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Refreshing PowerPivot Data in SharePoint 2013
In SharePoint 2013, Excel Services comes with numerous improvements. One of the most significant for PowerPivot is the ability to refresh data models interactively all the way from the original data...
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Creating a Bootstrapper package for an Office 2013 VSTO Add-in with Visual...
At the SharePoint Conference last month, Preview 2 of the Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 was announced. The release offers a number of enhancements for VSTO developers: in particular,...
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TFS 2012 Update 1: Permissions lost on attaching a collection (fix available...
We want to let you know that we’ve discovered an issue where permissions are lost on attaching a collection to a server that is running TFS 2012 Update 1 or executing tfsconfig changeServerId (that...
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Work and Play in a Flexible Way with the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13
One minute I am touching the screen while painting in my favorite app InspirARTion and then next I am using the keyboard to type an email to my mom. After spending the last week with the Lenovo IdeaPad...
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SQL Data Sync Preview December Service Update Is Now Live!
Many of you have asked us when SQL Data Sync would be made available as part of the Windows Azure portal. Here is the good news: as of last weekend, SQL Data Sync is now live as part of the latest...
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Love bargains? Don’t miss these 10 apps and games
Unwrapping a new Windows Phone tomorrow morning? Your first stop should be the Store’s just-published Year-End Apps Sale Collection, which features 10 popular paid titles discounted by 50% or more. The...
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Windows Server 2012: How to Import a Storage Pool on Another Server
Thanks for great feedback and for reading my prior AskPFEPlat post regarding Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012. Based on feedback and questions following that post, it seemed like a great time to...
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Cross-Post: Using T-SQL to Bulk-Migrate Databases from On-Premises SQL Server...
Editor's note: This is a cross-post written by Samuel Lester, SQL Tester. While many options exist to migrate your On-Premise SQL Server to Windows Azure SQL Database, none currently provide an easy...
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Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Online
In response to feedback from our customers, we have increased the recipient rate limit within Office 365 Enterprise (E1, E2, E3, E4, K1, and K2), Professionals and Small Businesses (P1), and Government...
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Reflecting on 2012: scale and opportunity
As the year draws to a close, I can’t help but reflect on what we’ve accomplished together in 2012. Our big goal this year was to establish a new, scalable platform on the phone and in the cloud upon...
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Essential apps and games for a new Windows Phone
If you’ve just unboxed a new Windows Phone this week and are looking for some app ideas, I recommend starting with the Essential Apps collection. Here you’ll find 34 handpicked highlights from the...
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Cumulative update #5 for SQL Server 2012
Dear Customers, The 5 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 5 contains all the SQL Server 2012 hotfixes which...
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Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2
Dear Customers, The Microsoft SQL Server Sustained Engineering team is proud to announce the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Cumulative Update 4. CU#4 contains a roll-up of hotfixes released since...
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Cumulative Update #10 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Dear Customers, The Microsoft SQL Server Sustained Engineering team is proud to announce the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 10. CU#10 contains a roll-up of hotfixes released since...
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MVC Single Page Application Template Update for ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 RC
We added a C# MVC Single Page Application (SPA) template in ASP.NET Fall 2012 Update BUILD Preview. John Papa had written a detailed blog about the preview version. With help of John Papa’s detailed...
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Need funding for a great app idea? AppCampus is here to help
Does down time during the holidays have you thinking about creating the next great app for Windows Phone? If so, we have a program that might help make the season bright. Through a joint project with...
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Xbox cuts prices on popular Windows Phone games to 99 cents
Xbox is celebrating the New Year by slashing prices on several popular Windows Phone games to just 99 cents. Here’s the list—and there isn’t a dud among them. My kids love iStunt2 and if you’ve never...
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Migrating to Microsoft's Windows Server 2012
Hi, I’m Joel Sider, Senior Marketing Manager, Server and Tools Business at Microsoft. Following the Windows Server 2012 launch this past fall, we’re seeing great interest from many people who are...
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You always want to know another shortcut (video)
Shortcuts are like jokes in a comedy club: they’re great when you hear them, but can’t remember them the next day. So, let’s try to refresh your memory—or give you some new memories—of 3 nifty...
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