Month: March 2019

Hello Team, Many, many times, we saw service requests that our customers need to identify who runs a specific query but, even after enabling the SQL Auditing feature, in Azure SQL Database they are not able to identify who/which is the application that did it. Why? because they didn’t specify an application name in the… Continue reading Lesson Learned #74: The importance of having the Application Name parameter configured in your connection string→

Today, we’re excited to announce that we are open sourcing Windows Calculator on GitHub under the MIT License. This includes the source code, build system, unit tests, and product roadmap. Our goal is to build an even better user experience in partnership with the community. We are encouraging your fresh perspectives and increased participation to […]

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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing 20H1 Build 18850 to Windows Insiders who have opted into Skip Ahead. Remember – these builds are from the 20H1 development branch. Some things we are working on in 20H1 require a longer lead time. We will begin releasing 19H2 bits to Insiders later this spring after we […]

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On Tuesday, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 18346 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 18346 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from developer section on Windows Insider. For feedback […]

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Starting today, Microsoft Teams users will be able to add a Yammer tab to their Teams channel that loads a specified group or topic feed from Yammer. This new feature will allow members follow and share conversations in Yammer without having to leave T… Continue reading Yammer & Microsoft Teams: Ideas for using the Yammer tab in Teams→

This time I was involved in a root cause analysis on a customer site after a brute force attack vs some ADFS endpoints.
 
Let me give you an overview of the infrastructure.
 
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The customer environment is very huge… Continue reading Tough Questions Answered: Addressing Account Lockout via Adjusting Lockout Threshold in ADFS→

Inside Xbox is back on Tuesday, March 12, at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET with even more exclusive news, content, interviews and footage you won’t see anywhere else! We’ll have some exciting news involving Halo: The Master Chief Collection! The hourlong episode will also feature DayZ, One Piece World Seeker and of course, Xbox Game Pass! Of course, there’s much more that we can’t reveal just yet, so be sure to tune in live on Mixer, Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter on Tuesday, March 12th at 2 p.m PT / 5 p.m. ET. Continue reading Get Ready for an All-New Inside Xbox on March 12→

What do Azure Functions and Dr. Seuss have in common? You can run it on a plane, you can run it on a train. You debug it on a boat, you can debug it with a goat. Provided you supply the goat of course. In this episode, John and Jeff Hollan bring you fi… Continue reading Five Things About Azure Functions | Five Things→