Licensing Reference
Licensing reference materials are continuously updated, highly-detailed entries covering Microsoft licensing terms, procedures, practices and timelines.
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Product Reference
Product reference materials are clear, concise definitions and descriptions of Microsoft's ever-growing catalog of products and services.
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Orleans
Project Orleans is an open source framework for distributed applications that is included with .NET.... more
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps is a set of Microsoft-hosted software development services. Customers can use any subset... more
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
Application Platforms Roadmap
Updated: April 4, 2025
Microsoft Turns 50: Directions Looks at the Good, Bad, and the Future
