Todd R. Weiss

Microsoft’s Azure API Management, which is used to publish APIs for use by developers inside and outside of organizations, now has preview support for the latest OpenAPI Specification v3 standards, giving developers more tools to build and share their needed APIs. The preview support for the latest specification was announced by Mike Budzynski, program manager […]

Microsoft has updated its Microsoft Container Registry to make it easier for developers to create and share container images using Docker Hub. The developer-focused improvements were announced by Rohit Tatachar, program manager for the Microsoft Container Registry, in a recent post on the Microsoft Open Source Blog. “In partnership with Docker, Microsoft has sought to […]

To encourage continuing development and secure connectivity for a diverse range of new internet of things devices, Microsoft has launched a public preview of its Azure IoT Hub Device Streams to help make it happen. An IoT Hub device stream is a data transfer tunnel that provides connectivity between two TCP/IP-enabled endpoints, wrote Reza Sherafat, […]

Microsoft has acquired Postgres specialists Citus Data as it continues to deepen its 2-year-old efforts to expand the use of the PostgreSQL database with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The acquisition, announced by Sudhakar Sannakkayala, General Manager of Azure Data, in a recent post on the Microsoft Azure Blog, gives Microsoft another critical tool to […]

Apple’s FaceTime video chat app remained out of service Wednesday morning after being temporarily disabled by the company Jan. 28 due to a security flaw that can enable a caller to hear audio from the receiver’s end before the call is accepted. That’s not supposed to happen, and not only is it an embarrassing and […]

When Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked 2019 event is held on Feb. 20 in San Francisco to announce its latest flagship smartphones, consumers and business smartphone users will likely be asking the same question: “Samsung, what cool innovations do you have for us now?” And, as always, the answer will likely determine the future success level of […]

In its January release of Azure Data Studio, formerly known as SQL Operations Studio, Microsoft has included a wide range of updates and improvements, from Azure Active Directory Authentication support to the inclusion of a Data-Tier Application Wizard. The new features were announced by Alan Yu, program manager for SQL Server, in a recent post […]

The Microsoft Azure portal home page has received a notable group of updates and upgrades for Azure users, starting with navigational improvements that make it easier to find and add functions. The new capabilities, which also include improved dashboard tile functionality and improved Azure Container Instance integration, were announced recently by Leon Welicki, principal group […]

Hundreds of new features are coming to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform starting with an April 2019 release, giving users of the ERP, CRM and app building applications more capabilities and customization options for their work. Many of the features, which will arrive between April to September, were highlighted in a Jan. 21 post […]

Microsoft has released its latest Release Candidate 2 version of its upcoming Azure DevOps Server 2019 platform in preparation for the final release of Azure DevOps Server 2019 later in 2019. The latest RC2 version of Azure DevOps Server was announced by Erin Dormier, a Microsoft program manager, in a Jan. 22 post on the […]