15
Oct
2024
Microsoft
Live edit of Direct Lake models in Power BI Desktop
You can use Power BI Desktop to live edit Direct Lake semantic models, improving your data modeling experience and allowing export to Power BI Project (PBIP) for professional development workflows.
15
Oct
2024
Power BI October 2024 Feature Summary
We have a lot of exciting updates to share with you this month.
Quick measure suggestions with Copilot to be replaced with Microsoft Fabric Copilot, we have an update with Azure Map – Data Bound Reference Layers, and a preview of New List Slic...
Quick measure suggestions with Copilot to be replaced with Microsoft Fabric Copilot, we have an update with Azure Map – Data Bound Reference Layers, and a preview of New List Slic...
15
Oct
2024
Announcing the retirement of real-time streaming in Power BI
Today, we are announcing that we will be retiring real-time streaming in Power BI.
15
Oct
2024
Celebrating World Mental Health Day: Tech tips and tricks to support your workday
Amid the hustle and bustle of modern life, managing stress and staying productive at work can be overwhelming. It’s no surprise that mental health is the leading disability globally, with 1 in 4 adults affected by mental health conditions at some point...
10
Oct
2024
Easier localization with the new resource (.resx) manager
If you’re developing applications that target multiple languages and cultures, you probably know how challenging it can be to manage the resources for each localization. You need to keep track of all the strings, images, icons, and other assets that are specific to each culture, and make sure they are consistent and up to date […]
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9
Oct
2024
Accelerate C++ Debugging with Enhanced Conditional Breakpoints
Are you tired of waiting for your conditional breakpoints to hit in C++? Do you wish there was a way to speed up the debugging process and get to the root of the problem faster? If so, you’re in luck! We have some exciting news for you: Visual Studio 2022 has significantly improved the performance […]
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7
Oct
2024
Update to Direct Lake documentation
We recently made a significant update to the Direct Lake documentation. Direct Lake accelerates time to data-driven decisions by unlocking incredible performance directly against OneLake, without the need to manage costly, time-consuming data refreshes...
2
Oct
2024
Discover Hidden Insights with Profiler’s External Code Decompilation
Have you ever wondered what’s happening under the hood of your .NET application? Do you want to quickly and easily identify and fix performance bottlenecks? If so, Visual Studio has the perfect tool for you: the profiler. The profiler allows you to analyze your code’s performance, pinpoint hot paths, detect memory leaks, address thread contention, […]
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2
Oct
2024
Announcing new products and features for Azure OpenAI Service including GPT-4o-Realtime-Preview with audio and speech capabilities
We are thrilled to announce the public preview of GPT-4o-Realtime-Preview for audio and speech, a major enhancement to Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service that adds advanced voice capabilities and expands GPT-4o's multimodal offerings.
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1
Oct
2024
Visual Studio 2022 – Recent performance enhancements
Visual Studio 2022 continues to be faster with each version. In this blog post we will highlight a couple of the more significant enhancements you’ll experience in 17.11, such as a more efficient C# language service, faster conditional breakpoints and symbol searches in C++. Reduced CPU usage by C# language service Code Indexing In 17.10 […]
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1
Oct
2024
What’s New in Microsoft Teams | September 2024
It’s September, and the seasons are starting to change. Here in the northern hemisphere the temperature is getting cooler, but new Teams features are still bringing the heat!
Last month, we shared helpful updates like ‘Time-based prompts in Copi...
Last month, we shared helpful updates like ‘Time-based prompts in Copi...
30
Sep
2024
Effortless Instrumentation profiling with Persistent Target Selection
Ever wished to assess your code’s performance without repeatedly choosing the target process or executable for each instrumentation profiling session? If so, you’re among many developers who find this task cumbersome and prone to errors, especially when profiling the same target repeatedly. We understand your frustration and have a solution: Visual Studio 2022 introduces a […]
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30
Sep
2024
Announcing fine-tuning for customization and support for new models in Azure AI
To truly harness the power of generative AI, customization is key. In this blog, we share the latest Microsoft Azure AI updates.
