Windows Command Line Windows Terminal, Console and Command Line, Windows Subsystem for Linux, WSL, Windows Package Manager Want to get started right away? Take our free course here: Get started with the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Overview Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has made a lot of waves since it was announced at //Build 2016 in April 2016. The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets deve

Today, we’re happy to introduce Azure DevOps service status portal which helps with real time insights into active service events and provides further details on the event being investigated. This portal replaces our current experience using this Service blog. No new posts will be posted to this blog and existing subscribers are encouraged...

Today we’re announcing the release of TypeScript 3.1!If you haven’t heard of TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on top of modern JavaScript and adds static type-checking. When you write TypeScript code, you can use a tool like the TypeScript compiler to remove type-specific constructs, and rewrite any newer ECMAScript code to something that older browsers & runtimes can understand. Additional

TypeScript 3.0 is here! Today marks a new milestone in the TypeScript journey, serving JavaScript users everywhere.If you’re unfamiliar with TypeScript, it’s not too late to learn about it now! TypeScript is an extension of JavaScript that aims to bring static types to modern JavaScript. The TypeScript compiler reads in TypeScript code, which has things like type declarations and type annotations,

Today, Satya announced the exciting news – our intent to acquire GitHub! GitHub and Microsoft have been partnering on several levels for years. Specifically, the VSTS team has worked closely with GitHub on Git at a technical level and on other open source projects such as libgit2, GVFS, and Git LFS. It’s been a great partnership, one where we both contribute to the overall Git community and ensure

Get notified in your email when a new post is published to this blog A few weeks ago, I posted about a change coming to organizations managing their identities with Microsoft Accounts (MSAs); as of March 30th, you will no longer able to create new MSAs with a custom domain name that is linked to an Azure Active Directory tenant.  Many customers have reached out asking how this change affects their

UPDATE – Microservices and Docker containers: Architecture, Patterns and Development guidance (Updated for .NET Core 2.0) Nov. 15th 2017 update Earlier this year, we published this eBook/guide and sample application offering guidance for architecting microservices and Docker containers based applications. We have recently published updates to the eBook (2nd edition) and sample application to bring

TypeScript 2.6 is here in time for Halloween, but have no fear! We’ve got some great treats for you in this release. If you haven’t heard of TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on top of the most up-to-date versions of JavaScript by adding optional static types. These types don’t just help catch things like typos and logic errors; they also can bring you even better tooling like editor complet

Get notified in your email when a new post is published to this blog Similarly to the Windows 10 Creators Update, the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (FCU)  delivers a large number of improvements and features in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) . Note: For fans of our sister project, Windows Console, please also read our post on “What’s New in Windows Console in FCU“. We’ve been documenting

Microservices and Docker containers: Architecture, Patterns and Development guidance (Updated for .NET Core 2.0) Updated for .NET Core 2.0 “wave” of technologies (Nov. 15th 2017) Earlier this year, we published this eBook and sample application offering guidance for architecting microservices and Docker containers based applications. We have recently published updates to the eBook (2nd edition) an

Get notified in your email when a new post is published to this blog. In case you missed it, Progress Telerik UI for Universal Windows Platform by Progress was released as free and open-source earlier this year. With more than 22 XAML controls, this news has made it easier than ever before to start building UWP apps. Rather than needing to rewrite many complex XAML controls spanning user scenarios

Today we’re happy to announce the release of TypeScript 1.5.  This release took an alpha, a beta, and your help to get here.  It’s a big one, so let’s get started! TypeScript 1.5 is part of the newly released Visual Studio 2015.  You can also get a separate download for Visual Studio 2013, npm, and straight from GitHub. ES6 support TypeScript 1.5 – closing the gap on Kangax ES6 support TypeScript