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Set up your dev environment on Windows for Rust

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-environment/rust/setup Setting up your dev environment for beginners interested in developing on Windows with Rust.
Published Date : Thursday, March 4, 2021

PE Format - Win32 apps

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/pe-format This specification describes the structure of executable (image) files and object files under the Windows family of operating systems. These files are referred to as Portable Executable (PE) and Common Object File Format (COFF) files, respectively.
Published Date : Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Event timeline in threat and vulnerability management

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/threat-and-vuln-mgt-event-timeline Event timeline is a risk news feed that helps you interpret how risk is introduced into the organization, and which mitigations happened to reduce it.
Published Date : Thursday, April 1, 2021

Software inventory in threat and vulnerability management

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/tvm-software-inventory The software inventory page for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's threat and vulnerability management shows how many weaknesses and vulnerabilities have been detected in software.
Published Date : Thursday, April 1, 2021

Get started with React - Learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/react-get-started/ Learn what you need to know to start building apps with React and JavaScript.
Published Date : Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Create a custom skill for Azure Cognitive Search - Learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-enrichment-pipeline-azure-cognitive-search/ Create a custom skill for Azure Cognitive Search
Published Date : Friday, July 30, 2021

Work with data and events in Vue.js - Learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/vue-data-events/ Allowing users to interact with data is one of the core goals of Vue.js. In this module, you'll build a Vue app in JavaScript and you'll see how to respond to user events. You'll also see how to manage state and data in response.
Published Date : Monday, March 1, 2021

Getting started with Vue CLI and single-file components in Vue.js. - Learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/vue-cli-components/ Learn to create components with Vue CLI and JavaScript.
Published Date : Monday, March 1, 2021

Dynamic page displays with Vue.js - Learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/vue-dynamic-rendering/ Learn how to use dynamic rendering with Vue.js and JavaScript.
Published Date : Monday, March 1, 2021

Get started with Vue - Learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/vue-get-started/ Learn to create web apps by using Vue.js and JavaScript.
Published Date : Monday, March 1, 2021

Available sizes for Azure Cloud Services (extended support)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-services-extended-support/available-sizes Available sizes for Azure Cloud Services (extended support) deployments
Published Date : Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Quickstart - Run your first Azure Batch job with the .NET API - Azure Batch

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/batch/quick-run-dotnet In this quickstart, you run an Azure Batch sample job and tasks from a C# application with the Batch .NET client library.
Published Date : Tuesday, May 25, 2021

About Azure Cloud Services (extended support)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-services-extended-support/overview Learn about the child elements of the Network Configuration element of the service configuration file, which specifies Virtual Network and DNS values.
Published Date : Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Create compute clusters - Azure Machine Learning

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/how-to-create-attach-compute-cluster Learn how to create compute clusters in your Azure Machine Learning workspace. Use the compute cluster as a compute target for training or inference.
Published Date : Friday, July 9, 2021

Customer Experience Improvement Program - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/visual-studio-experience-improvement-program Find out how to manage privacy settings in Visual Studio.
Published Date : Monday, May 21, 2018

Learn Flask tutorial in Visual Studio step 1, Flask basics

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/learn-flask-visual-studio-step-01-project-solution A walkthrough of Flask basics in the context of Visual Studio projects, including prerequisites, Git, and virtual environments.
Published Date : Monday, January 7, 2019

Diagnostic data and system-generated logs - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/diagnostic-data-collection Learn about Visual Studio system-generated logs, the types of data that's collected, and how it's used to fix problems and improve product quality.
Published Date : Thursday, May 24, 2018

CA2104: Do not declare read-only mutable reference types - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2104 An externally visible type contains an externally visible read-only field that is a mutable reference type.
Published Date : Thursday, November 1, 2018

CA2111: Pointers should not be visible - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2111 A public or protected System.IntPtr or System.UIntPtr field is not read-only.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1300: Specify MessageBoxOptions - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1300 A method calls an overload of the System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show method that does not take a MessageBoxOptions argument.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1301: Avoid duplicate accelerators - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1301 A type extends System.Windows.Forms.Control and contains two or more top-level controls that have identical access keys that are stored in a resource file.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1023: Indexers should not be multidimensional - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1023 A public or protected type contains a public or protected indexer that uses more than one index.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1804: Remove unused locals - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1804 A method declares a local variable but does not use the variable except possibly as the recipient of an assignment statement. For analysis by this rule, the tested assembly must be built with debugging information and the associated program database (.pdb) file must be available.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2120: Secure serialization constructors - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2120 The type implements the System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable interface, is not a delegate or interface, and is declared in an assembly that allows partially trusted callers.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1039: Lists are strongly typed - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1039 The public or protected type implements System.Collections.IList but does not provide a strongly typed method.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2118: Review SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurityAttribute usage - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2118 A public or protected type or member has the System.Security.SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurityAttribute attribute.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1800: Do not cast unnecessarily - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1800 A method performs duplicate casts on one of its arguments or local variables.
Published Date : Thursday, October 26, 2017

