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What’s new in TFS 2017 Update 3 RC

September 22, 2017 Sep 22, 2017 09/22/17
Vahe Minasyan
The Release Candidate (RC) of Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 3 is now available. It is a go-live release and fully supported for production use. This release includes bug fixes for TFS 2017 since Update 2, many of which resulted from technical support case resolutions and Developer Community problem reports...

Xamarin.Forms: Tips for Beating the Learning Curve

September 20, 2017 Sep 20, 2017 09/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
As a first time user learning any new technology or pattern, there’s always a curve, and over the years I’ve stood at the threshold of a product and gazed up that curve to determine how painfully steep it appeared and how long it would take until I was productive. Now, as the Program Manager for Xamarin.Forms, I gather and receive a lot of...

7 More Lesser-known Debugging Tactics for Visual Studio

September 20, 2017 Sep 20, 2017 09/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
So, you really liked learning about 7 Lesser Known Debugging Hacks for Visual Studio? Good news is that there is always more to learn! The Visual Studio debugger is an enchanting creature that can save you loads of time while finding and fixing issues in your application. It is bursting with tools that can make debugging easier… if you know ...

Keep credentials out of code: Introducing Azure AD Managed Service Identity

September 20, 2017 Sep 20, 2017 09/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
A common challenge in cloud development is managing the credentials used to authenticate to cloud services. Today, I am happy to announce the Azure Active Directory Managed Service Identity (MSI) preview. MSI gives your code an automatically managed identity for authenticating to Azure services, so that you can keep credentials out of your ...

Debug live apps in Azure with the Snappoints and Logpoints preview

September 15, 2017 Sep 15, 2017 09/15/17
Vahe Minasyan
At Build, we introduced the Snapshot Debugger: a new tool that enables you to debug production environments in Azure with minimal impact. The Snapshot Debugger enables you to get to the root cause of the “but it worked locally!” production issues with ease. We previously released functionality to automatically capture snapshots when your ...

Free edX Course – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)

September 15, 2017 Sep 15, 2017 09/15/17
Vahe Minasyan
Wondering what Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is all about? Where does data science leave off? And where and how does machine learning apply? AI will likely define the next generation of software. Given all the talk and confusing terminology out there, we’ve got the perfect overview course for those of you who are just getting started. See ...

Windows Template Studio 1.3 Released!

September 15, 2017 Sep 15, 2017 09/15/17
Vahe Minasyan
We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.3. 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...