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High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Jun 6, 2019 · Artificial Intelligence

Interview with Microsoft Asia Research Lead Zou Xin on Software Engineering, AI Learning, and Career Insights

In this interview, Microsoft Asia Research chief Zou Xin shares his extensive software engineering experience, discusses the evolution of software development, offers practical advice on learning AI, and reflects on his books and upcoming GIAC conference activities, providing valuable insights for engineers and students alike.

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Interview with Microsoft Asia Research Lead Zou Xin on Software Engineering, AI Learning, and Career Insights
DevOps
DevOps
Nov 12, 2018 · R&D Management

Microsoft's Journey to Modern Software Engineering: Scaling Agile, DevOps, and Service Maturity

Microsoft's Core Services Engineering (CSE) team transformed from a waterfall development model to an agile, DevOps‑driven process using Visual Studio Team Services, introducing engineering fundamentals, a four‑level maturity model, a scaled agile framework, and a rotating Directly Responsible Individual role to accelerate delivery, improve quality, and enhance customer satisfaction.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsMicrosoft
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Microsoft's Journey to Modern Software Engineering: Scaling Agile, DevOps, and Service Maturity
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Oct 12, 2018 · Operations

Understanding Microsoft Volume Shadow Service (VSS): Architecture, Components, and Backup Process

Microsoft's Volume Shadow Service (VSS) is a backup and recovery framework that creates consistent point-in-time snapshots by coordinating requestors, writers, and providers, supporting fast data backup, file-level restores, and various storage scenarios through full and copy-on-write snapshot methods.

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Understanding Microsoft Volume Shadow Service (VSS): Architecture, Components, and Backup Process
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jun 29, 2018 · Blockchain

Comparing IBM and Microsoft Blockchain-as-a-Service Platforms: Governance, Protocol Choices, and Market Implications

An analytical comparison of IBM’s Hyperledger‑based Blockchain‑as‑a‑Service and Microsoft’s Azure‑based, Ethereum‑focused BaaS reveals key differences in governance, protocol preference, ecosystem risk, and market strategy, illustrating how the two tech giants compete in the emerging enterprise blockchain space.

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Comparing IBM and Microsoft Blockchain-as-a-Service Platforms: Governance, Protocol Choices, and Market Implications
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Apr 19, 2018 · Information Security

How Microsoft’s Edge Anti‑Phishing Tech Boosts Chrome’s Security

Microsoft released a Chrome extension called Windows Defender Browser Protection that ports Edge’s SmartScreen anti‑phishing technology to Chrome, showing red warning pages for malicious links and reportedly achieving a 99% phishing detection rate compared with Chrome’s 87% in NSS Labs tests.

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How Microsoft’s Edge Anti‑Phishing Tech Boosts Chrome’s Security
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Mar 28, 2018 · Operations

Microsoft Releases Open-Source Tool for Custom Linux Distributions on WSL

Microsoft has launched an open‑source tool that lets distribution maintainers and developers create custom Linux packages for the Windows Subsystem for Linux, while also previewing new WSL features such as background tasks and Unix‑domain sockets, and reporting that Uber disabled safety radar on a Volvo autonomous vehicle involved in a fatal pedestrian crash.

LiDARMicrosoftUber
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Microsoft Releases Open-Source Tool for Custom Linux Distributions on WSL
DevOps
DevOps
Mar 18, 2018 · Operations

Microsoft Global Development Platform Team’s Journey from Agile to DevOps

The article chronicles Microsoft’s Global Development Platform Engineering team’s transformation from an Agile‑focused process to a DevOps‑driven culture, detailing the 2013 Visual Studio 2013 launch, the ensuing service outage, multi‑region scaling, canary deployments, feature‑flag controls, Git‑based branching, Scrum adaptations, and data‑driven experiments that dramatically improved service reliability and user onboarding rates.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsMicrosoft
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Microsoft Global Development Platform Team’s Journey from Agile to DevOps
ITPUB
ITPUB
Oct 25, 2017 · Information Security

How the Wild Neutron APT Breached Microsoft’s Vulnerability Database in 2013

In 2013, a group known as Wild Neutron infiltrated Microsoft’s vulnerability reporting database, stole data, and remained undetected for months, prompting a month‑long patch effort and a quiet investigation that revealed no immediate exploitation of the leaked flaws.

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How the Wild Neutron APT Breached Microsoft’s Vulnerability Database in 2013
DevOps
DevOps
May 30, 2017 · Fundamentals

Microsoft's Largest Git Repository and the Role of GVFS

The article describes how Microsoft migrated its Windows development codebase to a single 300 GB Git repository containing 3.5 million files, the challenges this scale created for Git, and how the Git Virtual File System (GVFS) was developed and open‑sourced to address performance issues.

