Now Available: Jelastic on Microsoft Azure
Yesterday, the Microsoft Azure team announced the availability of Jelastic on Azure in two modes: Jelastic Hybrid cloud and a Virtual Private cloud. Jelastic is a multilingual Platform-as-a-Service...
View ArticleDocker and Microsoft announce more cross-platform innovation
In the DockerCon keynote, Mark Russinovich demonstrated the first-ever multi-platform container application. Built, shipped and running using Docker, this container application is the first in the...
View ArticleNew features for open source developers in Visual Studio and .NET releases
This month’s release of Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 4.6 brings hundreds of new features for developers building for desktop, web, mobile, cloud and more. These releases are the next big milestone on...
View ArticleNow available: Cortana for Android phones beta
This week, Microsoft announced that Cortana, the first personal digital-assistant that works across your PC and your phone, is available on all Android phones as a public beta. This milestone is part...
View ArticleJoin us for AzureCon
On September 29th, Microsoft will host AzureCon, a virtual event for developers and IT professionals who want to learn about the latest Azure innovations and understand how customers are using the...
View ArticleOffice updates for the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2
Microsoft has developed a number of new features for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook and Translator to take advantage of the updates Apple announced yesterday for iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS...
View ArticleLeading game developer selects Microsoft Azure to meet surging customer demand
“The Linux deployment was very much a simple lift and shift—lift up what was there on our on-premises datacenter and re-create it right back on Azure,” said Michael Boldezar, JumpStart Vice President...
View ArticleScreenDy chooses Azure to host its cross-platform cloud service
“We have a very complex architecture. We wanted to migrate our backend without having to change the code or the technology used, and Microsoft showed us how to do it with Azure.” – Khalid Tabyaoui,...
View ArticleOpen source software took center stage at AzureCon
This week Microsoft hosted AzureCon, a virtual event for developers and IT professionals who want to learn about the latest Azure innovations and understand how customers are using the cloud to...
View ArticleAzure Tour brings free cloud training to a city near you
We hope you’ll join us in a city near you for the Azure Tour, a series of free technical training events to help you build your clouds skills. Whether you already know your way around the cloud, simply...
View ArticleWebinar: Red Hat solutions on Azure
In this webinar, you’ll learn about how to run your Red Hat-based solutions on Microsoft Azure with a best-in-class integrated support experience from both companies. The new partnership between...
View ArticleHow can I help? Cortana now on iPhone, Android, and Cyanogen OS phones
In May, Microsoft promised that Cortana would be the first personal digital assistant to help you complete tasks across all your devices. Promise kept — Cortana can now answer your questions on iPhone,...
View ArticleAll about the Azure Open Source Portal for GitHub
Across Microsoft, we’re investing to support and improve how our engineers participate in open source projects. As part of that effort, we’re using GitHub, a powerful collaboration, code review, and...
View ArticleCapture the new year with Microsoft Selfie for iOS
Just in time for your New Year’s celebrations, Microsoft released Microsoft Selfie, a selfie and portrait enhancement app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The app takes age, gender, lighting, and many...
View ArticleConnect with Microsoft’s open source pros on Periscope
Over the next several weeks, Microsoft is hosting a Microsoft + Open Source Q&A series on Periscope with members of teams across Microsoft who use open source software in their day-to-day jobs....
View ArticleMicrosoft Translator breaks the sound barrier
¡Esto es increíble! The Microsoft Translator app lets you translate instantly across more than 50 languages. Imagine—now you can instantly converse in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish,...
View ArticleMicrosoft open sources Edge’s Chakra JavaScript engine
Today, Microsoft open sourced the key components of the Chakra JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge. The ChakraCore repository is available today on GitHub and provides a fully supported and...
View ArticleMaking R the Enterprise Standard for Cross-Platform Analytics
Last year Microsoft acquired Revolution Analytics, the leading commercial provider of software and services for R, an open source, statistical programming language that’s widely used for statistical...
View ArticleNew Office for iPad inking tools
As part of Microsoft’s effort to make Office even more intuitive and easier to use, the Office team is making pen and ink a primary input across Office apps. Yesterday, Microsoft released new inking...
View ArticleMicrosoft to acquire Xamarin, a leading platform for mobile app development
Yesterday, Microsoft announced an agreement to acquire Xamarin, a leading platform provider for mobile app development. In conjunction with Visual Studio, Xamarin provides a rich mobile development...
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