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Building LLM applications with vector search in Azure Cognitive Services

Microsoft’s Cognitive Search API now offers vector search as a service, ready for use with large language models in Azure OpenAI and beyond.

By Simon Bisson
Aug 17, 2023 8 mins
Generative AI Microsoft Azure Technology Industry
analysis

Understanding OneLake and lakehouses in Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Azure’s new, unified data platform aims to be your one-stop shop for analytics and machine learning at scale.

By Simon Bisson
Aug 10, 2023 7 mins
Data Architecture Machine Learning Microsoft Azure
analysis

Tame your wild LLM with TypeChat

Large language models mean not having to use complicated regular expression handlers to turn text into data. Using TypeChat, you can ensure that that data is type-safe JSON.

By Simon Bisson
Aug 03, 2023 8 mins
Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Natural Language Processing
analysis

Customizing Microsoft Dev Boxes with code

Configuration as code is coming to Microsoft’s Azure-hosted workstations, allowing us to use WinGet, YAML files, and PowerShell DSC to deliver ready-to-run toolchains to developers.

By Simon Bisson
Jul 20, 2023 7 mins
Cloud Computing Development Tools Integrated Development Environments
analysis

Build custom actions for Power Automate for Windows

Bundled with Windows 11, Power Automate for Windows lets you wrap low-code workflows around your desktop applications. A new SDK supports custom actions.

By Simon Bisson
Jul 13, 2023 7 mins
Cloud Computing No Code and Low Code Technology Industry
analysis

Build accelerated AI apps for NPUs with Olive

Microsoft’s open-source, hardware-aware optimization tool for ONNX models is an essential part of its AI application development tool chain.

By Simon Bisson
Jul 03, 2023 6 mins
Deep Learning Development Libraries and Frameworks Machine Learning
analysis

KAN: A Kubernetes edge environment for computer vision

Microsoft’s open-source KubeAI Application Nucleus is a low-touch, Kubernetes-based system for building and running machine learning applications for edge devices.

By Simon Bisson
May 22, 2023 8 mins
Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Microsoft Azure
analysis

Semantic Kernel: A bridge between large language models and your code

Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel SDK makes it easier to manage complex prompts and get focused results from large language models like GPT.

By Simon Bisson
Apr 17, 2023 8 mins
Generative AI Machine Learning Technology Industry
analysis

Working with Azure’s Data API builder

Add REST and GraphQL APIs to any database with a handy .NET CLI tool.

By Simon Bisson
Mar 29, 2023 7 mins
APIs Microsoft .NET Microsoft Azure
analysis

Using Hugging Face machine learning models in Azure

Microsoft is working to bring open source machine learning models into Azure applications and services.

By Simon Bisson
Mar 15, 2023 6 mins
Generative AI Machine Learning Microsoft Azure
analysis

Design effective AI prompts with Microsoft Prompt Engine

Microsoft’s open source tool helps you write code to work with generative AI, ensuring results give correct information and stay on topic.

By Simon Bisson
Mar 01, 2023 7 mins
Development Libraries and Frameworks Generative AI Microsoft Azure
analysis

Cobol in .NET with Otterkit

Old languages never die, they just get ported to a new runtime. Here’s a look at a new open source project for .NET that can help modernize Cobol.

By Simon Bisson
Feb 15, 2023 6 mins
C# Microsoft .NET Open Source
analysis

Getting started with Azure OpenAI

Microsoft’s Azure-hosted OpenAI language models are now generally available, and it’s surprisingly simple to use them in your code.

By Simon Bisson
Feb 01, 2023 8 mins
Development Tools Generative AI Microsoft Azure
analysis

Easier documentation with GitHub Pages

GitHub Pages lets you manage content exactly the same way you manage code, pushing from content development branches to main to publish new content. It’s a great way to ensure that code and documentation are delivered side by side.

By Simon Bisson
Jan 18, 2023 7 mins
Development Tools GitHub Software Development
analysis

SpiderLightning: Making WebAssembly cloud applications portable

Inside one of the technologies that powers Azure Kubernetes Service’s WebAssembly support, and promises to make applications portable across clouds and other hosts.

By Simon Bisson
Jan 04, 2023 7 mins
Development Tools Microsoft Azure Multi Cloud
analysis

Introducing Cadl: Microsoft’s concise API design language

With Cadl, you can write a 500-line OpenAPI definition in 50 lines of code. It’s a logical way for architects and developers to construct and constrain APIs.