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27
Sep
2024
Announcement: Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policies have been extended to Fabric lakehouses
Purview data loss prevention policies help you automatically detect sensitive information as it is uploaded into lakehouses in your Fabric tenant and take risk remediation actions.
27
Sep
2024
27
Sep
2024
New VDI solution for Teams on AVD/Windows 365 environments now generally available
Today Microsoft is excited to announce that the new VDI solution for Teams on Azure Virtual Desktops/Windows 365 environments is generally available.
As explained in our previous blog, this new architecture brings the Teams’ user experience to a ...
As explained in our previous blog, this new architecture brings the Teams’ user experience to a ...
26
Sep
2024
Developer insights: Building resilient end-to-end security
Explore how Microsoft's platform-centric approach builds resilient digital ecosystems. This first post in our end-to-end security series covers its definition and benefits in cybersecurity.
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26
Sep
2024
Creating a React TODO app in Visual Studio 2022
In this tutorial we will create a React front-end, with JavaScript, of a TODO web app using a Visual Studio 2022. To get started install Visual Studio with the Node.js development workload. This will include the JavaScript/TypeScript (JSTS) projects and the associated support. The code for this app can be found at sayedihashimi/todojswebapp (github.com). Create […]
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26
Sep
2024
Exciting New Enhancements Announced for Fabric Data Pipelines
Announcing invoke pipeline activity, Fabric Functions activity, and Spark job environment parameters.
26
Sep
2024
Run VCF private clouds in Azure VMware Solution with support for portable VCF subscriptions
Microsoft’s Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is a fast and easy way to seamlessly migrate VMware-based workloads to Azure, using familiar VMware tools and skills.
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25
Sep
2024
UC Berkeley enhances computer science education with Azure OpenAI Service
Discover how UC Berkeley uses Azure OpenAI Service to enhance computer science education and prepare students for their future careers.
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25
Sep
2024
Organize Your Breakpoints like a pro
Do you feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of breakpoints in your Visual Studio project? Wish you could categorize and toggle them on and off with ease? The new breakpoint group feature in Visual Studio 2022 is here to transform your debugging experience. Breakpoint groups allow you to create custom collections of breakpoints and apply […]
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25
Sep
2024
By Popular Demand: Dark mode is now available in Power BI Desktop!
We are excited to announce a new feature in Power BI Desktop that allows you to choose from a variety of themes, including the most requested Dark Mode! Whether you’re working late into the night or simply prefer a darker interface, Dark Mode provides ...
25
Sep
2024
Enhanced Report Creation in the Power BI Service with Copilot (Public Preview)
New updates to Create Page in Copilot for Power BI enable users to have a clearer and more transparent interaction with copilot to yield more relevant report pages.
25
Sep
2024
Microsoft Trustworthy AI: Unlocking human potential starts with trust
At Microsoft, we have commitments to ensuring Trustworthy AI and are building industry-leading supporting technology. Our commitments and capabilities go hand in hand to make sure our customers and developers are protected at every layer. Building on our commitments, today we are announcing new product capabilities to strengthen the security, safety and privacy of AI systems.
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24
Sep
2024
Enterprise trust in Azure OpenAI Service strengthened with Data Zones
Announcing new features designed to further enhance data privacy and security capabilities for customers building and scaling with Azure OpenAI.
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The post Enterprise trust in Azure OpenAI Service strengthened with Data Zones appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
24
Sep
2024
Next-Gen Code Coverage in Visual Studio: Enhanced C++ Support and Security
We’re excited to share the latest changes in Visual Studio’s code coverage components. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our previous blog posts: What’s New in Our Code Coverage Tooling? and Code coverage features in Visual Studio Enterprise. C++ Code Coverage Tired of instable native code coverage that doesn’t support ARM64? Now, […]
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24
Sep
2024
Level up your collaborations with the pull request experience in Visual Studio
One of our main goals is to help you and your team collaborate more effectively and efficiently on your software projects. That’s why we are constantly improving our Version Control features, especially the ones related to the pull request workflow. Starting in Visual Studio version 17.11, you can enjoy a smoother and smarter pull request […]
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23
Sep
2024
Achieve agility and scale in a dynamic cloud world
At Microsoft, we want to give you more choice, flexibility, and resiliency for your cloud solutions, and we encourage you to take advantage of these benefits by adopting a multi-region growth strategy.
