Month: January 2018

Seamlessly integrate with the most popular Big Data solutions with a single-click. Easily extend your cluster capabilities with applications, edge nodes, and customize using script actions. In this video we … Continue reading Extending Azure HDInsight to install open source components | Data Exposed→

Azure HDInsight is an Apache Hadoop distribution powered by the cloud. This means that it handles any amount of data, scaling from terabytes to petabytes on demand. Spin up any number of nodes at any time – we charge only for the compute and … Continue reading Azure HDInsight Application Platform Overview | Data Exposed→

In this interview, Principal DevOps Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about how the release notes for VSTS are generated for each release.[00:50] Set the stage[01:15] Release Notes Page[02:14] How are they cre… Continue reading Interview with Aaron Bjork (Release Notes)→

Editor’s note: The following post was written by Azure MVP Thomas Janetscheck as part of our Technical Tuesday series.  Azure Security Center is the central security management solution within the Azure landscape. It helps you to prevent, detect and respond to security breaches. There’s also one new little feature that helps to prevent security breaches: Just-in-Time Access… Continue reading Harden Your Azure Infrastructure Using Azure Security Center Just-In-Time VM Access→

We’re excited to return in 2018 with new features that impact the way you access your games and Achievements, how you let your friends know whether you’re available to play, and much more. Over the next several weeks, Xbox Insiders will begin to see a variety of cool new features they can interact with and provide feedback on. Here’s a look forward at some of the excitement still to come: Starting today at 6 p.m. PST, Xbox Insiders enrolled in the Alpha ring will receive the latest Xbox One system update (1802.180105-1503). With this update, you’ll be able to use… Continue reading New Year, New Xbox One Features Coming Your Way→

Hi everyone! I’m incredibly excited about our upcoming launch of The Station on Xbox One and Windows 10 on February 20. To give more insight into the experience, we pulled our most commonly asked questions we’re receiving on our social channels, like our Twitter account @TheStationGame. What’s the premise of The Station? The Station is a first-person mystery game set on a space station that was sent to study a sentient alien civilization on a newly discovered planet. After losing contact with the crew, you’re sent to investigate and will discover a mystery that will decide the fate of two… Continue reading Uncover the Sci-Fi Mystery of The Station on Xbox One and Windows 10 Next Month→

This week at CES, Acer unveiled three new devices powered by Windows 10: the Swift 7 designed for mobility with an ultra-portable design, the Acer Spin 3 convertible laptop, and the Nitro 5 gaming laptop. Let’s dive right into the details. Continue reading CES 2018: Acer unveils new Swift 7, Nitro 5 Gaming laptop and more→

Ron Ortloff talks with Scott Hanselman about the new Azure SQL Data Warehouse compute optimized tier that enables you to analyze ever growing amounts of data more easily, and how the team used NVM Express caching for up to 100x better performance…. Continue reading Azure SQL Data Warehouse compute optimized performance tier | Azure Friday→