08Apr 21
.NET Upgrade Assistant
For those who have been wanting to upgrade to .NET 5 but have found it too time-consuming with the existing porting tools, the new .NET Upgrade Assistant is for you. It provides a guided programme for incrementally upgrading your applications with step-by-step instructions and recommendations.
08Apr 21
Azure Defender for Storage – Improved Threat Detections
Azure Defender for Storage can detect potential threats on your blob containers, file shares and data lakes and in March, received some new capabilities.
31Mar 21
Ballard Chalmers Recognized by Clutch as Leading C# Developers
We’re pleased to have made it onto Clutch’s 2021 list of the top C# programmers. We have received this award due to the team’s hard work, our results and of course, our clients who have taken the time to leave us a review.
31Mar 21
Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services
Today the Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services launched into Public Preview as part of Microsoft’s expansion in its Tech for Industry campaign.
24Mar 21
Microsoft Cloud for Non-Profit
As Microsoft partners who often work in the non-profit sector, Microsoft Cloud for Non-Profit caught our attention and it certainly looks like great things coming to this area.
11Mar 21
An Introduction to .NET Multi-platform App UI
.NET 6 went into its first preview in the middle of February. Though it is not due for release until November, .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) is worth taking a look a look at now. It is something to understand and get excited about, with a lot of changes coming.
11Mar 21
Data Flows in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Now Support Reserved Instances
In case anyone missed the small announcement in the Azure updates log, Data flows in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse now support Reserved Instances.
11Mar 21
.NET Core Support for Azure Analysis Services Client Libraries
.NET Core support for Azure Analysis Services client libraries is now generally available and with a lot of enhancements.
27Feb 21
Annual Review of ISO 27001:2013 Passed with Flying Colours
We are thrilled to share that following our first year as an ISO 27001:2013 accredited company, we received our first audit and received 36 passes and 0 advisories or warnings. You can’t pass with high marks than that!
17Feb 21
Microsoft Release Custom Neural Voice into General Availability
The big February announcement was the release of Custom Neural Voice. You can record your own voice, upload it to Custom Neural Voice for training the model and create your very own neural voice.