Microsoft - News, Features, and Slideshows

• What’s new in Microsoft .NET 5

  Microsoft has published a sixth preview of .NET 5. Preview 6 removes WinRT support, adds support for Windows Forms on Windows ARM64 devices, and continues to extend RyuJIT code quality improvements.

• Microsoft to auto upgrade some business and education PCs to Chromium Edge in August

  Microsoft this week warned enterprise and education customers running Windows 10 that it will start replacing the old, original Edge browser on their PCs with the newer Chromium-based version on or after July 30.

• Microsoft unveils Pylance, a new Python extension for Visual Studio Code

  Microsoft has pulled back the drapes on Pylance, a Visual Studio Code extension for faster and more complete Python language support.

• Microsoft specialist Avanade advances through GitHub, strengthens developer play

  Avanade has achieved advanced services and channel partner status with GitHub, kick-starting plans to modernise enterprise software development.

• 'Significant and fundamental' Windows tweak sets the stage for GPU innovation

  Windows 10's new hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling feature is "a significant and fundamental change to the driver model," Microsoft says.

• How to defer Windows 10 updates

  Windows 10 forces updates on home users, but Windows 10 Pro users can slow down feature upgrades if they want.

• Windows 10 Spring Creators Update: The best hidden features

  Microsoft’s Windows 10 upgrade, code-named Redstone 4 and informally known as the Spring Creators Update, offers many smaller additions and changes you might miss. We've highlighted them here.

• Serverless in the cloud: AWS vs. Google Cloud vs. Microsoft Azure

  With AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Microsoft Azure Functions, a little bit of business logic can go a very long way

• Microsoft shrinks Windows 10's upgrade downtime

  Beginning with the upcoming spring update to the OS – likely to arrive in early April – users will find the upgrade process is faster.

• Windows 10 shows users what data it collects and phones in

  With Windows Insider build 17083, Microsoft responded to criticism about transparency by adding a 'Diagnostic Data Viewer' app to the OS for beta users to try out.

• Microsoft turns up heat on Slack with Teams group chat update

  A Teams app directory is among the new features added to the company’s Office 365 group chat tool. Analysts say Microsoft is looking to match rivals like Slack in functionality.

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