Read the latest announcements about Azure Maps, our machine-learning tools, how we give clinicians the right data, and more.
— Read on azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-source-86/
Comparing Serverless Architecture Providers: AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, and Other FaaS Vendors – DZone Cloud
This article takes a look at the four largest cloud vendors and compares them based on services, prices, languages and more, and offers some alternatives.
— Read on dzone.com/articles/comparing-serverless-architecture-providers-aws-az
What I wished someone told me about speaking at tech conferences
Came across a great article about speaking at tech conferences. Check it out, it’s worth the read and who knows you might find yourself presenting.
You might be familiar with the following scenario.
You’ve been a developer for a while and you’ve learned quite a lot along the way. Travelled to a couple of tech conferences, saw a number of tech talks and one day you think – “I can probably do that”. This is what I personally thought at the beginning of 2017.
The good news is that this is true – you CAN do that.
The bad news: it’s not easy.
Follow the link for the rest of the article. dev.to/tlakomy/what-i-wished-someone-told-me-about-speaking-at-tech-conferences-3opp
Enjoy!
Build 2019: Announcing the new Windows Terminal
During Rajesh Jha’s keynote, Kevin Gallo announced the new Windows Terminal and showed the following “sizzle video” that showcases that the team wants to aspire for v1.0:
Windows Terminal Session
Rich Turner (Senior Program Manager) and Michael Niksa (Senior Software Engineer) delivered a deep-dive session into the Windows Terminal, its architecture, and its code.
What’s new with the Windows Command Line
See Scott Hanselman interview the Windows Terminal team and discuss several aspects of the new Terminal capabilities, the process of opening sourcing Terminal and looking at some of its features:
The new Windows Terminal will run alongside Console and will not replace it. They are looking to target a preview download from the Microsoft Store by Summer 2019, and to deliver v1.0 release by end of 2019.
You can go try it now if you like by cloning the repository. This is pretty exciting and I can’t wait to download, compile and give it a try.
Enjoy!
References
Introduction to Git Version Control Workflow – Build Azure
Keeping track of file versions has been a long time issue in the world of software. This remains true if you’re writing source code for an application, com
— Read on buildazure.com/2018/02/21/introduction-to-git-version-control-workflow/
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.0 now Generally Available
SQL Server Management Studio v18.0 is now generally available and is the latest version that provides support for almost all feature areas on SQL Server 2008 through to 2019 preview.
If you have a preview of SSMS 18.0 installed, you will need to uninstall before you can install SSMS 18.0 GA. SSMS 18.0 will also not replace an older version of SSMS but will run side by side with it.
Release Highlights
Here is a brief list of is new in SSMS 18.0.
- Support for SQL Server 2019. SSMS 18.0 is the first release to be fully aware of SQL Server 2019 (compatLevel 150).
- SSMS 18.0 is based off the Visual Studio 2017 Isolated Shell.
- Smaller download size.
- Accessibility improvements.
- Ability to install to a custom folder.
- Requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 or greater.
- Support for High DPI (by default).
- Added integration for Azure Data Studio.
- Still no official support for Dark Mode. Please see my article on how to enable Dark Mode for SSMS.
- Database Diagrams has been removed. Seriously it’s gone! You will need to install a previous version of SSMS (like 17.8.1) to get this functionality.
Summary
Dark mode is still not available and remains a feature you have to manually enable. It’s also weird that they dropped support for the Database Diagramming tool without any warning or guidance to replace it. This was a gem of a tool inside of SSMS and was simple to use for visualizing database relationships, and documentation. You will need to rely on an older version of SSMS or use another tool. Other than that it looks like a great update to SSMS.
For more details on what’s new, bug fixes and deprecations, please take a look at the detailed release notes.
To get started download SSMS 18.0 (GA) now.
Enjoy!
References
#AzureApril–Day 1
Inspired by @burkeholland, @editingemily, @sigje and others where instead of putting effort into an Aprils Fools joke, I will instead take the #AzureApril challenge of posting an Azure tip each day in April. Some tips might come from @mbcrump comprehensive list of tips and tricks, while others might come from me and/or the community. Now on to todays tip.
Tip #1
Azure has over a 100 services that offer you everything you need to develop, build and run you applications with all the performance, redundancy, security, and scale that the cloud has to offer. With all these services sometimes it can be daunting on where to begin.
Todays tip is to take bite-sized lessons to reinforce your #Azure skills, all in a single month of lunches. This is a practical guide to learning Azure cloud computing skills quickly or refresh what you already know.
By reading this e-book, you get to build your cloud computing skills quickly and efficiently. You’ll be productive immediately, and when you finish, you’ll be well on your way to Azure mastery.
For more details and to download the e-book, go to https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/learn-azure-in-a-month-of-lunches/
Since we’re starting a new month today this is a great tip to tackle and complete by end of the month, all while eating your lunch.
Enjoy!
