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Tutorial: Building Dashboards with the Data Warehouse Cubes and Excel
At some events last year, I demonstrated an incident “dashboard” that I had created using the cubes in the data warehouse and Excel pivot tables. I never really got around to discussing in detail how...
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New Test Lab Guides for Virtual Machine Manager Now Available!
We wanted to let you know that two Test Lab Guides for VMM (System Center 2012 SP1) are now available. The first one walks you through installing a VMM server, using the evaluation VHD for VMM. The...
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TechNet Radio Series on Building a Private Cloud
We’ve recently been running a series of TechNet Radio shows on Building a Private Cloud with technical evangelists Keith Mayer and Yung Chou to show you how to build and manage your hybrid cloud...
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Virtual Machine Manager Example Service Templates
Get your STEK (not steak)! The Service Template Example Kit is now available on the TechNet Gallery.This set of System Center 2012 SP1 – Virtual Machine Manager service templates provide the necessary...
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System Center Universe DACH Now Open For Registration
The System Center Universe is expanding to Europe! A new System Center Universe will be held in Switzerland in September! For two days, IT professionals will get up to speed on the latest information...
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Reviews of Super Weird Mice:The Microsoft Arc Touch and Wedge Mouse
I'm always on the lookout for the perfect mouse. I don't think it exists, yet, frankly, but we're getting close. I've got two notebook mice I'm bouncing between while using my new ultrabook, the Lenovo...
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JavaScript is Assembler and that's OK.
Some years ago I said that JavaScript is the Assembly Language of the Web. In fact, lots of people said it, because it's true. Later, some folks disagreed, saying that this is an inaccurate analogy. Of...
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The new Office Garage Series: Managing Office in Virtualized Environments
This week, Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh tackle one of the most requested topics, how to manage Office in virtualized environments - from the entire desktop to hosting the application on Remote Desktop...
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Conor vs. SQLBits Spring 2013 Nottingham
(finally done with travel and work stuff long enough to post up my slide deck :)) I could safely say that I have never been introduced by Robin Hood at one of my talks. I always have so much fun at...
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Conor vs. SQL Azure Parallel Query
(The official name is Windows Azure SQL Database, but since SQL Database is hard to search for, I included SQL Azure up in the title). One question I got from my recent trip was around query...
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Automating SharePoint Deployments in Windows Azure using PowerShell
Editor's Note: The following is a post from Michael Washam, Senior Program Manager for Windows Azure.SharePoint has proven to be one of the most popular Microsoft workloads running on Windows...
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New Channel 9 video on the Visual Studio 3D Starter Kit now online
If you’re interested in DirectX development, head on over to Channel 9, where there’s a new video about the Visual Studio 3D Starter Kit. This time, Roberto Sonnino interviews Gokhan Sengun, who’s...
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App roundup: 4 apps to take with you on your next vacation
Hi, it’s Brittany K again. Last time, I talked about some of the apps I use to plan a trip. And since I got back from a trip to Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago, this time I thought I’d tell you about...
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Released: Calculator Updates Galore!
Today, we have released an updated version of the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator that addresses several issues found since its initial release. You can view what changes have been...
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Pie in the Sky (May 24, 2013)
Ah, it's the end of another busy week. Luckily it's a long weekend here due to a holiday on Monday. Here's some links for your weekend reading:CloudMicrosoft announces major expansion of Windows Azure...
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The ‘In the Cloud’ Podcast, Episode 10: The Countdown to TechEd 2013!
In this episode, I discuss what to expect from TechEd North America (June 3) and TechEd Europe (June 25), as well as some of the big themes in my Day 1 keynote at both events. This is a huge event for...
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Markdown in the Source Browser
CodePlex now supports markdown in the source browser! All files with a .md extension will be formatted as markdown. For more information on the markdown syntax that we support, check out our...
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Conor vs. SQL Azure Optimizer Hotfix Traceflag 4199
Another question: Does Windows Azure SQL Database (aka SQL Azure) run with or without the optimizer hotfix traceflag (4199) from normal SQL Server? Answer: It currently does NOT run with 4199...
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Windows Server and SCCM 2012 SP1 - Configuration Management with DCM
Collaboration. The idea that we are better when we work together. Isn't that something we often hear about, especially in IT? Well kids, I'm here to say it AGAIN! Within Microsoft, 'collaboration' and...
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Custom Rule for selective APM Event collection (useful with multi-homing)
In every OM12 Management Group, there is a “APM event collection Rule”. One and only one. What this does it, for each application configured for APM, subscribes to the APM Dispatcher (part of the...
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