CA1403: Auto layout types should not be COM visible - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1403 A COM-visible value type is marked with the System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute attribute set to LayoutKind.Auto.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2122: Do not indirectly expose methods with link demands - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2122 A public or protected member has a LinkDemand and is called by a member that does not perform any security checks.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1011: Consider passing base types as parameters - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1011 A method declaration includes a formal parameter that is a derived type, and the method calls only members of the base type of the parameter.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1025: Replace repetitive arguments with params array - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1025 A public or protected method in a public type has more than three parameters, and its last three parameters are the same type.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2112: Secured types should not expose fields - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2112 A public or protected type contains public fields and is secured by a LinkDemand.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1302: Do not hardcode locale specific strings - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1302 A method uses a string literal that represents part of the path of certain system folders.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1407: Avoid static members in COM visible types - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1407 A type that is specifically marked as visible to Component Object Model (COM) contains a public static method.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1408: Do not use AutoDual ClassInterfaceType - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1408 A Component Object Model (COM) visible type is marked with the System.Runtime.InteropServices.ClassInterfaceAttribute attribute set to the AutoDual value of System.Runtime.InteropServices.ClassInterfaceType.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1411: COM registration methods should not be visible - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1411 A method that is marked with the System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComRegisterFunctionAttribute or the System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComUnregisterFunctionAttribute attribute is externally visible.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2107: Review deny and permit only usage - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2107 A method contains a security check that specifies the PermitOnly or Deny security action.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2108: Review declarative security on value types - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2108 A public or protected value type is secured by a Demand or LinkDemand.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1006: Do not nest generic types in member signatures - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1006 An externally visible member has a signature that contains a nested type argument.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1038: Enumerators should be strongly typed - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1038 A public or protected type implements System.Collections.IEnumerator but does not provide a strongly typed version of the Current property.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1009: Declare event handlers correctly - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1009 A delegate that handles a public or protected event does not have the correct signature, return type, or parameter names.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1410: COM registration methods should be matched - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1410 A type declares a method that is marked with the ComRegisterFunction attribute but does not declare a method that is marked with the ComUnregisterFunction attribute, or vice versa.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2114: Method security should be a superset of type - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2114 A type has declarative security and one of its methods has declarative security for the same security action, and the security action is not LinkDemand, and the permissions checked by the type are not a subset of the permissions checked by the method.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2123: Override link demands should be identical to base - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2123 A public or protected method in a public type overrides a method or implements an interface, and does not have the same LinkDemand as the interface or virtual method.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1013: Overload operator equals on overloading add and subtract - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1013 A public or protected type implements the addition or subtraction operators without implementing the equality operator.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1049: Types that own native resources should be disposable - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1049 A type references a System.IntPtr field, a System.UIntPtr field, or a System.Runtime.InteropServices.HandleRef field, but does not implement System.IDisposable.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1414: Mark boolean P-Invoke arguments with MarshalAs - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1414 A platform invoke method declaration includes a System.Boolean parameter or return value but the System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute attribute is not applied to the parameter or return value.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1415: Declare P-Invokes correctly - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1415 A platform invoke method is incorrectly declared.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1035: ICollection implementations have strongly typed members - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1035 A public or protected type implements System.Collections.ICollection but does not provide a strongly typed method for CopyTo.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1402: Avoid overloads in COM visible interfaces - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1402 A Component Object Model (COM) visible interface declares overloaded methods.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1412: Mark ComSource Interfaces as IDispatch - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1412 A type is marked with the System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComSourceInterfacesAttribute attribute and at least one specified interface is not marked with the System.Runtime.InteropServices.InterfaceTypeAttribute attribute set to the InterfaceIsDispatch value.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2102: Catch non-CLSCompliant exceptions in general handlers - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2102 A member in an assembly that is not marked with the System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute or is marked RuntimeCompatibility(WrapNonExceptionThrows = false) contains a catch block that handles System.Exception and does not contain an immediately following general catch block.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2105: Array fields should not be read only - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2105 A public or protected field that holds an array is declared read-only.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1026: Default parameters should not be used - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1026 An externally visible type contains an externally visible method that uses a default parameter.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1903: Use only API from targeted framework - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1903 A member or type is using a member or type that was introduced in a service pack that was not included with the project's targeted framework.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1007: Use generics where appropriate - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1007 An externally visible method contains a reference parameter of type System.Object, and the containing assembly targets .NET Framework 2.0.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1400: P-Invoke entry points should exist - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1400 A public or protected method is marked with the DllImport attribute. Either the unmanaged library could not be located or the method could not be matched to a function in the library.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1404: Call GetLastError immediately after P-Invoke - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1404 A call is made to the System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetLastWin32Error method or the equivalent Win32 GetLastError function, and the call that comes immediately before is not to a platform invoke method.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1306: Set locale for data types - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1306 A method or constructor created one or more System.Data.DataTable or System.Data.DataSet instances and did not explicitly set the locale property.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1500: Variable names should not match field names - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1500 An instance method declares a parameter or a local variable whose name matches an instance field of the declaring type.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1406: Avoid Int64 arguments for Visual Basic 6 clients - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1406 A type that is specifically marked as visible to Component Object Model (COM) declares a member that takes a System.Int64 argument.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2115: Call GC.KeepAlive when using native resources - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2115 A method declared in a type with a finalizer references a System.IntPtr or System.UIntPtr field, but does not call System.GC.KeepAlive.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1413: Avoid non-public fields in COM visible value types - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1413 A value type that is specifically marked as visible to Component Object Model (COM) declares a nonpublic instance field.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1405: COM visible type base types should be COM visible - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1405 A Component Object Model (COM) visible type derives from a type that is not COM visible.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2117: APTCA types should only extend APTCA base types - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2117 A public or protected type in an assembly with the System.Security.AllowPartiallyTrustedCallersAttribute attribute inherits from a type declared in an assembly that does not have the attribute.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA2116: APTCA methods should only call APTCA methods - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca2116 A method in an assembly with the System.Security.AllowPartiallyTrustedCallersAttribute attribute calls a method in an assembly that does not have the attribute.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

