At //Build 2016, Microsoft announced the ability to run native Bash and GNU/Linux command-line tools directly on the new Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), coming soon to Windows 10 Anniversary Update builds. We’ve been amazed by the overwhelming outpouring of interest about this new feature over the last week. One of the most frequent questions…
Visual C++ for Linux Development
Post updated on 6/17/2016 to remove mention of a dependency no longer needed and pull contact info to top. Post updated on 6/14/2016 to include content from the 1.0.3 Update. Post updated on 9/13/2016 to include content from the 1.0.5 Update, added a TOC, and updated how to report issues. The Visual C++ for Linux…
Introducing .NET Standard
Questions? Check out the .NET Standard FAQ. In my last post, I talked about how we want to make porting to .NET Core easier. In this post, I’ll focus on how we’re making this plan a reality with .NET Standard. We’ll cover which APIs we plan to include, how cross-framework compatibility will work, and what…
Announcing Visual Studio “15” Preview 5
Today we released Visual Studio “15” Preview 5. With this Preview, I want to focus mostly on performance improvements, and in the coming days we’ll have some follow-up posts about the performance gains we’ve seen. I’m also going to point out some of the productivity enhancements we’ve made. So kick off the installer here and…
Overview of Microsoft Dynamics AX build numbers
Microsoft Dynamics AX Version Build Comment Download link Platform version 7.2 7.0.4230.16130 Aug 2016 LCS Application version 7.01 7.0.1265.23014 May 2016 LCS Platform version 7.1 7.0.4127.16103 May 2016 LCS Application version 7.0 RTW 7.0.1265.3015 Mar 2016 How to access Platform version 7.0 RTW 7.0.4030.16079 Mar 2016 How to access Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 (Roadmap survey) Version Build…
TypeScript 2.0 is now available!
Today we’re excited to announce the final release of TypeScript 2.0! TypeScript 2.0 has been a great journey for the team, with several contributions from the community and partners along the way. It brings several new features that enhance developer productivity, advances TypeScript’s alignment with ECMAScript’s evolution, provides wide support for JavaScript libraries and tools,…
Announcing MSTest Framework support for .NET Core RC2 / ASP.NET Core RC2
.NET Core RC2 and ASP.NET Core RC2 released just a couple of weeks back. They feature the introduction of the .NET CLI, major changes to the .NET Core SDK (formerly called DNX), the rebranding of ASP.NET 5 to ASP.NET Core, and more. You can read about these on the .NET team blog and the .NET…
Team Foundation Server “15” RC 2 available
Today we released RC2 of TFS “15”. The key links are here: Team Foundation Server 15 RC2 ISO Team Foundation Server 15 RC2 web installer Team Foundation Server 15 Express RC2 ISO Team Foundation Server 15 Express RC2 web installer Team Foundation Server 15 RC2 release notes You can check out the release notes for…
LightSwitch Update
Our vision for LightSwitch was to accelerate the development of line-of-business apps, but the landscape has changed significantly from the time when we first thought about LightSwitch (think mobile and cloud for example). There are now more connected and relevant choices from Microsoft and our partners for business app development. Visual Studio 2015 is the last…
Sunday Surprise – One Week Offer: Reply here to become an MSDN/TechNet Forum Answerer
IMPORTANT UPDATE: This offer is now expired! You can leave requests in the Forum Issues forum (start a new thread) or wait until we have a new similar offer on this blog, in the future. Thanks! I’m trying something new. For one week, you are invited to reply to this blog post to…