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Microsoft's Largest Git Repository and the Role of GVFS
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Sep 22, 2016 · Operations

How Microsoft and Xiaomi Mastered DevOps: Practical Lessons for Global Scale

This article summarizes Ouyang Chen's GDevOps 2016 talk, covering the definition of DevOps, four personal viewpoints, Microsoft's three‑phase transformation, Xiaomi's rapid release pipeline, key principles, metrics such as time‑to‑detect, and essential tools for building an efficient DevOps culture.

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How Microsoft and Xiaomi Mastered DevOps: Practical Lessons for Global Scale
DevOps
DevOps
Sep 19, 2016 · Fundamentals

Microsoft Tops GitHub Open‑Source Contribution Rankings Under CEO Satya Nadella

Under CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has dramatically embraced open source, climbing to the top of GitHub’s contribution leaderboard with 16,419 contributions—surpassing Facebook, Docker, Angular, and Google—while opening key technologies such as .NET, Chakra, MSBuild, Xamarin, and PowerShell to the community.

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Microsoft Tops GitHub Open‑Source Contribution Rankings Under CEO Satya Nadella
58UXD
58UXD
Apr 12, 2016 · Product Management

What Makes a Product Manager the CEO of Their Product? Lessons from Microsoft

This article examines the stark contrast between Microsoft’s view of product managers as small‑business CEOs responsible for strategy, design, and market success and the more limited, execution‑focused role seen in many Chinese tech firms, highlighting the traits of good versus bad product managers.

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What Makes a Product Manager the CEO of Their Product? Lessons from Microsoft
21CTO
21CTO
Apr 6, 2016 · Product Management

What Elon Musk’s Brutal Management Reveals About Building Epoch‑Making Products

The article examines Elon Musk’s extreme leadership tactics—from relentless work hours and flawless‑email demands to unconventional interview riddles—and connects these practices to the broader principles of creating epoch‑making products, illustrated through case studies of Microsoft and Apple’s long‑term product lifecycles.

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What Elon Musk’s Brutal Management Reveals About Building Epoch‑Making Products
DevOps
DevOps
Apr 1, 2016 · Cloud Computing

Microsoft’s Linux Compatibility Layer and Its Impact on Docker and Cloud Computing

The article analyzes Microsoft’s introduction of a Linux‑compatible subsystem in Windows, explaining its technical architecture, performance advantages over emulation, and how it paves the way for Docker containers on Windows Server, thereby influencing cloud‑computing and DevOps strategies.

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Microsoft’s Linux Compatibility Layer and Its Impact on Docker and Cloud Computing
DevOps
DevOps
Mar 19, 2016 · R&D Management

A Historical Overview of Team Foundation Server (TFS) from 2005 to 2015

This article chronicles the ten‑year evolution of Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server, detailing its origins, major releases from TFS 2005 through TFS 2015, feature improvements, installation challenges, and its impact on DevOps and software development practices.

ALMDevOpsMicrosoft
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A Historical Overview of Team Foundation Server (TFS) from 2005 to 2015
DevOps
DevOps
Dec 23, 2015 · Backend Development

Microsoft’s Surprising Open‑Source and Linux Contributions in 2015

During 2015 Microsoft made a series of notable open‑source and Linux‑related moves—including adding VP9 support to Edge, open‑sourcing the Chakra JavaScript engine, .NET, MSBuild, contributing Hyper‑V to Linux, releasing Azure Cloud Switch, and bringing Visual Studio Code and its compiler tools to Linux.

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Microsoft’s Surprising Open‑Source and Linux Contributions in 2015
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Oct 20, 2015 · Big Data

The Evolution of Data Science and Big Data at Microsoft

This article traces the history and modern challenges of big data, illustrating how Microsoft has leveraged data‑driven culture, large‑scale data collection, and machine‑learning services such as Azure ML to transform product development and user experience across decades.

Data ScienceData-drivenMicrosoft
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The Evolution of Data Science and Big Data at Microsoft
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 31, 2015 · Databases

Why SQL Server Excels in Operations: Expert Insights on Strategy, Tools, and Challenges

During a lively Q&A session organized by the ‘Efficient Operations’ community, Oracle InnoDB principal developer Lai Zheng and Microsoft SQL Server product manager Lin Mo discuss SQL Server’s operational advantages over other databases, Microsoft’s product roadmap, common maintenance challenges, and the ideal career path for a modern DBA.

DBADatabase operationsMicrosoft
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Why SQL Server Excels in Operations: Expert Insights on Strategy, Tools, and Challenges
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
Jul 11, 2014 · R&D Management

Misconceptions and Governance in China's Open Source Community – Insights from Microsoft Executives

Microsoft executives warn that China’s rapidly growing open‑source community suffers from three key misconceptions—misdefining open source, over‑valuing code over community, and viewing itself as niche—so it must adopt clear governance, align with international standards, and integrate with the global ecosystem to thrive.

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Misconceptions and Governance in China's Open Source Community – Insights from Microsoft Executives