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Windows 10 and Surface stomp on security threats with new enterprise innovations

2017-02-11 KENNETH 0

Windows 10 and Surface stomp on security threats with new enterprise innovations Next week is one of the most important weeks of the year for us in security at Microsoft as we join the leading thinkers in cybersecurity at the RSA conference in San Francisco. At Microsoft, we are tirelessly focused on creating innovation that helps our customers protect, detect and respond to the constantly evolving and ever changing cyber threat landscape. Our goal is to create a holistic, agile security platform, powered by the cloud, that better secures our customers – and Microsoft’s – infrastructure around the world. With RSA so clearly on my mind, I am pleased to share six new security announcements that we will discuss in detail next week. NSA adds Windows 10 and Surface to list for classified use Enhanced security capabilities with Surface Enterprise [ more… ]

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Windows SDK for Google Analytics

2017-02-11 KENNETH 0

Windows SDK for Google Analytics Google Analytics is one of the most popular analytics libraries for websites and mobile apps. Google Analytics is widely used to track user sessions, screen views, events, crashes, social interactions and promotional campaigns on Android and iOS. Today, we are excited to announce that Microsoft is launching a Windows SDK for Google Analytics, providing an easy way for Windows 10 developers to access these valuable services. The SDK can be integrated into your apps via a NuGet package. The source is hosted on GitHub. There is a C# SDK that can be used both by Universal Windows Store apps and desktop apps, and there is also a C++ WinRT component for developers targeting UWP apps written in C++ or JavaScript.  Both the C# SDK and the C++ WinRT component use the same API names, so [ more… ]

Shared Caches with NGINX Plus Cache Clusters, Part 2

2017-02-10 KENNETH 0

Shared Caches with NGINX Plus Cache Clusters, Part 2 Editor – This is the second part of a series on high‑capacity and high‑availability caching: Shared Caches with NGINX Plus Cache Clusters, Part 1 Shared Caches with NGINX Plus Cache Clusters, Part 2 (this post) How can you build a large‑capacity, highly available cache cluster using NGINX or NGINX Plus? This posts describes how to use two or more NGINX or NGINX Plus cache servers to create a highly available cache cluster. (Except as noted, the method described here applies equally to open source NGINX and NGINX Plus, but for brevity we’ll refer to NGINX Plus only.) Review – the Sharded Cache Solution The first part of this series described a pattern for creating very large, sharded cache clusters. This pattern is effective when you need to create a very large‑capacity cache that can be scaled up [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15031 for Mobile

2017-02-10 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15031 for Mobile Hello Windows Insiders! We got the data we needed and today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15031 for Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in Build 15031 New Share icon: We’re introducing a new share icon. For apps that used the “share” font glyph in Segoe MDL2 assets should get the change automatically. You can read more about the change here. Other changes, improvements, and fixes for Mobile We fixed an issue in recent Insider builds where certain calendar appointments could result in a Mail crash with every sync. This issue could also result in issues sending and receiving SMS. We fixed an issue where pausing a streaming track, for example in Groove Music, would result in no more re-buffering when [ more… ]

Enterprise/LOB controls for UWP from Telerik are now Open Source

2017-02-10 KENNETH 0

Enterprise/LOB controls for UWP from Telerik are now Open Source The Microsoft community and ecosystem has long been a great support system for our enterprise and .NET developers. Partners such as Telerik, SyncFusion, DevExpress, Infragistics, ComponentOne, ActiPro and many more have been great partners over the years, augmenting Windows and .NET technologies with custom controls and services. We are pleased to announce that one of Microsoft’s top partners, Telerik, (now a part of Progress) has released their UI for UWP suite of offerings as an Open Source project under Apache license through the .NET foundation. This makes 20+ high-quality controls, including premier Line of Business (LOB) controls like Charts, Grid and DataForm available immediately for free and open source for UWP development. Other interesting controls that were released include: Gauge BulletGraph Expander NumericBox RadialMenu HexView SideDrawer HubTile, and several more. You [ more… ]