CA1057: String URI overloads call System.Uri overloads - Visual Studio (Windows)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1057 A type declares method overloads that differ only by the replacement of a string parameter with a System.Uri parameter, and the overload that takes the string parameter does not call the overload that takes the System.Uri parameter.
Published Date : Friday, November 4, 2016

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/javascript/azure-sdk-library-package-index Listing of the package names, NPM links, docs links, and source code links for all libraries in the Azure SDK for JavaScript.
Published Date : Friday, August 6, 2021

about Profiles - PowerShell

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_profiles Describes how to create and use a PowerShell profile.
Published Date : Friday, August 20, 2021

about Format.ps1xml - PowerShell

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_format.ps1xml Beginning in PowerShell 6, the default views for objects are defined in PowerShell source code. You can create your own `Format.ps1xml` files to change the display of objects or to define default displays for new object types that you create in PowerShell.
Published Date : Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Manage Microsoft Partner Network benefits - Partner Center

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/manage-your-partner-network-benefits Join the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) and use Partner Center to manage membership benefits and offers that can help grow your business.
Published Date : Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Find your benefits - Partner Center

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/mpn-find-benefits Learn how to find your MPN benefits in the Partner Center dashboard. Includes information on how to find your Access ID and Contract ID for technical benefits.
Published Date : Monday, November 23, 2020

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/queries/query-by-date-or-current-iteration Query for work items based on a date, a team's current iteration, or a sliding window of sprints in Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, & Team Foundation Server
Published Date : Wednesday, March 24, 2021

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/queries/query-operators-variables Field data types, operators, and macros/variables used by the Query Editor in Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, & Team Foundation Server
Published Date : Monday, May 24, 2021

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/status-monitor-v2-troubleshoot The known issues of Application Insights Agent and troubleshooting examples. Monitor website performance without redeploying the website. Works with ASP.NET web apps hosted on-premises, in VMs, or on Azure.
Published Date : Tuesday, April 23, 2019

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/continuous-integration-deployment Learn how to use continuous integration and delivery to move Data Factory pipelines from one environment (development, test, production) to another.
Published Date : Wednesday, May 12, 2021

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.scrollbar.largechange Gets or sets a value to be added to or subtracted from the Value property when the scroll box is moved a large distance.
Published Date : Monday, April 30, 2018