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Visual Studio ALM/DevOps VM 2017 (Winter Update) is now available

January 5, 2018 Jan 5, 2018 01/5/18
App Center Team
I am excited to announce that the ALM VM updated to Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 (15.5) and Team Foundation Server 2018 is now available. Key highlights of the version: - Updated to Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 (15.5) and Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2018 - We have got back Standard edition of SQL Server and ...

4 tips for keeping your resolution to learn Azure

January 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 01/3/18
App Center Team
It's that time of year when many people take pride in the resolutions they met, lament the ones they failed to keep, and make new ones to start afresh. Recently, I spoke with a friend and former colleague who is a software developer at a technology company in Virginia. As we shared our plans for 2018, he told me about an unmet resolution he ...

Join on-demand recasts of Azure Cosmos DB and Azure SQL Database webinars!

January 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 01/3/18
App Center Team
In case you missed them, we’ve posted the Azure Cosmos Database and Azure SQL Database webinars for on-demand viewing. The first webinar takes a closer look at Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed, multi-model database service that enables scaled throughput and storage across many geographical regions. The second webinar shares how you ...

Windows Template Studio 1.6 released!

January 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 01/3/18
App Center Team
We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.6! In this release, we added in app scheme launch, finalized our work for localization, massive improvements in accessibility, and started our work for Visual Basic support...

Top stories from the VSTS community

January 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 01/3/18
App Center Team
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. TOP STORIES My Top 5 Blog Posts of 2017 – Mike Douglas 2017 was an exciting year full of DevOps and Azure projects, learning, and sharing. Planning, Scheduling and Executing – A Deeper Look [Part 1] – David Corbin Results ...

Take a Break with Azure Functions

January 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 01/3/18
App Center Team
Azure Functions are a serverless technology that executes code based on various triggers (i.e. a URL is called, an item is placed on a queue, a file is added to blob storage, a timer goes off.) There’s all sorts of things you can do with Azure Functions, like running high CPU-bound calculations, calling various web services and reporting ...