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Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.
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Now available: open source Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

This week Microsoft released the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit version 2.0 out of beta. The toolkit, previously known as…

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Highlights from FOSSASIA Open Tech Summit 2017 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

In an unprecedented partnership, Microsoft and FOSSASIA (the largest open source technology advocate in Asia) worked together to…

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Meet up with JavaScript and TypeScript pros in Prague, Bucharest, and Łódź 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

Last week, our resident JavaScript and TypeScript pros, Josh Gavant and Dan Silver began a tour through Central…

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More open source resources for Microsoft cloud partners 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

According to IDC forecasts, more than 60% of enterprises are embracing open source and open APIs as the…

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Microsoft’s open source Project Olympus grows partner ecosystem 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

Introduced in November 2016, Project Olympus is Microsoft’s next generation rack-level solution that is open sourced through Open…

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Updates to HDInsight tools for IntelliJ and Eclipse now available 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

HDInsight is Microsoft Azure’s managed Hadoop-as-a-service. It is the only fully-managed cloud Hadoop offering that provides optimized open…

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Register for free cloud trainings in a city near you 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

Around the world in 2017, Microsoft is hosting a series of free, two-day technical trainings for IT professionals…

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Now in Public Preview: SQL Server on Linux 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

At Connect(); 2016, Microsoft announced the public preview of the next release of SQL Server on Linux and…

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Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

Announced this week at Connect(); 2016, Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. As part…

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From Blair Hanley Frank, IDG 

  • By Microsoft + Open Source, Microsoft’s commitment to open source is ingrained in our business. Investments in this space began several years ago and continue to be reinforced through technology decisions, partner momentum, customer adoption, and community contributions.

Microsoft has been aggressive in embracing open source technology on its Azure cloud platform—Blair Hanley Frank, IDG