By Simon Bisson
Dec 21, 2022 7 mins
APIs C# Microsoft Azure
analysis

Azure Kubernetes doubles down on WebAssembly

WebAssembly is ideal for cloud-native apps. A shift from Krustlets to runwasi should simplify managing Wasm nodes in Azure Kubernetes Service.

By Simon Bisson
Dec 07, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development
analysis

Integrating Web3 technologies with Azure Devops

Microsoft’s Azure incubation team is experimenting with blockchain technologies. Can the company make them ready for the enterprise?

By Simon Bisson
Nov 23, 2022 7 mins
Blockchain Microsoft Azure Web Development
analysis

Inside Microsoft’s cloud-first .NET 7 release

November means it’s time for a new .NET release. What’s in .NET 7 for the cloud and for containers? Cross-platform support and cloud-native functionality.

By Simon Bisson
Nov 09, 2022 6 mins
Canonical Microsoft .NET Microsoft Azure
analysis

Microsoft’s end-to-end Arm development environment is here at last

With Arm developer hardware now shipping, Windows is ready to embrace an NPU-powered AI future.

By Simon Bisson
Oct 26, 2022 7 mins
Development Tools Microsoft Azure Technology Industry
analysis

Ignite 2022: Making Azure your development hub

Microsoft is using its Ignite event to expand Azure’s role as its developer cloud, offering an isolated, configurable development platform.

By Simon Bisson
Oct 12, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Computing Development Tools Microsoft Azure
analysis

Azure on Arm is here at last

Microsoft has finally unveiled its Arm-hosted virtual machines, a lower-power option for your cloud-native code.

By Simon Bisson
Sep 26, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure
analysis

Hands-on with Microsoft’s CBL-Mariner 2.0 Linux

How to install and configure the fast and lightweight container host Linux distribution for Azure Kubernetes Service and the Microsoft Container Registry.

By Simon Bisson
Sep 12, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development
analysis

Understand Visual Studio’s new extension model

Microsoft is updating how you build Visual Studio extensions, with new APIs and the ability to run extensions outside of the Visual Studio process.

By Simon Bisson
Aug 31, 2022 6 mins
Integrated Development Environments Microsoft .NET Visual Studio
analysis

Kestrel: The Microsoft web server you should be using

This alternative to Internet Information Services, which Microsoft uses for its own services, delivers modern dynamic web applications on common server platforms or in containers.

By Simon Bisson
Aug 24, 2022 8 mins
Microsoft .NET Software Development Web Development
analysis

Lift and shift Windows applications to containers

Microsoft’s own experience with Microsoft 365 shows that moving to cloud-native is possible, even when you have a lot of code to move.

By Simon Bisson
Aug 17, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Small and Medium Business
analysis

Manage your tasks with the Microsoft To Do API

A desktop task manager built on top of the Microsoft Graph lets you share tasks with groups and seamlessly link tasks to applications.

By Simon Bisson
Aug 10, 2022 7 mins
APIs Roles Small and Medium Business
analysis

Build .NET apps for the metaverse with StereoKit

Microsoft’s open source mixed-reality tools make it easy to build OpenXR apps in .NET.

By Simon Bisson
Aug 03, 2022 7 mins
APIs C# Microsoft .NET
analysis

Build SBOMs with Microsoft’s SPDX SBOM generator

Microsoft is making its internal, cross-platform, software bill of materials generation tool public and open source.

By Simon Bisson
Jul 27, 2022 7 mins
Application Security Development Tools Open Source
analysis

Trying out the Azure Developer CLI

Microsoft’s new Azure developer tool streamlines development in the Azure cloud, from deploying dev environments to running CI/CD.

By Simon Bisson
Jul 20, 2022 8 mins
CI/CD Development Tools Microsoft Azure
analysis

Azure Artifacts helps you standardize on packages and modules

Microsoft’s Azure DevOps offers a feed-based artifact repository for your own and third-party code that’s well worth a look.

By Simon Bisson
Jul 13, 2022 6 mins
Cloud Computing Development Tools Microsoft Azure
analysis

Working with Microsoft’s .NET Rules Engine

Manage application workflow with open source tools that add basic rules processing to your code.

By Simon Bisson
Jul 06, 2022 7 mins
Development Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Open Source
analysis

Using Azure Communication Services for email

Microsoft’s Azure multichannel communications APIs get support for email.

