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The dev/test tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's cloud and database offerings tailored for development and testing environments. Discussions include Azure Dev/Test updates such as per-minute billing and MSDN credits, which reduce costs for developers and QA teams. Also covered is SQL Server 2025 RC0, which introduces official Ubuntu 24.04 support for dev/test scenarios and TLS 1.3 by default. These topics highlight Microsoft's efforts to make Azure and SQL Server more practical and cost-effective for development, testing, and prototyping workflows, with a focus on billing flexibility, license relaxation, and container-ready artifacts.
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    Azure Dev/Test Update: Per Minute Billing and MSDN Credits

    Microsoft’s latest Windows Azure update is a clear, targeted push to make the cloud platform cheaper and more practical for developers and QA teams—by changing how compute is billed, relaxing license restrictions for MSDN subscribers, and adding a set of developer-centric services that shorten...
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    SQL Server 2025 RC0: Ubuntu 24.04 support and TLS 1.3 by default

    Microsoft has pushed the first public Release Candidate (RC0) of SQL Server 2025 into preview with two headline changes that matter to every Windows-centric IT team experimenting with Linux-first development: official Ubuntu 24.04 support for dev/test scenarios and TLS 1.3 enabled by default...
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