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19
Sep
2024
Learn how Copilot agents enhance collaboration within your team on Microsoft Teams
Microsoft brings you the goodness of Copilot across apps that you use with Teams. Several of the apps available to you are meant to enhance your productivity. Some of these are now Copilot enabled. What does that mean? They can be used with Microsoft 3...
19
Sep
2024
Multi-Project Launch Configuration
Are you tired of the hassle of manually configuring your development environment every time you want to launch multiple projects? We’ve heard your feedback and are thrilled to announce a feature in Visual Studio that simplifies your workflow. The Multi-Project Launch Configuration feature in Visual Studio allows developers to set up and save profiles for […]
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18
Sep
2024
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management
We’re excited to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management.
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18
Sep
2024
Microsoft Cost Management updates—August 2024
We’re always looking for ways to learn more about your challenges and how Microsoft Cost Management can help you better understand where you’re accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimize costs to empower you to do more with less.
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17
Sep
2024
What’s New in Microsoft Teams | August 2024
August is here, and so are some new features and enhancements that make Microsoft Teams even more powerful and easier to use!
In July, we shared ways you can customize how you express yourself in chat, new options for personalizing your gallery ...
In July, we shared ways you can customize how you express yourself in chat, new options for personalizing your gallery ...
30
Aug
2024
Advancing cloud platform operations and reliability with optimization algorithms
“In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, we see a growing number of services and environments (in which those services run) our customers utilize on Azure. Ensuring the performance and security of Azure means our teams are vigilant about regular maintenance and updates to keep pace with customer needs. Stability, reliability, and rolling timely updates remain
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29
Aug
2024
Check out what’s new in Azure VMware Solution
I’m writing to you today from VMware Explore in Las Vegas, where my team and I are thrilled to present the latest updates for Azure VMware Solution (AVS). We’re hosting sessions, showcasing demos at our booth, and most importantly, meeting directly with customers like these to help them map the future of their VMware environments
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28
Aug
2024
Microsoft Teams in-depth: Learning content on demand
Make collaboration easier and smarter. Stay focused, work together, and achieve more with one platform for all your communication needs. That’s what Microsoft Teams is all about. We’re all about clarity and familiarity with the product, how it works, a...
27
Aug
2024
New IDE features in Visual Studio v17.11
In Visual Studio 2022 v17.11, you’ll discover several new features that address specific issues developers have reported. These updates don’t belong to a distinct category, but we’re dedicated to sharing them with you in this blog post. You can download the update and view the comprehensive release notes for full details.
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26
Aug
2024
Boost your AI with Azure’s new Phi model, streamlined RAG, and custom generative AI models
We're excited to announce several updates to help developers quickly create AI solutions with greater choice and flexibility leveraging the Azure AI toolchain.
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The post Boost your AI with Azure’s new Phi model, streamlined RAG, and custom generative AI models appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
22
Aug
2024
Enhancing Code Comprehension: GitHub Copilot’s Features in Visual Studio 2022 17.11
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 17.11 now offers an improved experience you to refer to their methods, classes, functions, and entire solution directly within the chat. By using the # symbol followed by the name of a method, class, or function,
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22
Aug
2024
On-premises data gateway August 2024 release
Welcome to August! We are excited to announce a new version of the on-premises data gateway.
21
Aug
2024
New C++ features in Visual Studio v17.11
Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11 is here and comes with a host of new features for C++ developers. We’ve made improvements across our toolchain, Unreal Engine support, Build Insights, CMake debugger, and more. This post gives a quick overview of what’s available;
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21
Aug
2024
Unified Teams app for work, personal, and education accounts is now available on all platforms
Microsoft Teams has transformed the way we connect and collaborate at work and in our lives. To date, there have been two Teams apps on Windows 11 – one for work or education and another for personal use.
We’re thrilled to share that today the unified ...
We’re thrilled to share that today the unified ...
