Need to combine two chart types? Create a combo chart and add a second axis
Have you ever had two different types of data that you wanted to show in one chart? Learn how Excel 2013 makes it easier to create combo charts with a second axis. ...(read more)
View ArticleMicrosoft BI Solution Builder Provides Roadmap to Better Business Intelligence
Have you ever bought a new car or computer, and a year later you’re still discovering cool new features you never knew were there (because you didn’t take time to read the manual)? When this happens,...
View ArticlePie in the Sky (January 25, 2013)
After a very mild fall and early winter, it's finally turned off very cold here. Hopefully you're keeping warm this weekend! Here's a few links for your weekend reading:TypeScript 0.8.2: A new preview...
View ArticleBuilding High Performance Windows Phone Apps
This blog post was authored by Mini Nair, a program on the Visual Studio team.- JonathanMobile phone users expect the apps running on their phones to perform well at all times and be of super quality....
View ArticleApp roundup: Keep the kids entertained when they’re stuck indoors
When I was a kid and the weather was so miserable that I couldn’t go outside to play, I’d mope around the house complaining about how bored I was to anyone that would listen. If you’ve got kids stuck...
View ArticleBrainy gaming on your Windows Phone
It might be chilly this time of year, but that doesn’t mean your brain has to freeze. The just-launched Brain Games Collection brings together some of the most challenging entertainment apps in the...
View ArticleBuild better VHDs with expanded SQL SysPrep support in SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2
Editor's Note: This post comes from Robert Hutchison, Program Manager, SQL Server. Hello everyone, today I wanted to let you know about some improvements we have made to the SQL SysPrep support in SQL...
View ArticleNext Stops for the Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow: Austria and Spain!
Hi, this is Christa Anderson, Community Lead for the Windows Server and System Center Group. Next week, we’re running two events: one in Vienna (presented in German) and one in Albacete (presented in...
View ArticleMailBag: Should Servers Be Restarted As Soon As Possible After Updates Or...
Happy last Friday of January to all that read our Ask PFE Platforms blog! This afternoon’s post is based on a submission to the Ask PFE Platforms Mail Bag. The chosen question was submitted using the...
View ArticleFirst German PowerShell Community Conference
We are delighted to broadcast that the community will hold the first German PowerShell Community Conference on April 10 and 11, 2013 in Oberhausen, Germany. As shown by the “sold out” PowerShell...
View ArticleASP.NET MVC, Data Access, and Deployment Content Maps Published
We are pleased to announce the publication on the ASP.NET site of three guides to ASP.NET documentation resources: ASP.NET MVC 4 Content MapASP.NET Data Access Content MapASP.NET Deployment Content...
View ArticleExpanded SysPrep Support in SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2
One of the challenges with creating a completely deployable service in the past has been the lack of ability to sysprep SQL Server. That was addressed with SQL Server 2012 so that you could sysprep a...
View ArticleWindows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #52)
Editor's Note: This post comes from Mark Brown, Windows Azure Community Manager.Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about...
View ArticleHyper-V over SMB – Sample Configurations
This post describes a few different Hyper-V over SMB sample configurations with increasing levels of availability. Not all configurations are recommended production deployment, since not all of them...
View ArticleOData for Team Foundation Service
Last week I wrote about accessing TFS using OData and how this makes writing device apps against TFS easier. Friday, we published the OData support on our online service – Team Foundation Service at:...
View ArticleQuick Reference: Troubleshooting Netlogon Error Codes
Hi this is Brandon Wilson and today I will be providing you with a quick reference for troubleshooting Netlogon error codes.I say “quick reference” very loosely here, because this is one of those...
View ArticleSending Email from a LightSwitch SharePoint App using Exchange Online
About a week ago I showed you how to get started building SharePoint 2013 apps with LightSwitch HTML Client Preview 2 by signing up for a free Office 365 developer account and working through the...
View ArticleThe Four Pillars of Identity–Identity Management in the Age of Hybrid IT
Identity management used to be a relatively simple matter. You set up an identity management system based on one or more identity repositories, you enter user names and passwords into the identity...
View ArticleJoin us for Tuesday’s webinar: 5 cool things about the new Office
In this week’s webinar we’ll go over some of the new features customers have liked in the preview of the new Office. We start our Office 15-Minute Webinar at 9:15 am Pacific Time, with a Q&A to...
View ArticleOn the Oracle IaaS Announce
Oracle recently redefined Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to merely be a payment plan. Read more from Amy Barzdukas on the Server Cloud blog.
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