Windows 10 Creators Update and Creators Update SDK are Released 

Microsoft finalizes 1GB day one Windows 10 patch

Full Interview With the Creator of C++

By popular demand, and a request from the man himself, we’ve decided to release the full interview with esteemed computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup (aka the creator of C++). We cover a bunch of topics so check the chapters to find what interests you the most! Filmed last year. Enjoy and happy trails!

00:00-02:42 Getting into programming
02:42-03:26 Programming being versatile
03:26-06:07 Industry changes
06:07-10:20 Inventing and maintaining C++
10:20-12:02 Key to making a successful language
12:02-16:04 Greatest lessons
16:14-20:06 Moving to the US
20:06-23:20 Advice to devs 

Announcing availability of SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview and cloud hybrid search

REDMOND, Wash. —June 4, 2018—Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced it has reached an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading softwareh development platform where more than 28 million developers learn, share and collaborate to create the future. Together, the two companies will empower developers to achieve more at every stage of the development lifecycle, accelerate enterprise use of GitHub, and bring Microsoft’s developer tools and services to new audiences. 

Team Explorer support for TLSv1.2

• We have updated the Git and the Git Credential Manager components that ship in Visual Studio.
• The optional Git for Windows component has also been updated.
• This update allows Git to connect to services that have deprecated support for TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 in favor of TLSv1.2.

Issues Fixed in this Release

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in this release:

• Projects targeting .NET Core 2.1 or newer are not supported by Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.
• Fixed issue where installation of the SDK for .NET Core 2.1 or newer would cause the option to create ASP.NET Core 2.0 Web applications to disappear. 

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 10 AVC/H.264 improvements in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 

see what's next for Windows and developers. Microsoft will unveil the next generation of Windows!  

.NET Core May 2019 Updates – 1.0.16, 1.1.14, 2.1.11 and 2.2.5 

15 Interesting JavaScript and CSS Libraries for May 2018