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Display graphs for WebRTC Statistics API data using ChartJS and React

WebRTC is an open-source technology that enables Real-Time Communications (RTC) in a web browser. It provides software developers with a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable real-time data exchange between peers – e.g. for audio calls, video conferencing, or even game streaming. One of our products, Anbox Cloud, uses this technology to stream […]
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Desktop & Laptop
18 Sep 2023

Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 2 has arrived!



We hope everyone enjoyed all the new and updated features that came with our first preview of Visual Studio’s next version, and now we’re back with more! This release brings additional tools to help you improve your productivity, debug your code,
The post Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 2 has arrived! appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.
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Programming
15 Sep 2023

Ubuntu AI Podcast: Episode 4

The podcast Welcome to Ubuntu AI podcast! From fun experiments to enterprise projects, AI became the center of attention when it comes to innovation, digital transformation and optimisatation. Open source technologies democratised access to state of the art machine learning tools and opened doors for everyone ready to embark on their AI journey. Ubuntu AI […]
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Desktop & Laptop
14 Sep 2023

Balancing User Updates with Security Best Practices

In today’s world, it is imperative for IT administrators and organizations to manage security effectively and embrace security best practices. One common best practice involves implementing appropriate permission levels to ensure that only authorized accounts can access sensitive data and functionality.
The post Balancing User Updates with Security Best Practices appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.
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Programming
14 Sep 2023

September patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation Server

This month, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server.

The following versions of the products have been patched. Check out the links for each version for more details.
Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1
Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.2
Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.2
Azure DevOps Server 2019.1.2
Azure DevOps Server 2019.0.1
Team Foundation Server 2018.3.2
Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 Patch 3
Note: If you have Azure DevOps Server 2022,
The post September patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation Server appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
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Programming
13 Sep 2023

Public preview of Workload identity federation for Azure Pipelines

Do you want to stop storing secrets and certificates in Azure service connections? Are you tired rotating these secrets whenever they expire? We are now announcing a public preview of workload identity federation for Azure service connections. Workload identity federation uses an industry-standard technology,
The post Public preview of Workload identity federation for Azure Pipelines appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
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Programming
11 Sep 2023

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | August 2023

Welcome to the August 2023 edition of What’s New in Teams! Following a month of great announcements from Microsoft Inspire 2023, we are not slowing down by bringing you 52 new features and devices for the month of August.We have a great line-up of new ...
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Tech News
7 Sep 2023

Elevating Debugging with Auto-decompilation and External Sources

Visual Studio has been supporting external sources debugging and decompilation for some time now. However, with the release of Visual Studio 17.7, the debugger took a significant leap forward by introducing Auto-decompilation for .NET libraries making the external code debugging in Visual Studio much more streamlined and effortless.
The post Elevating Debugging with Auto-decompilation and External Sources appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.
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Programming
7 Sep 2023

Keep your casing with Case-preserving Find and Replace

The Visual Studio search experience is getting a new feature that allows users to find and replace text without having to worry about different casings. For example, a method parameter `catalogItemId` and object property `CatalogItemId` have the same name but different capitalization but should both be replaced by something like ‘productId’ with their respective casings. 
The post Keep your casing with Case-preserving Find and Replace appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.
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Programming
6 Sep 2023

What’s new in Microsoft Shifts Notifications

In response to valuable feedback from our customers, we embarked on a mission to significantly improve the way notifications are handled within our system. Our users highlighted concerns regarding noisy and irrelevant notifications that lacked the nece...
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Tech News
1 Sep 2023

Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

Today we are announcing the retirement of the Visual Studio for Mac IDE. Visual Studio for Mac 17.6 will continue to be supported for another 12 months, until August 31st, 2024, with servicing updates for security issues and updated platforms from Apple.
The post Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.
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Programming
31 Aug 2023

Introducing Azure Artifacts support for Rust Crates

Rust is earning its place as a go-to language for developers everywhere. Why? It’s fast, it’s safe, and the community around it is supportive and hands-on. With clear guides and a collective push to help each other out, Rust feels less like just another tool and more like a reliable coding partner for modern programming challenges.
The post Introducing Azure Artifacts support for Rust Crates appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
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Programming
23 Aug 2023