Microsoft's gentle-but-urgent nudge that VBScript really is on the way out has moved from rumor to a concrete program of deprecation, and the implications for enterprise automation and long‑running VBA codebases are immediate and real. Microsoft has confirmed a staged removal plan that will make...
Microsoft’s SSMS tooling quietly stepped into its next chapter this week with the public appearance of SSMS 22 Preview 1 — a preview build that brings a modernized settings experience, refreshed theming, results-grid zooming, and deeper alignment with SQL Server 2025 and Microsoft Fabric. Early...
Microsoft’s first Release Candidate (RC0) for SQL Server 2025 is here, and it’s more than a stability checkpoint—it’s a statement of direction that blends built-in AI, developer‑friendly T‑SQL, and secure‑by‑default networking into a single, on‑premises database platform that looks and feels...
We’ve just published an update to the Console UWP App project templates on the Visual Studio marketplace here. The latest version (v1.5) adds support for C#. The C# template code only works with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 or later. In a previous post, I described how to build a simple...
As announced in the May 2018 issue of MSDN Magazine, the latest Windows update introduces support for Console UWP apps. We’re also introducing support for UWP apps to get broader access to the file-system than was previously possible. In fact, it was during the design and development phases of...
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We've rewritten (and open sourced!) the C# and VB compilers, and exposed their functionality through APIs as the .NET Compiler Platform. But what do these APIs mean for those who aren't compiler jocks?
Learn about diagnostic analyzers, a key new feature of Visual Studio 2015 that lets a NuGet...