Developers

Introducing the Azure Blockchain Development Kit, Update 18.11 for Azure Sphere in public preview, Get started in minutes: Build your own enterprise grade virtual assistant, and much more.

In September 2018, Azure Sphere was released for public preview. Today, we are pleased to announce the 18.11 update to the Azure Sphere Operating System, Azure Sphere Security Service, and Visual Studio development environment.

“Developers! Developers! Developers!” That phrase is synonymous with Microsoft’s history of democratizing complex technologies and empowering anyone with an idea to build software.

As IoT and artificial intelligence become more advance, smart buildings are also being utilized to drive down energy usage and maintenance costs.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL service is a fully managed, enterprise-ready cloud service which emits the performance metrics and telemetry log to Azure Monitor service. Using Azure Monitor, you can collect, analyze, and take action on telemetry data gathered from your cloud environments.

Building solutions with machine learning often requires a data scientist. Azure Cognitive Services enable organizations to take advantage of AI with developers, without requiring a data scientist.

I believe progress requires that we stay focused in pushing the boundaries of human accomplishment. We don’t simply add features to be trendy; we do so in order to solve actual problems, and it is that mindset that keeps us advancing.

Whether in a vehicle looking to find the nearest gas station, or on a factory floor needing to stop the production line, it is easy to imagine ways in which conversation-based interactions can enhance experiences and increase productivity.

Innovation in smart buildings has been increasing in recent years, catalyzed by the democratization of cloud, AI, and IoT. Our recent Azure Digital Twins announcement highlights Microsoft’s commitment to IoT innovation.

On behalf of the entire Workbench team, thank you for your continued support and interest in Azure Blockchain Workbench. We release every month and our focus areas are driven by the topics you care about the most.

GA of Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka, new productivity and security capabilities for Azure SQL DW, new partnerships for Azure Maps and Azure Digital Twins, and so much more.

We’re excited to report that teams can now use the global cloud database MongoDB Atlas for free on Microsoft Azure.