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Events July 16, 2018 5 min read

Celebrating OSCON’s 20th anniversary

We’re in Portland this week for OSCON’s return to the City of Roses (or Beervana, depending on who you ask) to celebrate the ground-breaking event’s 20th birthday.

Tutorials and demos May 23, 2018 8 min read

Tutorial: Immutable infrastructure for Azure, using VSTS, Terraform, Packer and Ansible

This is part 2 of a 2-part series on CI/CD for “infrastructure as code” on Azure.

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Tutorials and demos May 22, 2018 6 min read

Tutorial: CI/CD for Azure using Terraform, Ansible and VSTS

This is part 1 of a 2-part series demonstrating how to continuously build and deploy Azure infrastructure for the applications running on Azure.

Tutorials and demos May 22, 2018 2 min read

How to create a custom VSTS agent on Azure ACI with Terraform

Open source tools, like Terraform and Ansible, can be leveraged to implement “infrastructure as code,” making it easier to continuously build and deploy cloud infrastructure across your applications.

Project updates April 25, 2018 1 min read

Get started with Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure for free

Red Hat and Microsoft are now offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure for enterprise developers with Azure free accounts and for Visual Studio subscribers using the Azure cloud.

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Project updates March 27, 2018 7 min read

Open source libraries for Microsoft Quantum

Quantum computing is a new universe of computing that promises exponential increases in processing power, which could help scientists solve the problems of the future – on topics ranging from biomedical research and smart materials to cryptography and climate science.

Project updates November 3, 2017 2 min read

Open Source Weekly #4

Did you know that docs.microsoft.com is home to thousands of pages of documentation, from A to X (ASP.

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August 11, 2017 1 min read

Industry leader creates a dynamic showcase for digital transformation

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization.

July 9, 2017 2 min read

Learn about open source business opportunities at Microsoft Inspire

Microsoft Inspire kicks off today in Washington DC, where partners have an incredible opportunity to meet new partners and make connections that will support business growth for years to come.

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June 9, 2017 1 min read

Join us for Microsoft Azure OpenDev

Azure OpenDev is the first-ever virtual event from Microsoft that showcases open source technologies in the cloud.

June 2, 2017 1 min read

Cardinal Solutions is the 2017 Open Source on Azure Partner of the Year

We’re proud to name Cardinal Solutions Group the winner of the third annual Open Source on Azure Partner of the Year award.

May 8, 2017 4 min read

Connect with Microsoft at OSCON 2017

Some of the 3,000 open source contributors from across Microsoft are at OSCON this week, to focus on how the open source ecosystem is playing a major role in technology innovation, from artificial intelligence and IoT to microservices and containers.