Another month has past and after Build we had a lot to do (or still have to). The problem is that Microsoft (and especially the Azure team) is still delivering new stuff. Today I have some interesting readings from April. It ranges from ASP.NET Identity over Application Insights to the announcement of TypeScript 1.0 … and of course the newest releases on Microsoft Azure.

ASP.NET

• Why Katana should be on your radar
• ASP.NET Identity 2.0: Setting Up Account Validation and Two-Factor Authorization

Visual Studio

• Next-Generation Development with Application Insights
• Cloud Load testing with Visual Studio Online – Launching General Availability

Microsoft Azure

• 99.95 % SQL Database SLA, 500 GB DB Size, Improved Self-Service Restore, and Business Continuity
• Web Sites, VMs, Mobile Services, Notification Hubs, Storage, VNets, Scheduler, AutoScale and More
• Announcing New MongoDB Instances on Microsoft Azure

App Development

• The 5 most common questions I heard in April

Miscellaneous

• Announcing TypeScript 1.0

Have fun!

– Jan (@Horizon_Net)