Building add-ins with commands
Today we bring you the second in a two-part series of guest blog posts from Andrew Salamatov, a Senior Program Manager with our Outlook team. You can find the first part here. Enjoy!Because of their...
View ArticleDrivers harvester now ignores PNF files!
I updated Drivers Harvester tool addressing the issue with PNF files I described hereEnjoy!
View ArticleGet instant translations from Cortana, your personal digital assistant in...
Microsoft Translator provides translations whenever and wherever you need them. Translator is available in a number of apps for smartwatches, phones, tablets, and PCs. It is also integrated into a...
View ArticleSeptember pricing and licensing changes
I want to update you all on the pricing and licensing changes we’ve been working on over the past year.VS Online Basic usersThe new, less expensive, tiered pricing model I announced a couple of months...
View ArticleDeveloping DSC scripts for the Azure Resource Manager DSC Extension
PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) has been out for a while and there are lots of folks that really get it. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is going strong, and brings along with it a new...
View ArticleUK Students Fancy winning $1000 for completing a challenge with Microsoft...
Cloud computing is changing the technology industry. When you start looking for your first job, will you have the cloud on your résumé? You will if you compete in our new Hello Cloud Challenge! With...
View ArticleAzure DSC Extension v2.4 released
NOTE: For information on OS support, and other features, please refer to our release history.Today we released version 2.4 of the Azure DSC Extension, which adds support for WMF 5.0 Production...
View ArticleOpenXML Styles 101 - Creating Custom Styles and Understanding Style Inheritance
IntroductionThis will be the first in a series of articles on various OpenXML topics. This article provides an expanded description of how Style Inheritance works. We will be using an example created...
View ArticleIssues with Hosted Build and TypeScript 1.4 - 9/1 - Resolved
Final Update: Wednesday, 2 September 2015 03:02 UTC The roll back to previous deployment state is completed. We understand that customers rely on VS Online as a critical service and apologize for any...
View ArticleVisualize your Webtrends data in Power BI
Webtrends helps companies make sense of their customer data to drive digital marketing success. Users have the ability to observe, analyze and deliver insights on the visitor journey across web,...
View ArticleCreate pages in the default Office 365 notebook (in Preview)
Hi all! Yan and Diane here. Yan recently added Office 365 support for creating pages in the default notebook and creating pages in named sections in the default notebook. Saving to the default notebook...
View ArticleTechNet Radio episode: Design Considerations for Mobile Device Management
In today's world where being highly connected and highly mobile are more important than ever, device choice and being mobile while still being productive are big concerns for any business IT...
View ArticleWindows Container Resources - DSC and VMM Templates, and more to come
Two weeks ago we released the first public preview of Windows Containers. If you have not played with them yet - you really should!It is really easy to get up and running, and we have a a lot of...
View ArticleIncreasing Heap Size for Hive Query
Today a customer reached out to me asking how to debug the error shown in Hive below.This error is caused due to not enough Heap Space. Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap...
View ArticleWindows Hardware Lab Kit build 10240 required after October 31, 2015
Released alongside Windows 10, the Windows Hardware Lab Kit is an all-purpose test and measure kit to help you determine how well your hardware interacts with Windows.You can download the latest...
View ArticleLet's chat about SQL Server cloud hosting
SQL Server DBAs and Azure Professionals, The SQL Server product team is looking for feedback and your individual perspectives about cloud hosted environments for SQL Server, whether you're focused on...
View ArticleIssue in Azure Storage Client Library 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 preview in AppendBlob...
An issue in the Azure Storage Client Library 5.0.0 for .Net and in the Azure Storage Client Library 5.0.1 preview for .Net was recently discovered. This will impact the Windows desktop and phone...
View ArticleDebugging Tip: Dump the XML from System.Xml.XmlReader object
In a recent case, I had a difficult time in debugging to find the payload associated with XmlReader. I am sharing what all I have done to get to the correct parameter. Overall, XmlReader just acts as...
View Article電話会議ポリシー の AllowLargeMeetings
Lync/Skype サポートの久保です。社長からの挨拶など、大人数で会議を行いたいけど、Lync では、250人という制約がある。。。。とお困りの管理者の皆様!!こうした場合には、電話会議ポリシーに "AllowLargeMeetings"...
View ArticleUS$500K to Australian Nonprofits to help #UpgradeYourWorld
Today, we are thrilled to announce Microsoft Australia’s Windows 10 #UpgradeYourWorldAU community investment of US$500,000 cash, to be shared equally across ten nonprofits that are making a real...
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