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Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 now available

August 17, 2018 Aug 17, 2018 08/17/18
John Powell
Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in. For the complete list of all the updates in today’s release, check out the ...

What is Artificial Intelligence?

August 17, 2018 Aug 17, 2018 08/17/18
John Powell
It has been said that Artificial Intelligence will define the next generation of software solutions. If you are even remotely involved with technology, you will almost certainly have heard the term with increasing regularity over the last few years...

Catch up on what’s new in Azure: Azure.Source – Volume 44

August 17, 2018 Aug 17, 2018 08/17/18
John Powell
Announcing the public preview of Windows Container Support in Azure App Service - Windows Server Containers in Web App are now available in public preview. Azure App Service provides pre-defined application stacks on Windows like ASP.NET or Node.js, running on IIS. The preconfigured Windows environment locks down the operating system from ...

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v4.0

August 16, 2018 Aug 16, 2018 08/16/18
John Powell
The Windows Community Toolkit recently reached over 1 million downloads across all nuget packages. This is a very big milestone for the community and I’m very excited to announce yet another major update to the Windows Community Toolkit, version 4.0. With the help of the Windows community, this update introduces several new additions and ...

Are your Windows Forms and WPF applications ready for .NET Core 3.0?

August 15, 2018 Aug 15, 2018 08/15/18
John Powell
At Build 2018 we announced that we are enabling Windows desktop applications (Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Framework (WPF)) with .NET Core 3.0. You will be able to run new and existing Windows desktop applications on .NET Core and enjoy all the benefits that .NET Core has to offer, such as application-local deployment and improved ...

Microsoft Ignite – now with more code

August 15, 2018 Aug 15, 2018 08/15/18
John Powell
Microsoft Ignite is known as the place for technologists to build new skills, expand proficiencies, evaluate new tools, and network with the community. This year, we’re adding even more developer-focused content than ever before by going deep on popular and emerging developer technologies. But don’t just take my word for it, hear what ...

Announcing ML.NET 0.4

August 15, 2018 Aug 15, 2018 08/15/18
John Powell
A few months ago we released ML.NET 0.1 at //Build 2018., ML.NET is a cross-platform, open source machine learning framework for .NET developers. We’ve gotten great feedback so far and would like to thank the community for your engagement as we continue to develop ML.NET together in the open...