Managing SSH-Enabled Linux Hosts with Azure Automation

Our team is frequently asked about Linux support by customers interested in unifying their workloads by using Azure Automation to manage not only Windows hosts, but Linux hosts as well. Today, we are pleased to announce our first steps into supporting this functionality. If you’ve used Azure Automation recently, you may have noticed a new… Read More

AWS Week in Review – July 6, 2015

Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday, July 6 The AWS PHP Developer Blog showed you how to Reduce Composer Issues on Elastic Beanstalk. The AWS Security Blog showed you How to Connect Your On-Premises Active Directory to AWS Using AD Connector. The CloudBees Blog talked about Continuous Delivery… Read More

AWS Device Farm – Test Mobile Apps on Real Devices

Although the phrase “write once, test everywhere” was coined to describe another technology, I believe that it also applies to mobile applications. The wide variety of carriers, manufacturers, models, operating systems (including versions, patches, and proprietary extensions), screen sizes, input devices, connectivity options, device settings, and permission settings combine to create a test matrix that… Read More

Announcing Cortana Analytics Suite and New Partner Investments at WPC 2015

Today at the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference in Orlando we made a number of significant technology and program announcements to help our customers capitalize on the incredible opportunities provided by big data, advanced analytics and cloud computing. Firstly, data is now the key strategic business asset. Every device, every customer, every activity – everything… Read More

Building Linux-Based Solutions on Azure

On July 4th the US celebrated Independence from my home country. On that same day I celebrated the second anniversary of my family’s arrival in the US as I prepared to join one of the many open source teams in Microsoft. An upcoming Microsoft Virtual Academy course focusing on the running of Linux workloads on Azure will highlight some of the… Read More

Building Linux-Based Solutions on Azure

On July 4th the US celebrated Independence from my home country. On that same day I celebrated the second anniversary of my family’s arrival in the US as I prepared to join one of the many open source teams in Microsoft. An upcoming Microsoft Virtual Academy course focusing on the running of Linux workloads on Azure will highlight some of the… Read More

Availability of Linux RDMA on Microsoft Azure

We are excited to announce availability of Linux RDMA on Microsoft Azure. With this release, we mark a new milestone in our cloud journey and in our vision to make HPC and Big Compute more accessible and cost-effective for a broader set of users. Linux RDMA makes high speed low latency networking accessible to the… Read More

Now Available – AWS CodeCommit

We announced AWS CodeCommit last November (see New AWS Tools for Code Management and Deployment) at AWS re:Invent. I am happy to announce that it is now generally available and that you can start using it today. Let’s do a quick refresh on the CodeCommit feature set before taking the service for a spin. CodeCommit… Read More