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Gaming with Windows Machine Learning (ML)

April 5, 2018 Apr 5, 2018 04/5/18
App Center Team
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Machine Learning. We mentioned the wide-ranging applications of WinML on areas as diverse as security, productivity, and the internet of things. We even showed how WinML can be used to help cameras detect faulty chips during hardware production. But what does WinML mean for ...

Configuring C++ IntelliSense and Browsing

April 5, 2018 Apr 5, 2018 04/5/18
App Center Team
Whether you are creating a new (or modifying an existing) C++ project using a Wizard, or importing an project into Visual Studio from another IDE, it’s important to configure the project correctly for the IntelliSense and Browsing features to provide accurate information. This article provides some tips on configuring the projects and ...

Azure Monitor–General availability of multi-dimensional metrics APIs

April 4, 2018 Apr 4, 2018 04/4/18
App Center Team
In September of last year we announced the public preview of multi-dimensional metrics in Azure Monitor, Microsoft’s built-in platform monitoring service for Azure. Today we are pleased to announce the general availability of the APIs that support this capability. Now you can explore your Azure metrics through their dimensions and unlock ...

C++ Core Checks in Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 2

April 4, 2018 Apr 4, 2018 04/4/18
App Center Team
The C++ Core Guidelines Check extension received several new rules in Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 2. The primary focus in this iteration was on the checks that would make it easier to adopt utilities from the Guidelines Support Library. Below is a quick summary of these additions. For more detailed information please see documentation on...

Get started building .NET web apps that run in the browser with Blazor

April 4, 2018 Apr 4, 2018 04/4/18
App Center Team
Today we released our first public preview of Blazor, a new experimental .NET web framework using C#/Razor and HTML that runs in the browser with WebAssembly. Blazor enables full stack web development with the stability, consistency, and productivity of .NET. While this release is alpha quality and should not be used in production, the code ...

TFS 2018 Update 2 RC1 is now available for download

April 4, 2018 Apr 4, 2018 04/4/18
App Center Team
We have released Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 2 RC1. Update 2 is the first “feature” update for TFS 2018 based on our updated release approach. Here are some key links: TFS 2018.2 RC1 Release Notes TFS 2018.2 RC1 Web Installer TFS 2018.2 RC1 ISO TFS 2018.2 RC1 Express Web Installer TFS 2018.2 RC1 Express ISO RC1 is a go-live ...

GVFS for Mac

March 30, 2018 Mar 30, 2018 03/30/18
App Center Team
Over the last couple of years, we built GVFS to enable the Windows team to work in a Git repo that is orders of magnitude larger than any repo in existence before it. GVFS is currently only supported on Windows 10. We recently announced that we’re investigating how to build GVFS on other platforms. I’m excited to say that we’ve made ...

Introducing Windows Server 2019 – now available in preview

March 30, 2018 Mar 30, 2018 03/30/18
App Center Team
Today is a big day for Windows Server! On behalf of the entire Windows Server team, I am delighted to announce Windows Server 2019 will be generally available in the second half of calendar year 2018. Starting now, you can access the preview build through our Insiders program. Windows Server 2019 is built on the strong foundation of Windows ...

Serverless computing recipes for your cloud applications

March 30, 2018 Mar 30, 2018 03/30/18
App Center Team
You have heard the hype around serverless computing, read countless online articles about its benefits, and heard industry pundits find new adjectives to describe its pathbreaking nature on a frequent basis. Are you now ready to dig into what you can actually do with real code using serverless computing cloud services like Azure Functions? If ...