Continuous Delivery Tools Extension for Visual Studio 2017

by bill-s, 2017-02-11T02:24:26.000Z

The <a href="http://aka.ms/CD4VS">Continuous Delivery Tools for Visual Studio</a> is a new extension for Visual Studio 2017 that brings DevOps capabilities to the IDE.  In this post, you 'll learn about some key features and configuration to get you started.

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Docker - New .NET Core tooling

by bill-s, 2017-02-09T02:36:57.000Z

In this week's episode on .NET, Kendra Havens, Rich Lander, Bertrand Le Roy talks about .net, run ASP.NET in a docker image and have a look at some of the changes in the .NET core .csproj tooling.

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Free ebook: Data Science with Microsoft SQL Server 2016

by bill-s, 2017-02-11T10:13:11.000Z

We're happy to announce the availability of a new free ebook, Data Science with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (ISBN 9781509304318), by Buck Woody, Danielle Dean, Debraj GuhaThakurta, Gagan Bansal, Matt Conners, & Wee-Hyong Tok. Enjoy!

Full Stack Weekly

by bill-s, 2017-02-10T22:24:14.000Z

Do you use JavaScript, NodeJS and other technologies in your apps as well? Check out our new newsletter for an additional full stack briefing every week.

Happy 15th Birthday .NET!

by bill-s, 2017-02-11T07:54:56.000Z

Today marks the 15th anniversary since .NET debuted to the world. On February 13th, 2002, the first version of .NET was released as part of Visual Studio.NET. It seems just like yesterday when Microsoft was building its “Next Generation Windows Services” and unleashed a new level of productivity with Visual Studio.NET.

How to Use Azure Functions from the Azure Portal

by bill-s, 2017-02-11T05:15:35.000Z

Short 4-minute video showing how to get started with Azure Functions from the Azure Portal. First in a series of videos focused on going serverless with Azure Functions.

Migrating from .NET Framework to .NET Core

by bill-s, 2017-02-11T07:46:53.000Z

The journey of re-targeting an ASP.NET Core application onto .NET Core

SQL Database Query Editor available in Azure Portal

by bill-s, 2017-02-09T03:44:37.000Z

We are excited to announce the availability of an in-browser query tool that provides you an efficient way to execute queries on your Azure SQL Databases and SQL Data Warehouses without leaving the Azure Portal.

Updates to the Box .NET SDK and Support for .NET Core

by bill-s, 2017-02-11T06:54:08.000Z

Box has released a major update to its .NET SDK and added support for .NET Core. You can read more here: <a href="https://docs.box.com/blog/updates-to-the-box-net-sdk-and-support-for-net-core" target="_blank">https://docs.box.com/blog/updates-to-the-box-net-sdk-and-support-for-net-core</a>