VSTS supports any kinds of JavaScript test runner as long as it can be invoked via command line, we can either use Chutzpah with PhantomJS or karma with most popular browsers in its build pipeline. This article will demonstrate how to integrate karma unit test into VSTS and notice that any other test runner just…
It has never been easier… (NAV on Docker #2)
As of this morning, all shipped cumulative updates (+ all localizations) of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 and 2017 are available as Docker images in the Docker Hub, ready for execution on a Windows system with Docker installed. How do I use them? This means, that if you have a computer running Windows 10 Professional edition…
Draw a Picture of Halloween with Small Basic
Let’s draw a picture of Halloween with Small Basic. Happy Halloween! This program ID is TGR736.
Introduction to Microsoft Intelligent Edge
Guest post by Ivaxi Miteshkumar Sheth Microsoft Student Partner at Imperial College About me I am Ivaxi Miteshkumar Sheth. I am a year 2 student at Imperial College London pursuing Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Since childhood, I have been interested in Mathematics and Technology. With my degree, I am looking forward to building various projects…
How to build a user interactive bot with Microsoft Bot Framework
Guest blog by Shu Ishida Microsoft Student Partner at Oxford University About me My name is Shu Ishida, and I am a third year engineering student at the University of Oxford. I am into web development and design, and my ambition is to help break down educational, cultural and social barriers by technological innovation. My…
Avoid email notifications from Office Groups when adding people to groups when embedding Power BI into SharePoint pages
I am sitting in the Seattle SharePoint Saturday and one of the attendee’s asked how to suppress the welcome message sent from adding people to the Office 365 group. When you embed a Power BI report into a SharePoint page only the members of the Office Group will be able to see the report….even if…
My experiment and observation on Service Fabric Communication Stacks
This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager, Vishal Saroopchand who asks the question, “How do you decide what Communications Stack to use in your Service Fabric applications?” How do you decide what Communication Stack (Remoting, WCF, Custom Implementation) to use in your Service Fabric applications? Do you know how each communication stack performs?…
Azure VMs – Active Directory members and getting time sync (ntp) right
I’ve recently had this question asked of me multiple times recently. “If a VM in Azure is a member of a Domain, where does it get its time from, Azure (time.microsoft.com) or the NTP source set by AD?” The answer is both, unless you make some changes. Here are the specific time setting recomendations, buried…
C++ coroutine tutorial
I’ve been experimenting with coroutines recently and I found that information on C++ coroutines are very difficult to find. I’m planning to write a series of C++ coroutine blogs on how to use C++ coroutines, how they work, and how to write your own library that uses C++ coroutines. My last post Basic Concepts are…
Converting PCL (Portable Class Libraries) to .NET Standard Class Libraries
In Part 1 of this 3 part series, App Dev Manager, Herald Gjura discusses converting PCL (Portable Class Libraries) to .NET Standard Class Libraries. Overview I have been working for this client for quite a few years and had advised them to break down some of their key business functionality and features and distribute them…