Introducing Surface Go! – Perfect for Education

Our lightest, fastest and most affordable Surface 2 in 1 laptop yet! On July 10th, Microsoft proudly announced the arrival of a new addition to the Surface family, the Surface Go! As Educators, many of us play different roles throughout the day, moving from classroom to classroom to planning engaging lesson at home. A tethered…


Release Manager connection errors when calling Azure Resource Manager in multiple regions – 07/13 – Mitigated

Final Update: Friday, July 13th 2018 12:02 UTC After some investigation, we were able to identify that this issue is only happening on a small subset of customers with specific environments and should not affect most customers. Chance of Re-occurrence: Low Sincerely,Pedro Initial notification: Friday, July 13th 2018 10:00UTC We’re investigating a recurrence of failures…


Learn for Free KQL–the language Log Analytics and other services use

KQL, the Kusto Query Language, is used to query Azure’s services. This course will teach you the basic syntax of KQL, then cover advanced topics such as machine learning and time series analysis, as well as exporting your data to various platforms. https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/kusto-query-language-kql-from-scratch I’ve been using KQL for quite a while, but still found this…


What is your Agile?

In this post, Senior Application Manager, AJ Weaver talks about the many interpretations of Agile. First, let me start by saying that when I am talking about Scrum, I am not necessarily talking about Agile. All Scrum is Agile but not all Agile is Scrum. As you can see below, Scrum is just one cornerstone…


WIP Your Product into Shape

In his latest post, Senior Consultant, Assaf Stone shares some useful suggestions on tracking Work In Progress (WIP) in VSTS. What is WIP? WIP simply means work in process (also sometimes, Work In Progress). This metric simply measures how many items (features, stories, backlog items, tasks) your team have started to develop, but have yet…


[Power BI] カスタム ビジュアルの作成方法 R + Plotly 編

Microsoft Japan Data Platform Tech Sales Team 大塚 Power BI では組み込みのビジュアルを使用してデータの可視化を簡単に行えるのが一つの利点ですが、 「カスタム ビジュアル」 という機能で簡単にサードパーティ(Microsoft 製含む)のビジュアルや独自のビジュアルを作成、組み込むことが可能です。 この機能によりビジュアル「だけ」作成することはもちろん、R のプロット機能、または R + Plotly のプロット機能を使ったオリジナルの 「アナリティクス+ビジュアル」 を作成して使用することも可能になります。


PowerShell script to execute DOS commands using KUDU APIs

Lets say you would like to get the machine name from all VM instances that are running your Azure AppService website or you would like to create a folder under the wwwroot, this below sample PowerShell scripts can execute any DOS command


Use VS Code as IoT Hub Device Simulator — Say Hello to Azure IoT Hub in 5 Minutes

When doing development for Azure IoT solutions, developers may want to test and debug his cloud solution with a real device. However, not every developer has a real device in his hand.  With the Azure IoT Toolkit extension for Visual Studio Code, you could easily use VS Code as a device simulator to quickly interact…


Simakov’s Click the button – Small Basic Featured Program

Today I’d like to introduce Simakov Misha’s game “Click the button”. The program ID is DSK769. This program is simple – it has only 97 lines.  And it’s smart to use an array buttonArr to define stages.  Thank you Simakov for sharing this game. Please share your game or program to the following forum thread. …


Azure DevOps Projects general availability

During our Connect(); 2017 event, we announced the public preview of Azure DevOps Projects to help customers start running applications on any Azure service in just three steps. Today, we’re excited to announce that Azure DevOps Projects is now generally available in the Azure Portal, making it easier for developers to deploy to the Azure cloud and create CI/CD pipelines…