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Microsoft Build 2019

Coverage of Microsoft’s Build 2019 developer conference, including Microsoft Azure, Windows, mixed reality, developer tools and new open-source technologies.

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May 15, 2019, 10:50 AM

Does HoloLens 2 live up to the hype? Hands-on with Microsoft’s new mixed-reality headset

When Microsoft first unveiled the next-generation HoloLens “mixed reality” headset in February, executives promised a more comfortable and immersive experience… Read More

May 7, 2019, 1:00 PM

Azure Red Hat OpenShift, a Kubernetes service jointly managed by Microsoft and Red Hat, is now available

Companies interested in using Kubernetes to help manage their containerized applications have a new option from Microsoft and Red Hat… Read More

May 7, 2019, 10:45 AM

Microsoft may be all-in on cloud computing, but Azure reliability is lagging the competition

In an increasingly competitive market for cloud computing, reliability matters, and Microsoft has some work to do. Data compiled by… Read More

May 6, 2019, 5:09 PM

Microsoft Imagine Cup winner aims to transform blood glucose monitoring with eye testing app

An 18-year-old college freshman and winner of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, the tech giants global student developer competition, has plans to… Read More

May 6, 2019, 4:22 PM

This is the Apollo 11 HoloLens demo that Microsoft hoped to show at Build

The opening demo at Microsoft’s Build conference was supposed to be a real showstopper, and ultimately it did stop the… Read More

May 6, 2019, 2:59 PM

Together at last: Microsoft will ship a Linux kernel with Windows

There are countless things about the state of technology in 2019 that would startle a visitor from 2009, but this… Read More

May 6, 2019, 1:20 PM

Microsoft rolls out new performance-scaling features for Azure databases, including serverless Azure SQL

Cloud customers are getting used to the idea of paying only for what they use while enjoying on-demand performance scaling… Read More

May 6, 2019, 10:54 AM

Trust, privacy, and then what? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella opens Build developer conference

Over the decades, Microsoft’s developer conferences have provided the first glimpse of some of the company’s most important products, from… Read More

May 6, 2019, 10:37 AM

Augmented reality Minecraft? Microsoft teases Pokémon Go-style adaptation of popular game

A new augmented reality, mobile version of the popular Minecraft game looks to be on the way. Microsoft ended the… Read More

May 6, 2019, 8:30 AM

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer returns as a ‘mode’ inside Edge browser

Internet Explorer is making a comeback, more than three years after Microsoft retired the legacy browser. Microsoft is adding a… Read More

May 6, 2019, 8:30 AM

GitHub cozies up to Azure Active Directory, Visual Studio in series of new updates from Microsoft

Nearly a year after Microsoft made one of the biggest outlays in its history to acquire the open-source code repository… Read More

Quantum computer hardware
May 6, 2019, 8:30 AM

Microsoft will open-source parts of Q#, the programming language behind its quantum computing strategy

Much has been made of Microsoft’s reinvention as an open-source company, and it will continue to live up to that… Read More

May 6, 2019, 8:30 AM

Microsoft fell behind in the digital assistant race, and now it is trying to change the conversation

Microsoft is embarking on what it calls the “next generation of intelligent assistant technologies” today, looking to move forward to… Read More

May 6, 2019, 8:30 AM

Microsoft and Red Hat unveil open-source project that automatically scales Kubernetes clusters in response to events

Microsoft continues to look for ways to help companies that are investing in application containers take advantage of the principles… Read More

May 6, 2019, 8:30 AM

Microsoft unveils new election security tools in continued battle against hackers

As the 2020 U.S. Presidential election approaches, Microsoft is getting ready to release several new tools to shore up security… Read More

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