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Microsoft needs to win back trust

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Illustration of a closed combination lock turning into pixels, implying a data breach or a lack of security.
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The world’s largest tech company has a security problem. A series of high-profile security incidents have rocked Microsoft over the past few years, and a scathing report from the Cyber Safety Review Board recently concluded that “Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul.” Inside Microsoft, there is concern that the attacks could seriously undermine trust in the company.

Sources tell me that Microsoft’s engineering and security teams have been scrambling to respond to new attacks from the same Russian state-sponsored hackers that were behind the SolarWinds incident. Known as Nobelium or Midnight Blizzard, the hacking group was able to spy on the email accounts of some members of Microsoft’s senior leadership...

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Full Stack Hands-On Development with .NET

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In the fast-paced realm of modern software development, proficiency across a full stack of technologies is not just beneficial, it's essential. Microsoft has an entire stack of open source development components in its .NET platform (formerly known as .NET Core) that can be used to build an end-to-end set of applications.
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Warp’s Team plan for developer productivity is available today | Warp

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Astro 4.7

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Astro 4.7 is out now! This release includes significant improvements to the API for making toolbar apps, a new way to keep yourself up to date, and more.
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Microsoft Build Unplugged, Episode Five: Session catalog is LIVE!

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From: Microsoft Developer
Duration: 4:20

The excitement is growing for Microsoft Build and we’re thrilled to announce the session catalog is live so start exploring now. In today’s episode Ed Donahue is joined by some of Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and excited to share what sessions they’re looking forward to at Microsoft Build.

Register now! - https://build.microsoft.com/home?wt.mc_ID=Build2024_esc_corp_soc_oo_YT_MSDEV_UnpluggYTShort

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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Acquisition in Visual Studio

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From: VisualStudio
Duration: 5:23

Sign up for the free Pure Virtual C++ 2024 conference on April 30th: https://aka.ms/pure-virtual-cpp-2024

You can now install a Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution directly from Visual Studio! Watch this video to see how it's done.

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