New OpsMgr Management Packs Released
1. IBM Storage Management Pack version 2.10 - The IBM Storage Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is a set of software modules, or management packs, which you can use...
View ArticleWhat do cloud and mobile have in common?
Editor's Note: This post comes from Olivier Bloch, Senior Technical Evangelist for the MS Open Tech Team.Besides being two of the most heavily used buzz words of 2013, cloud and mobile also have...
View ArticleKB: The 'My requests' view in the Service Manager Self-Service portal takes...
The 'My requests' view in the Service Manager Self-Service portal takes long time to load or stays blank. This may happen to a limited number of users and those with large numbers of incidents. If you...
View ArticleUse open source code in your Windows Store apps
When developing apps, it’s essential for developers to be able to reuse their code and build on existing skills, without having to reinvent the wheel. The good news is that you can count on a lot of...
View ArticleTry out the new Contact Us Form app on your public website
Microsoft recently released a new Contact Us Form app expressly designed to help you gather site visitor information on a public Web site. We know from the buzz on the Forums you have been looking for...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Preview Survey
It’s been 2 weeks since we released Visual Studio 2013 Preview, and we’d like to hear what you think about it. Let us know your impressions by taking the Visual Studio 2013 Preview survey.We do these...
View ArticleA significant update to Remove-DirectBooking script is now available
A short while ago, we posted an article on how to Use Exchange Web Services and PowerShell to Discover and Remove Direct Booking Settings. We received a lot of constructive feedback with some noting...
View ArticleTech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat – Sony discusses the VAIO DUO 13 #winchat
Similar to how we seek out “beauty and brains” in potential partners, we hope for the same qualities in a computer. A large part of choosing and owning a computer is in its aesthetic appeal, but more...
View ArticleCustomizing Offline Servicing of Operating System Images
You can keep your operating system images updated with the latest software updates from Microsoft using the offline servicing feature of Configuration Manager. Here are a few facts you may not know:...
View ArticleMaking a better, somewhat prettier, but definitely more functional Windows...
I've blogged before, in fact in 2004, (!) that Windows is missing the text mode boat. There is a massive opportunity for a great, nay, awesome and pretty, command line on Windows. If someone cracks...
View ArticleCumulative Update #12 for SQL Server 2008 SP3
Dear Customers, The 12 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 12 contains all the hotfixes...
View ArticleCumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2012 SP1
Dear Customers, The 5 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 5 contains all the SQL Server 2012 SP1 hotfixes...
View ArticleNatural language capability of Power BI
Over the past 18 months I have been working as the software architect of an amazing piece of technology that is set to revolutionize how people will interact with data. It started as an incubation...
View ArticleCombining F# and Excel using Excel DNA - Some Links
The topic of integrating F# and Microsoft Excel arises frequently, particularly in financial, insurance, statistical and data science work. There are several approaches to this, and in a recent...
View ArticleJavaScript Editor Improvements in Visual Studio 2013 Preview
In Visual Studio 2012, we added many new features for JavaScript developers, delivering a first class JavaScript experience in Visual Studio. Now, in Visual Studio 2013, we’ve continued evolving and...
View ArticleThe Progressive F# Tutorials, New York City, September 18-19
The Progressive F# Tutorials are returning to New York City on September 18-19th! The Progressive F# Tutorials bring together the leading experts in F# to deliver a range of talks, 4 hour intensive...
View ArticleManaged Availability Monitors
Monitors are the central component of Managed Availability. They define what data to collect, what constitutes the health of a feature, and what actions to take to restore a feature to good health....
View ArticleTeam Development Series–Part 3: Leveraging Team Build in LightSwitch (Saar Shen)
What is Team Build? Team build lets you create and manage build processes that automatically analyze, compile and test your applications. Refer to the MSDN topic Build the application for more details...
View ArticleOWA for iPhone and OWA for iPad
Steve Chew is a senior product marketing manager in the Exchange technical marketing team focused on Outlook and Outlook Web App.Today, we are excited to announce the availability of OWA for iPhone and...
View ArticleIn-Memory OLTP Q & A: Myths and Realities
Since SQL Server In-Memory OLTP (formerly known as project code-named “Hekaton”) was unveiled at PASS last November, there has been a lot of conversation and buzz about it. Some of the discussion was...
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