By Simon Bisson
Jun 29, 2022 7 mins
APIs Development Tools Microsoft Azure
analysis

What’s new in Microsoft Azure’s NLP AI services

Microsoft is finally close to delivering its long-promised natural user interfaces. Here’s how you can build them into your code.

By Simon Bisson
Jun 22, 2022 7 mins
Development Tools Machine Learning Microsoft Azure
analysis

Building collaborative apps with Teams Live Share

Microsoft is expanding access to its Fluid Framework real-time collaboration tools with a new application platform for Teams developers.

By Simon Bisson
Jun 15, 2022 8 mins
Development Libraries and Frameworks Development Tools No Code and Low Code
analysis

Microsoft Azure eases Kubernetes development with a new Draft

Microsoft resurrects Deis Labs’ Kubernetes quick-start tool to help you package existing code for Azure Kubernetes Service.

By Simon Bisson
Jun 08, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development
analysis

Microsoft Dev Box: Your development workstation on Azure

Build 2022 had a developer focus, with new tools to make it easier to write code in a world of hybrid work. Dev Box promises to make your development environments easier to manage.

By Simon Bisson
Jun 01, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Computing Development Tools Microsoft Azure
analysis

Introducing Microsoft’s Power Pages

Microsoft’s Power Platform low-code tools now build web apps and turn pictures into code.

By Simon Bisson
May 24, 2022 7 mins
No Code and Low Code Technology Industry Web Development
analysis

Add security to Azure applications with Azure WAF

Microsoft’s latest updates to Azure’s Web Application Firewall make it an essential component of cloud architectures.

By Simon Bisson
May 18, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Architecture Cloud Security Microsoft Azure
analysis

Understanding Flatcar Container Linux

Kinvolk’s Flatcar is Microsoft’s latest Linux. What is it and what should you use it for?

By Simon Bisson
May 11, 2022 7 mins
Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Open Source
analysis

WCF returns: Core WCF gets a 1.0 release

Microsoft promises to support the community .NET Windows Communication Foundation replacement.

By Simon Bisson
May 04, 2022 6 mins
Microsoft .NET Open Source
analysis

Build desktop and mobile UIs with Blazor Hybrid apps

.NET and Blazor bring the web development and mobile application worlds closer together.

By Simon Bisson
Apr 27, 2022 6 mins
C# Microsoft .NET Mobile Development
analysis

Cross-platform .NET UIs arrive with MAUI

You can finally start using the Multi-platform App UI toolkit to build cross-platform apps for mobile and desktop. Here’s what you need to know.

By Simon Bisson
Apr 20, 2022 6 mins
Microsoft .NET Mobile Development Visual Studio
analysis

Make the most of SharePoint search APIs

Microsoft’s SharePoint has a powerful set of search tools that you can build into your code.

By Simon Bisson
Apr 13, 2022 6 mins
Development Tools Software Development
analysis

NUnit uses open source tools to test .NET code

Unit tests are an important part of modern application development. NUnit is perhaps the best-known way of using them with .NET code.

By Simon Bisson
Apr 06, 2022 6 mins
Agile Development CI/CD Microsoft .NET
analysis

Azure Percept: A machine learning quick starter

No code meets artificial intelligence in a ready-to-deploy smart edge device.

By Simon Bisson
Mar 30, 2022 6 mins
Machine Learning Microsoft Azure No Code and Low Code
analysis

Accessibility Insights makes code more accessible

Microsoft’s accessibility tool helps you build inclusive user experiences.

By Simon Bisson
Mar 09, 2022 6 mins
Development Tools Diversity and Inclusion Software Development
analysis

Use DirectML to train PyTorch machine learning models on a PC

Microsoft’s new tool makes it possible to use your own GPU to work with popular machine learning platforms.

By Simon Bisson
Mar 02, 2022 6 mins
Machine Learning PyTorch Python
analysis

Run PHP on .NET with PeachPie

.NET is much more than Microsoft’s own tools and languages. The open source PeachPie brings PHP to the table.

By Simon Bisson
Feb 16, 2022 6 mins
Microsoft .NET PHP Web Development
analysis

Using PWA Studio in Visual Studio Code

Build, test, and deploy progressive web applications inside your development editor.

By Simon Bisson
Feb 09, 2022 7 mins
Small and Medium Business Visual Studio Code Web Development
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