Senior App Dev Manager Deepak Malik, explains how Partner Center API’s provide extensive management functionalities and enable partner to extend their existing systems.The Partner Center REST API helps Cloud Solution Provider partners (CSP's) integrate their existing CRM or billing systems with the Microsoft systems to manage multiple...

In 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. The sample covers the "User Owns the Data" scenario. "App Owns ...

This 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. Amazon makes it really easy to create these skills using an AWS Lambda function. These can also ...

In 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. One of the key ways to removing central co...

In this post, App Dev Manager Daniel Setlock reflects on the trust of open source software using the Food Truck Paradigm.IntroductionIt is somewhat shocking that in 2017 I still receive questions about how open source software, libraries, plug-ins, packages, etc. can be trusted, and the pushback that such things receive from cyber security personne...