Licensing Reference
Licensing reference materials are continuously updated, highly-detailed entries covering Microsoft licensing terms, procedures, practices and timelines.
View More
Product Reference
Product reference materials are clear, concise definitions and descriptions of Microsoft's ever-growing catalog of products and services.
View More
Azure DevOps Roadmap
Azure DevOps is a set of Microsoft-hosted software development services. Customers can use any subset... more
Orleans
Project Orleans is an open source framework for distributed applications that is included with .NET.... more
Previous
Azure DevOps Evolves VS Team Services
Updated: October 8, 2024
Azure DevOps brings new user interfaces to Visual Studio Team Services that will require some...more
GitHub Hosts Development, Overlaps with Azure DevOps, VS
Updated: October 8, 2024
GitHub is a Microsoft-owned developer service for source code control and several other software development...more
Understanding Azure DevOps
Updated: October 8, 2024
Azure DevOps is a set of Microsoft-hosted software development services. Its services include source code...more
Service Provides Hosted Windows Dev Boxes
Updated: February 19, 2024
Microsoft Dev Box is a service that provides hosted Windows hardware and software tailored for...more
New Service Creates Environments for Azure Apps
Updated: August 30, 2023
The Azure Deployment Environments service helps development teams repeatably provision Azure resources to host Azure...more
Understanding GitHub Licensing
Updated: May 31, 2023
GitHub is licensed on a Per-User basis, but some features incur usage-based charges, and some...more
GitHub vs. Azure DevOps
Updated: May 31, 2023
GitHub has become a center of innovation in Microsoft’s developer platform. Azure DevOps remains supported,...more
Purchasing and Tracking Azure DevOps
Updated: May 31, 2023
Azure DevOps, which hosts services for software development, employs per-user subscription and consumption billing across...more
Azure Load Testing Service Generally Available
Updated: February 22, 2023
Azure Load Testing, generally available, is a service that load tests applications hosted in Azure...more
Azure Dev CLI Simplifies Dev Workflows
Updated: September 19, 2022
Azure Dev CLI, a command-line tool in preview, can speed developer workflows for Azure-based applications....more
Azure Chaos Studio Can Help Improve App Resiliency
Updated: May 23, 2022
Azure Chaos Studio generates failures and degraded conditions on Azure resources so development and IT...more
Azure Service Helps Application Load Testing
Updated: May 23, 2022
Azure Load Testing is a service in preview that load tests applications hosted in Azure...more
Next
Application Platforms Roadmap
Updated: April 4, 2025
Microsoft Turns 50: Directions Looks at the Good, Bad, and the Future
