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.NET Core Image Processing

January 26, 2017 Jan 26, 2017 01/26/17
Vahe Minasyan
Image processing, and in particular image resizing, is a common requirement for web applications. As such, I wanted to paint a panorama of the options that exist for .NET Core to process images. For each option, I’ll give a code sample for image resizing, and...

Bing Maps .NET REST Toolkit Made Open Source

January 26, 2017 Jan 26, 2017 01/26/17
Dmitry Lyalin
Many developers use the Bing Maps REST services to perform spatial queries such as geocoding an address or calculating routes and distances. The Bing Maps REST services are nice and fast, however, using them from a .NET application used to require a decent amount of work. The Bing Maps .NET REST Toolkit aims to make it easy to use these ...

Manage your open source usage and security in your pipeline

January 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017 01/19/17
Ilya Biryukov [MSFT]
The open source approach has a tremendous value for us as a technological community. The collaborative development model helps the industry evolve rapidly, increase innovation and save time and money. We all use open source components in our applications, front or back end, JavaScript, .NET or Python, whether it is a JSON serialization library...

Cognitive Services – Enable Natural Language Interaction with LUIS

January 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017 01/19/17
Ilya Biryukov [MSFT]
The technological landscape has changed quite radically in recent years. Computing capabilities moved from PCs to smartphones and wearables, while adding even more power to these devices. This advancement in technology has also changed the way we interact with our devices. Physical keyboards have been replaced with software implementations and...

Failure Anomalies alert now detects dependency failures

January 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017 01/19/17
Ilya Biryukov [MSFT]
We’ve upgraded Smart Detection – Failure Anomalies so that it monitors your web app’s outgoing dependencies and AJAX calls as well as incoming server requests. If you’re monitoring your app with Application Insights, you’ll be notified within minutes if there’s a sudden disruption or degradation in your app’s performance...

New work item form in TFS 2017

January 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017 01/19/17
Ilya Biryukov [MSFT]
About a year ago we released the new work item form to Visual Studio Team Services. This was the beginning of our vision for managing work items in a more social and visual way. Over the past year, we focused on realizing this vision through continual improvements and listening to customer feedback...

New Year, New PR Goodies

January 17, 2017 Jan 17, 2017 01/17/17
Ilya Biryukov [MSFT]
In our first release of the new year, we’ve included a lot of great pull request features. Let’s take a lap around them to see how they can help improve your workflow...

C++ – Introducing C++/WinRT (MSDN Magazine)

January 17, 2017 Jan 17, 2017 01/17/17
Ilya Biryukov [MSFT]
The Windows Runtime (WinRT) is the technology behind the modern Windows API, and the core of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). The same API can be used across all Windows devices, whether it’s a PC, tablet, HoloLens, phone, Xbox or anything else that runs Windows...