Microsoft Open Source Blog Recommenders joins LF AI & Data as new Sandbox project
LF AI & Data Foundation announced Recommenders as its latest Sandbox project. Read more
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Kubernetes at scale with GitOps and Cluster API
As the requirements and software surrounding Kubernetes clusters grow along with the required number of clusters, the administrative overhead becomes overwhelming and unsustainable without an appropriate architecture and supportive tooling. Read more
Getting Linux based eBPF programs to run with eBPF for Windows
In our previous blog, we spoke about the progress we have made for the eBPF for Windows project. A key goal for us has been to meet developers where they are. As a result, enabling eBPF programs written for Linux to run on top of the eBPF for Windows platform is very important to us. Read more
Prioritizing inclusion—our commitment to building healthy open source communities
Microsoft products and services run on trust, an extension of our commitment to building healthy open source communities. Read more
Announcing Akri, an open source project for building a connected edge with Kubernetes
Overview One of the hallmarks of “the edge” in computing is the array of sensors, controllers, and microcontroller unit (MCU) class devices that produce data and perform actions. For Kubernetes to be a versatile edge computing solution, a cluster needs to easily find these leaf devices. Most of these devices, however, are too small to Read more
Tutorial: Terraforming your JAMstack on Azure with Gatsby, Azure Pipelines, and Git
This article will show how to build a blog (or any other static content) using a very popular JAMstack (GatsbyJS, GraphQL, Markdown) and host it on static website hosting for Azure Storage, which provides a cost effective and scalable solution for hosting static content and JavaScript code. We will demonstrate how to optimize the website Read more
#Hacktoberfest 2018: Thank you!
It feels like we just announced our participation, but Hacktoberfest 2018 has officially come to a close. On behalf of my team and everyone at Microsoft, we thank each and every one of you for your contributions. Your response and enthusiasm blew us away, with participants ranging from long-time Microsoft community members to people completely Read more
Join our #Hacktoberfest 2018 celebration!
*UPDATE* Thanks for your amazing contributions to Hacktoberfest! Emails with the t-shirt redemption codes will be sent in November. Look for them within a few weeks. Thank YOU! Since announcing our participation in Hacktoberfest earlier this month, we’ve heard from many community members and contributors, and we’re excited to share more details about how to Read more
Hacktoberfest: Tips for growing open source communities in October and beyond
For the last four years, DigitalOcean and GitHub have spearheaded Hacktoberfest, a month-long open source initiative that encourages people of all experience levels to contribute to open source projects. The premise is straightforward: open five pull requests (PRs) in any GitHub-hosted open source project and earn a limited-edition Hacktoberfest T-shirt. People have credited Hacktoberfest for Read more
We’re joining Hacktoberfest 2018
October 1 UPDATE: additional information on how to participate is now available here. We’re excited to announce that we’re participating in this year’s Hacktoberfest! An annual celebration of all things open source, Hacktoberfest launched as a partnership between DigitalOcean and GitHub in 2014 and rallies a global community of contributors, with last year’s event drawing Read more
How to automate your release notes
Two facts are generally true for software releases. One, as users, we wish software releases came with better release notes, and two, we hate creating release notes when it’s our turn to ship software updates. Creating release notes requires someone to go back in time to the last release, gathering the relevant information, and compiling Read more
Celebrating OSCON’s 20th anniversary
We’re in Portland this week for OSCON’s return to the City of Roses (or Beervana, depending on who you ask) to celebrate the ground-breaking event’s 20th birthday. Some of Microsoft’s 3,000 open source contributors from across the company will be there showcasing some of their favorite open source technologies and community projects throughout many breakout Read more