Open Source Weekly: Lots of documentation for your favorite Microsoft + Open Source scenarios 

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4-minute read + demos This week we’re highlighting some of the content from docs.microsoft.com, our home to thousands of pages of documentation, from Apache to Zendesk.  For technical documentation, API reference, code examples, quickstarts, and tutorials on your favorite Microsoft + Open Source scenarios, check out the inventory here. Other docs you’d like to see? Read more

Open Source Weekly: added Java support in VSCode, the latest PowerShell Core release, and more 

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5-minute read + demos We’re back from a holiday hiatus and there’s lots to catch up on, including this week’s release of PowerShell Core 6.0, which is cross platform (Windows, macOS, and Linux), open source, and built for heterogeneous environments and the hybrid cloud. Learn more about what’s new in this PowerShell Core release, plus Read more

Top questions about Terraform and Azure 

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3-minute read Recently, I teamed up with HashiCorp’s Nic Jackson to deliver a high-level look at using HashiCorp’s Terraform with Microsoft Azure. We covered a quick background of HashiCorp’s founding, what industry needs inspired Terraform’s creation, and how Terraform helps build an easy-to-follow template of one’s infrastructure – as code! We also demonstrated the use Read more

Announcing Mesosphere DC/OS Enterprise in the Azure Marketplace 

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7-minute read Post by Mesosphere’s Phil Simpson and Microsoft’s Rob Bagby We are happy to announce the availability of Mesosphere DC/OS Enterprise in the Azure Marketplace. DC/OS Enterprise on Azure allows organizations to eliminate the lag time of procuring new hardware and related equipment while simultaneously accelerating hybrid initiatives and reducing the waste incurred as Read more

Top themes from KubeCon 2017 

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4-minute read time Last week, the Kubernetes community came together at KubeCon, with the goal of making it easier than ever to use containers to modernize existing applications and manage new applications to drive digital transformation. Here are some of the top themes from the event: Kubernetes growth is stellar. The conference has grown +2x Read more

Connect with the Azure team at KubeCon (or watch the live stream!) 

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We’re in Austin this week for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, where all the CNCF projects will gather under one roof. Conference co-chairs, Microsoft’s Michelle Noorali and Google’s Kelsey Hightower, have put together a compelling program of emerging trends in microservices architectures and orchestration, container operations, distributed logging for containers, serverless, and more. Drop by the Azure booth to learn more Read more

Open Source Weekly: New Python support, enterprise-scale Git, and more 

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Docs.microsoft.com is home to thousands of pages of documentation, from Apache to Zendesk.  For technical documentation, API reference, code examples, quickstarts, and tutorials on you’re favorite Microsoft + Open Source scenarios, check out the inventory here. For a sample of these docs, plus open source related community news, product announcements, and recent demos from around Read more

See you at Pivotal SpringOne Platform 

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Java and Spring play an important role in how enterprises are adopting cloud-native patterns. In the recent months, we’ve been working hard to provide a great experience for Java developers on Azure, making it easier to deploy Spring and Java EE apps to Linux or Windows-based infrastructure, using containers with Azure Container Service (AKS) and Read more

Open Source Weekly #6 

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This week’s Microsoft Connect(); event has been a demo-packed few days, highlighting Microsoft’s continuing commitment to delivering open technologies and contributing to and partnering with open source communities. From joining the MariaDB Foundation to launching a new Apache Spark-based analytics platform and previewing Visual Studio Code Live Share, there’s a ton of open source goodness Read more