Todd R. Weiss

In a nod to improving the performance of its Bing.com search services, Microsoft recently transitioned Bing.com to run on .NET Core 2.1, which is an upgrade from the .NET Framework it ran on previously. The change was unveiled in an Aug. 20 post on The .NET Blog by Mukul Sabharwal of the Bing.com engineering team. […]

Microsoft’s Power BI application has been given a number of feature updates aimed at improving enterprise business intelligence reporting and improving the performance of Power BI for users. In separate announcements, Power BI Report URL filter enhancements now make it easier for users to define more complex report-level filters as query string parameters directly in […]

Microsoft has released its latest version of Visual Studio 2017, adding a host of performance, productivity and bug fixes, including multi-caret editing improvements, support for TypeScript 3.0 and faster unit test execution. The updates were unveiled in an Aug. 14 post on The Visual Studio Blog by John Montgomery, the director of program management for […]

Microsoft has announced a new open-source Driver Module Framework (DMF) that developers can use to create drivers for Windows devices while also allowing them to reuse their code for other drivers without having to start from scratch. The DMF, which was unveiled in an Aug. 15 post on the Microsoft Windows Blogs, still allows device […]

As the next Microsoft Windows Admin Center release approaches general availability later this year, Microsoft is continuing development on the Windows Admin Center Preview 1808 version with a number of new features aimed at improving tools and configuration options for IT administrators. The latest additions to Windows Admin Center were announced in an Aug. 14 […]

Three months after Microsoft announced that it would be enabling Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) applications on .NET Core 3.0, the company has released the Portability Analyzer, a tool that can help enterprises ensure that their current and future applications will work properly with the cross-platform, open-source development platform. The Portability Analyzer is […]

Lenovo has announced two new ThinkPad laptops designed for enterprise workers, including the ThinkPad P1, which Lenovo describes as its thinnest and lightest model to date, and the ThinkPad P72, which features advanced graphics hardware for users in the oil and gas, automotive, financial and other industries. The two devices, which were unveiled on Aug. […]

Microsoft is rolling out a public preview of new App Workspaces changes being made for Power BI users that will make it easier for them to create and manage access for workspaces, while also adding some new tools for administrators. The preview, which is being rolled out through Aug. 11, is designed to make it […]

NEW YORK—Samsung unveiled the latest version of its flagship enterprise smartphone, the stylus-equipped, big-screen Galaxy Note 9, at a media event here on Aug. 9, adding a larger screen and additional refinements in a device that has gained a loyal following among business and professional users. The big news for Samsung’s latest Note phablet is […]

Microsoft has broadened its Azure Active Directory application to add automatic provisioning and deprovisioning capabilities for seven additional popular software-as-a-service apps used by enterprises for a wide range of tasks, from collaboration to team organization. The new capabilities were announced by Alex Simons, director of program management for Microsoft’s identity division, in an Aug. 7 […]