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March 31, 2021

Special offer: Go green and save 50% on Microsoft Press e-books Celebrate Earth Day 2021 and save 50% on Microsoft Press e-books when you apply discount code EARTHDAY during checkout. Browse new releases or shop by topic, including certification, programming, Windows, and more. Offer ends April 30, 2021. Note: Discount code is not valid on Microsoft Official Practice Tests fulfilled by MeasureUp.     Now available: Windows Community Toolkit version 7.0 Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers, extensions, and custom controls. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks for building Universal Windows Platform and .NET apps for Windows 10.   What's on the developer radar? Richard Campbell discusses emerging app patterns and technologies that developers should be following. Hear his thoughts on Power Apps, AI, and disrupting the smartphone.   Get started with OpenTelemetry .NET version 1.0 Get an overview of OpenTelemetry. Learn how to configure your application to use the OpenTelemetry .NET SDK and its instrumentation packages to collect distributed tracing.   Demo: Deploy packages with GitHub Actions Learn how to create a smooth workflow that will publish new versions of packages directly from GitHub.

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Explore helpful developer tools in Windows 10 Windows 10 offers a variety of tools that support developers in setting up their ideal coding environment. Explore some of these tools – including Windows Terminal and Microsoft PowerToys – and hear about the latest updates. Learn More PyTorch: Learn the basics Get an introduction to PyTorch, an open-source machine learning library for building deep learning models. Learn More Build Microsoft Teams apps with low-code tools Learn how to use Power Automate and Power Apps to build and share automation processes and apps directly within Teams. Learn More Loop alignment in .NET 6 Take a deep look at loop alignment, find out how it works, and discover how the loop alignment algorithm in .NET 6 will help stabilize and improve performance. Learn More The Microsoft Quantum challenge at QCHack Microsoft is joining Quantum Coalition Hack with a challenge focused on Microsoft Quantum Development Kit and Q#. Get details about the bootcamp (April 5–9, 2021) and the 24-hour Hackathon (April 10–11, 2021). Check out the QCHack schedule for a list of tutorials and panels. Learn More Control deployments with Release Gates and Azure Policy Make your continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline deployments more intelligent. Learn how to use Azure DevOps Release Gates to only allow a release to run when no Azure Policy violations are reported for that deployment. Learn More The Xamarin Show: Build a microservice Step through the process of building a microservice for a mobile app using.NET, ASP.NET Core, Docker, and Kubernetes. Learn More

Events Azure AI Hackathon Through April 5, 2021, online Put your skills to the test and apply Azure AI to a new or existing project. Build AI-powered apps with pretrained models or create your own machine learning models for a chance to win.   Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event April 6, 2021, online Get an in-depth look at the new applications, features, and capabilities available across Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform. Hear from the experts and get answers to your questions during the live Q&A session.   Digital event: Cloud Migration and Modernization with Azure April 8, 2021, online Register for this free session to learn technical skills and find out how the cloud helps you build resilience for your environment. Learn how to migrate and modernize your apps, databases, and infrastructure in the cloud.   Digital event: Global Azure 2021 April 15–17, 2021, online Join a three-day virtual conference to hear from industry and community leaders. Share, learn, and have fun as you connect with Azure community members from around the world.   Game Stack Live April 20–21, 2021, online Register for a two-day digital event and delve into game development. Explore Microsoft tools and services empowering game development, join deep dive sessions, and connect with other game developers.   Azure Storage Day April 29, 2021, online Eliminate data silos and improve compliance with the right Azure storage solution for your use case. Register for this digital event to learn about cloud storage solutions, explore current trends, and watch live demos.

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