Microsoft recently announced the Microsoft 2017 Partner of the Year Awards recipients. The annual awards “recognize top Microsoft partners demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.” Winners and finalists will be present at the awards event in Washington, D.C. on July 9–13, 2017. The thirty four award categories were…
Check and debug your site with these cross platform tools. Visit Dev Tools for the Modern Web. The cross platform tools include Webhint, Virtual machines for legacy testing and Microsoft Edge WebDriver. Webhint A configurable hinting tool for the web. Visit webhint.io Virtual machines for legacy testing Test Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML) and versions of IE8 through IE11 using free virtual…
Microsoft recently released Visual Studio 2017 RC development IDE. Approximately twenty-seven general new features and improvements have been introduced in this edition. Visual Studio 2017 RC is faster than ever in initial start-up and project/solution load time: “The very first launch of Visual Studio is at least 50% faster.” Also many known issues have been…
In the past year, Microsoft has doubled its European cloud and has progressively invested three billion dollars there. The European focus is based on Microsoft’s goal: “To empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. There’s never been a better time for organizations across Europe to seize new growth and opportunity with the Microsoft…
This week Microsoft and Lenovo announced a move to “deepen strategic ties.” Microsoft has reached an agreement for providing productivity apps on Lenovo’s devices. Microsoft’s apps Microsoft Office, OneDrive and Skype will soon run on Lenovo’s Android driven devices allowing “customers around the world to be more productive, more connected and achieve even more.” The apps will…
With rise of data complexities surrounding the cloud and other data driven technologies, and their increasing growth, Microsoft has introduced the “Microsoft Professional Degree Program.” The MPD is officially described as a, “Microsoft-led initiative that provides professionals with real-world knowledge and hands-on experience to grow their skills in critical fields. The initial MPD offering is in data…