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Visual Studio Updates - Survey
Hi folks.With Visual Studio 2012 we started the Visual Studio Update program - releasing regular (nearly quarterly) public updates that contained both new features and servicing fixes. To date we’ve...
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It's been said that progress involves "looking forward intelligently, looking within critically, and moving on incessantly." And with Office 365, the march of progress continues. We recently introduced...
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Two SQL Server Jump Starts, Live on December 3rd and 4th
If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out the SQL Server 2014 CTP2? Essentially feature complete, this second public community technical preview enables you to try and test all of the capabilities of...
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F# in Finance in London - Three Days and Counting!
Three days until F# in Finance in London on Monday, 25th November. Brought to you by Microsoft and Fountainhead Labs. F# in FinanceDate: Monday 25th November 2013, 8:00am to 6:15pm.Venue: Microsoft,...
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Taking Advantage of Large-Screen Windows Phones
Nokia recently announced a pair of 6-inch Windows Phone devices: the Lumia 1520 and the Lumia 1320. To support these new devices, Windows Phone 8 GDR 3 includes changes to take advantage of the larger...
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Removing standard server headers on Windows Azure Web Sites
Editor's Note: This post was written by Erez Benari, Program Manager on the Windows Azure Web Sites Team.Part of the HTTP communication process that occurs between web servers and browsers are the HTTP...
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Pie in the Sky (November 22nd, 2013)
I'll be on vacation next week for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, so no blog post next Friday. Here's some links from this week.Mobile\clientMobile Services team blog: The Windows Azure Mobile...
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 coming to WSUS
This post was authored by Vivek Mishra on behalf of the .NET Framework team. Hi WSUS Admins, The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 will be made available via Windows Server Update Services on 26 Nov 2013...
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Kinect for Windows v2 Developer Preview Starts Today
Today is an exciting day for gamers and tech enthusiasts: Xbox One has officially launched and is publically available! Today is also an exciting day for developers who are a part of the Kinect for...
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Debugging OWIN app or framework
DiagnosticsThe Microsoft.Owin.Diagnostics nuget package contains a welcome page and an error page. The UseWelcomePage extensions can be used to add a simple html page to your application to verify the...
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New Windows themes for the beginning of winter
I think those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest may have a unique relationship with snow. This is just conjecture, but I suspect that folks who live in Fargo, Fairbanks, Buffalo, or Boston don’t...
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Availability Group Listener in Hybrid IT: End-to-End PowerShell Script Published
Hello,Please check out the script at http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Create-Availability-Group-3fc1ca5e.This script creates a listener for an availability group with replicas both...
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Using a Visual Studio Web Test for availability monitoring in Application...
I am just wrapping up a week at the MVP Summit and one of the System Center MVPs asked me to walk him through creating a Web Test in Visual Studio and using it for Availability monitoring…Of course i...
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Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack & Gallery Items (VM Roles) (Part 1)
Hello readersToday we are going to look at another new area which came to market with Windows Azure Pack (WAP) and System Center 2012 R2. The new concept is called Gallery Items and is a new way to...
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Microsoft's "F# in Finance" in London - Initial Report
On Monday Microsoft hosted the first “F# in Finance” at Microsoft’s corporate offices in London, co-organized by Fountainhead Consulting. The next "F# in Finance" event will be in New York City on 11...
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Putting the F# in Finance with Xenomorph TimeScape: A World of Financial Data...
(This is a slightly edited cross-posting of this blog from Xenomorph).We are glad to bring you a sample demonstrator for applying the F# 3.0 Type Providers to enterprise financial data sources, both...
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Announcing SharePoint Conference 2014 App Awards
The much-anticipated, highly-suspenseful, excitement-inducing App Awards are coming back to SharePoint Conference 2014! We are looking for innovative and high quality apps for the Office Store. Create...
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Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack and Gallery Items (Part 2)
Hello Readers Following up from the previous blog post (Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack and Gallery Items (Part 1)) it's now time to talk about potential challenges you might run into when...
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Office 365 Support Webcast - Lync Sign-in
To sign up for this support webcast please download and save the attached calendar invite below where you will find the Webcast Meeting information. Office 365 Support Webcasts are a critical program...
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Seiki 50” 4K TV Makes Great PC Display for about $1000
It’s hard to believe that in just about a year’s time the cost of entry for 50” 4K TVs has gone from $20,000 down to about $1000! While you wait for the broad availability of 4K streaming video content...
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