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SQL Server 2017 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is now available

August 9, 2017 Aug 9, 2017 08/9/17

Vahe Minasyan

Microsoft is pleased to announce availability of SQL Server 2017 Release Candidate 2 (RC2), which is now available for download. The release candidate represents an important milestone for SQL Server.  Development of the new version of SQL Server along most dimensions needed to bring the industry-leading performance and security of SQL Server...

Microservices and Docker containers: Architecture, Patterns and Development guidance

August 9, 2017 Aug 9, 2017 08/9/17

Vahe Minasyan

As part of the series of posts announced at this initial blog post (.NET Application Architecture Guidance) that explores each of the architecture areas currently covered by our team, this current blog post focuses on “Microservices and Docker containers: Architecture, Patterns and Development guidance...

Getting Started with C# 7

August 4, 2017 Aug 4, 2017 08/4/17

Vahe Minasyan

The releases of Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac introduced two spectacular new IDEs to develop mobile applications, cloud workloads, and introduced us to a world of powerful new C# features with the release of C# 7. I recently blogged about my favorite new feature, expression bodied members, and even recorded an entire podcast ...

Microservices and Docker containers: Architecture, Patterns and Development guidance

August 4, 2017 Aug 4, 2017 08/4/17

Vahe Minasyan

As part of the series of posts announced at this initial blog post (.NET Application Architecture Guidance) that explores each of the architecture areas currently covered by our team, this current blog post focuses on “Microservices and Docker containers: Architecture, Patterns and Development guidance...

App Service Environment v2 release announcement

August 4, 2017 Aug 4, 2017 08/4/17

Vahe Minasyan

We are happy to announce an upgrade to the App Service Environment. The App Service Environment (ASE) is a powerful feature offering of the Azure App Service that gives network isolation and improved scale capabilities. It is essentially a deployment of the Azure App Service into a subnet of a customer’s Azure Virtual Network (VNet). While ...

Build apps faster with Azure Serverless

August 1, 2017 Aug 1, 2017 08/1/17

Vahe Minasyan

Azure’s Serverless offerings allow developers to build and deploy elastic-scale applications faster than ever. Serverless technology allows developers to focus on their apps rather than provisioning, managing, and scaling the underlying infrastructure. Azure provides unique serverless tools to accelerate development by seamlessly tapping ...

Introducing Support for Brotli Compression (.NET)

August 1, 2017 Aug 1, 2017 08/1/17

Vahe Minasyan

Modern web-pages are getting larger and larger with huge CSS, HTML and JavaScript files. But the Internet connection isn’t always good and pages can load slowly. Web pages also often contain other materials such as images and videos. Reducing load time can have a profound impact on the user experience. Compression can help with that...

CodePush joins Visual Studio Mobile Center

August 1, 2017 Aug 1, 2017 08/1/17

Vahe Minasyan

About two years ago, a group of developers at Microsoft crafted a service for distributing Apache Cordova, React Native, and Windows Mobile updates to applications in the wild. They called it “CodePush.” Since then, mobile app developers have deployed thousands of releases to in-production apps – deploying quick bug fixes, feature ...

Node-ChakraCore Update: N-API, Node.js on iOS and more

August 1, 2017 Aug 1, 2017 08/1/17

Vahe Minasyan

Today, we are happy to announce a new preview release of Node-ChakraCore, based on Node.js 8, available for you to try on Windows, macOS, and Linux. We started our Node-ChakraCore journey with a focus on extending the reach of Node.js to a new platform, Windows 10 IoT Core. From the beginning, it’s been clear that in addition to growing the ...