New tidbits on Windows 8.1
Today on the Windows Blog, Antoine Leblond gave some insight on what’s to come with Windows 8.1. Check it out here:Continuing the Windows 8 vision with Windows 8.1As an FYI, this update will be free...
View ArticleCredential Locker: Your solution for handling usernames and passwords in your...
If you haven’t yet heard about the Credential Locker that's available for Windows Store apps, it’s time you did. Why? Because it not only simplifies the task of storing and retrieving user credentials,...
View ArticleWCF Data Services 5.5.0 Release
WCF Data Services 5.5.0 has officially been released! The 5.5.0 release will be another NuGet-only release as we did not make any updates to the Visual Studio tooling.What is in the release:This...
View ArticleHands-On: 3072 core Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 SLI Setup
Today, just a week after the launch of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 GPU NVIDIA launched another awesome GPU: the GeForce GTX 770. I was fortunate enough to get early access to a couple of reference...
View ArticleNow Accepting Applications for the DOer Express to the International Startup...
The International Startup Festival is coming to Montreal July 10-12! That means that it’s time for Twilio, SendGrid, and Windows Azure to team up and send the most exciting startups from around the...
View ArticleUpgrade and Update Guide for AlwaysOn Availability Groups published!
The upgrade/update guide for availability group servers is now live on MSDN.Upgrade and Update of Availability Group Servers with Minimal Downtime and Data LossIt shows how to upgrade/update to any...
View ArticleJoin us at TechEd North America 2013 in New Orleans
We have a crew of nine members from Office Content Publishing who will be attending TechEd North America 2013 in New Orleans next week. We are excited and looking forward to networking with the...
View ArticleBlog Updates
You may have noticed some updates to the blog today. We’ve made a few changes to better accommodate how readers are using the blog. Over the past year, we’ve seen a lot of growth in the ALM team blog,...
View ArticleConfigMgr 2012 Tip: Clicking Create Report Fails With 503: Service Unavailable
Microsoft’s own Santos Martinez (Premier Field Engineering) recently wrote a great blog post describing his experience troubleshooting the inability to create custom reports in System Center 2012...
View ArticleStay Connected to TechEd 2013 from Anywhere
There’s no doubt that in June, Tech Ed North America and TechEd Europe are the places to be to get the greatest download of technical information and training out there. However, we know that not...
View ArticleKB: VM backups in Data Protection Manager fail with "change tracking...
Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where protection of virtual machines on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster host fails with error...
View ArticleSQLite WinRT wrapper for Windows Phone
The SQLite WinRT wrapper is a CodePlex project that offers lightweight Windows Runtime (WinRT) APIs you can use to access the most common SQLite database functionality. The latest update of the library...
View ArticlePlay on Twitter to Enter the Daily SQL Server Answer & Question Challenge and...
How much do you know about SQL Server, really? Test your knowledge andplay our daily SQL Server A & Q Challenge on Twitter to find out and earn a chance to win a PowerStick (ARV $75)! To kick off...
View ArticleHow much tech gear can you get for the price of a Galaxy S4?
Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 has a good camera, a good display, thousands of apps, and the ability to keep you connected to the weather, sports, news, and all of the people you care about. It’ll also cost...
View ArticleData-linked diagrams: Multiple data graphics with a single shape
Yana Terukhova is a Product Marketing Manager on the Microsoft Visio team. Visio makes it easy to build visually compelling organization charts and enhance them to meet your specific business needs....
View ArticleTeam Foundation Service Update – May 28
Sorry for being a little late with this but I’ve been traveling this week and it’s thrown me off. On Tues May 28th, we deployed our Sprint 48 build to Team Foundation Service. It was quite gratifying...
View ArticleImporting Search Configurations with SharePoint Apps - Grid User Post
The Grid is full of Office 365 experts that are brimming with great information. The Grid User Post blog series will expose some of The Grid's best content to the entire Office 365 Community. Are you...
View ArticleGet Ready for TechEd North America 2013
TechEd North America takes place next week, June 3rd – 6th in New Orleans, Louisiana. While the city promises good times, gumbo and Po boys, you can expect a whole lot of technical goodness to come...
View ArticleOffice 365 news round-up
It's been another remarkable couple of weeks for Office 365. Thanks to our customers, the new Office is officially the best-selling Office edition yet, with more than one sold every second on average...
View ArticleTips to Take Control of TechEd North America
From jambalaya to Po boys, from Windows Server to SQL Server, New Orleans is the place to be next week for TechEd North America 2013. At this premiere event for IT pros and enterprise developers...
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