News
Xamarin Open Source SDK
As announced at Xamarin Evolve, the Xamarin SDK is not open sourced under the MIT license.
Docker on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5
Docker announces support for Windows Server 2016. You can download the Technical Preview from Microsoft and get started.
Process
5 Performance Tweaks for Visual Studio 2015 and large solutions
Have a massive Visual Studio solution? Try these tips to speed up your day to day performance in Visual Studio.
Code
The Latest of Microsoft Office Developer Tools
Also announced at Build - new Office Add In templates are in Visual Studio as well as new starter code to help get your add in off the ground quickly.
How CPU Sampling Works | Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management
This post covers some of the basics of CPU Sampling and the method the Visual Studio profiler uses to capture CPU performance data in your applications.
Database
DocumentDB now supports Time-To-Live (TTL)
Azure Document DB now supports TTL. This will allow you to "expire" old data and only keep the newer more relevant data over time.
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