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gRPC-Web for .NET now available

June 18, 2020 Jun 18, 2020 06/18/20
shikhakaul
gRPC-Web for .NET is now officially released. We announced experimental support in January and since then we’ve been making improvements based on feedback from early adopters...

Resolving PowerShell Module Assembly Dependency Conflicts

June 18, 2020 Jun 18, 2020 06/18/20
shikhakaul
When writing a PowerShell module, especially a binary module (i.e. one written in a language like C# and loaded into PowerShell as an assembly/DLL), it’s natural to take dependencies on other packages or libraries to provide functionality...

GPU accelerated ML training inside the Windows Subsystem for Linux

June 18, 2020 Jun 18, 2020 06/18/20
shikhakaul
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables Windows users to run native, unmodified Linux command-line tools directly on Windows. WSL usage has grown a lot since it was first announced 4 years ago, at Microsoft Build 2016, and now runs on more than 3.5 million monthly active devices...

Azure responds to COVID-19

June 18, 2020 Jun 18, 2020 06/18/20
shikhakaul
The global health pandemic continues to impact every organization—large or small—their employees, and the customers they serve. Over the last several months, we have seen firsthand the role that cloud computing plays in sustaining operations across the board that helps us live, work, learn, and play...

Introducing “Web Live Preview”

June 16, 2020 Jun 16, 2020 06/16/20
shikhakaul
If you work on any type of app that has a user interface (UI) you probably have experienced that inner-loop development cycle of making a change, compile and run the app, see the change wasn’t what you wanted, stop debugging, then re-run the cycle again. Depending on the frameworks or technology you use, there are options to improve this ...

Be prepared for what’s next: Accelerate cloud migration

June 16, 2020 Jun 16, 2020 06/16/20
shikhakaul
We are in the midst of unprecedented times with far-reaching implications of the global health crisis to healthcare, public policy, and the economy. Organizations are fundamentally changing how they run their businesses, ensure the safety of their workforce, and keep their IT operations running. Most IT leaders that we have had the opportunity...

How Do I Debug Async Code in Visual Studio?

June 16, 2020 Jun 16, 2020 06/16/20
shikhakaul
In a recent post, we explored the basics of asynchronous code, why it’s important, and how to write it in C#.  However, while it can improve your program’s overall throughput, async code is still not exempt from bugs!  Writing async code makes debugging more difficult when potential deadlocks, vague error messages, and finding which ...