20
Aug
2024
New debugging and diagnostic features
Debugging and diagnostics are vital skills for any developer, but they can also be difficult and time-consuming to get proficient . That’s why we’ve added some fantastic new features and enhancements to Visual Studio 2022 v17.11 that will help you find and resolve bugs faster and easier than ever before.
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20
Aug
2024
Power BI August 2024 Feature Summary
Welcome to the August 2024 update.
Here are a few, select highlights of the many we have for Power BI. You can now ask Copilot questions against your semantic model. Updated Save and Upload to OneDrive Flow in Power BI and Narrative visual with Cop...
Here are a few, select highlights of the many we have for Power BI. You can now ask Copilot questions against your semantic model. Updated Save and Upload to OneDrive Flow in Power BI and Narrative visual with Cop...
20
Aug
2024
New git tooling features
Visual Studio 2022 v17.11 includes fantastic updates to everyone working with Git. They bring the richness of both GitHub and Azure DevOps into Visual Studio and part of your natural workflow. This greatly simplifies your inner loop, making you even more productive than before.
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19
Aug
2024
Copilot Content Exclusion Now Available in Visual Studio 2022 17.11
We are excited to announce that Copilot Content Exclusion is now available in Visual Studio 2022 17.11. This feature allows your admins to configure Copilot to ignore certain files in a repository or organization, giving you enterprise control that ensures sensitive information is protected while seamlessly integrating trusted AI for efficient coding.
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15
Aug
2024
Microsoft Cost Management updates—July 2024
We're always looking for ways to learn more about your challenges and how Microsoft Cost Management can help you better understand where you're accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimize costs to empower you to do more with less.
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15
Aug
2024
Announcing mandatory multi-factor authentication for Azure sign-in
Learn how MFA can protect your data and identity, and get ready for the upcoming MFA requirement for Azure.
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15
Aug
2024
Announcing: Admin monitoring workspace is now available in US government cloud tenants (GCC, GCC High, DoD)
Power BI’s mission is to empower every individual, team, and organization to make confident decisions with data. With the increased focus on governance, compliance, and policy, customers need greater visibility into workflows and related activities. Te...
15
Aug
2024
Elevate your AI deployments more efficiently with new deployment and cost management solutions for Azure OpenAI Service including self-service Provisioned
We're excited to announce significant updates for Azure OpenAI Service, designed to help our 60,000+ customers manage AI deployments more efficiently and cost-effectively beyond current pricing. With the introduction of self-service Provisioned deployments, we aim to help make your quota and deployment processes more agile, faster to market, and more economical.
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14
Aug
2024
First preview of Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 with .NET 9
We’re excited to announce the availability of Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 Preview 1 – the first preview of our next update to Visual Studio. This update focuses on providing fantastic developer experiences for working with .NET 9 projects and new AI productivity features,
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14
Aug
2024
Visual Studio 2022 v17.11 – Your feedback in action
We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11. This release is a testament to our commitment to listening to you, our developer community. Every enhancement, every fix, and every new feature in this release has been shaped by your feedback.
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13
Aug
2024
GitHub scales on demand with Azure Functions
Flex Consumption delivers fast and large scale-out features on a serverless model and supports long function execution times, private networking, instance size selection, and concurrency control.
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13
Aug
2024
My Summer Experience as a SWE Intern at Microsoft
Hi everyone! I’m Serena, a rising 4th year at Rochester Institute of Technology with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Psychology. This summer I was a returning intern at Microsoft as a software engineering intern with the JavaScript and TypeScript Tooling team.
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9
Aug
2024
Announcing a new OpenAI feature for developers on Azure
We are thrilled to announce the launch of OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-4o Next.
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7
Aug
2024
New Azure Data Box capabilities to accelerate your offline data migration
Azure Data Box offline data transfer solution allows you send petabytes of data into Azure Storage in a quick, inexpensive, and reliable manner.
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7
Aug
2024
Introducing the revamped Attach to Process experience
One of the most powerful and frequently used features of Visual Studio is the Attach to Process dialog, which enables you to debug processes running on your machine or on a remote machine. For anything you could develop using Visual Studio,
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6
Aug
2024
New paginated report authoring experience (Preview)
This is the new paginated report authoring experience.
5
Aug
2024