Developer News, Trends and Products

• Data Platform Innovation, Without Disruption

  What's next on the data frontier? Microsoft will take us into the world of in-memory transactional databases and big data. And if you know how to write code and queries against SQL Server, then you already have the necessary skills to play there. read more

• Will Big Data Be Big with Developers?

  .NET developers are database developers. Whether using ADO.NET, the Entity Framework or data binding, .NET devs work with transactional data as a matter of course. read more

• With TypeScript, Microsoft Embraces and Augments

  TypeScript is designed to make JavaScript development scalable, something Microsoft clearly needs if it's to use JavaScript in its own work. read more

• Apps for Office 2013: Software plus Services, Indeed

  The new "Apps for Office" model allows developers to build add-ins for Office that are implemented with HTML5 and JavaScript. read more

• JavaScript's Ascendance Within Microsoft

  JavaScript has been part of the Microsoft technology stable since the 1990s, and its prominence in the next wave of Microsoft products is huge. read more

• Microsoft's Surface Endgame

  Does the Surface tablet prove that Microsoft's an OEM traitor, or that it finally understands the threat from mobile computing? read more

• Windows Azure: The Loose Ends Come Together

  On June 7, Microsoft introduced its revamped Windows Azure cloud computing platform to the world. read more

• Can Microsoft Really Compete with Apple on Tablets?

  Once Windows 8 tablets are available, how will Microsoft overcome the ironically incumbent status of Apple's competing devices? read more

• What System Center Can Do for Developers

  Microsoft System Center 2012 is out, and Microsoft .NET Framework developers everywhere are cheering. read more

• Microsoft, the MVP Summit and the New Normal

  The MVP Summit, from which I've just returned, is a very important event. read more

• The Survival of Microsoft's Fittest

  A certain Darwinian evolution is taking place at Microsoft. Some product species are more fit, with better chances for survival. You can understand and work with Microsoft's changes, rather than being passively impacted by them. read more

• Big Data and SQL Server: Disruption or Harmony?

  By responding to potential threats with thoughtfulness, and a zeal to add value, SQL and Big Data could be big business for Redmond. read more