Five Days to ‘QuickStart’ Your BI Solution
In today’s economic climate, the need for comprehensive Business Intelligence capability driving competitive advantage across the business has never been higher yet limitations of existing toolsets and...
View ArticleKB: Mobile Device Management installation errors on System Center 2012...
We just published a new KB article that explains an issue with Mobile Device Management installation errors on ConfigMgr 2012 SP1. It’s an issue that can pop up if .NET Framework 4 is installed on the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Media Platform - Player Framework
This blog post was authored by Erik Reitan, a programming writer on the Windows Phone developer content team.- Adam The Microsoft Media Platform team has recently released the 1.1 version of the Player...
View ArticleOur community will be offline for a few minutes Thursday morning
Thursday morning, 2/21/2013, beginning at 7 AM Pacific time, the Office 365 Community will be offline for about 15 minutes, to deploy some of the changes I mentioned in the We're making changes to the...
View ArticleMVP Summit presentation on async
Lucian Wischik and I presented an "async clinic" at the MVP Summit in Bellevue this week. The async/await keywords in C# and Visual Basic drastically simplify asynchronous programming, but that of...
View ArticleJumping Into C++: Calculating Unknowns
Last time, I wrote a C++ program to count words in text files. This time, write some code to calculate the motion of an object as an excuse to create a class, use function pointers and mess with some...
View ArticleHosting and Multi-Tenancy Guidance for Exchange Server 2013 Now Available
We are pleased to be able to announce the oft-requested Hosting and Multi-Tenancy Guidancefor Exchange Server 2013 document. It is available for download here.As the keen eyed reader will observe, it...
View Article$15,000 in prizes added to Windows Phone Next App Star challenge. Speakers,...
Hello everyone, As some of you may recall, not so long ago we announced a global contest* focused on helping your apps get more visibility with more customers via a featured placement of your app in a...
View ArticleStage 2: Import list content into the Product Catalog Site Collection
This is a blog post in the series "How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint 2013." In this series, I'll use data from a fictitious company called "Contoso" to show you how to use search...
View ArticleThe New Office: Garage Series for IT Pros
The New Office is here and so is the new Garage Series for IT Pros. Join our seasoned desktop specialist hosts every Wednesday in the Microsoft Garage. Watch weekly as they: push the limits with...
View ArticlePASS BAC Preview Series: Self-Service BI from Excel 2013
In today’s world of information, the way we experience data can have enormous impact on the meaning of data. The first step in analyzing and exploring data is to decide how to explore it, shape it,...
View ArticleFilling a Critical Role in Business Today: The Data Translator
Lately we’ve seen a lot of articles calling data scientists and statisticians the jobs of the future. While I agree that we’ll probably see an increase in those types of jobs, I think they will still...
View ArticleSideloading Windows 8 Store Apps
This tip is an excerpt from an article entitled "Try It Out: Sideloading Windows Store Apps." To read the article in its entirety, visit the Windows Client TechCenter.By now, you are familiar with...
View ArticleAlive with activity, Part 1: Working with tiles, badges, and toasts
Live tiles and the related capabilities of badges, toast notifications, and push notifications are one of the most distinguishing features of Windows 8 and Windows Store apps. They combine to create a...
View ArticleNew hotfix: The Schedule Updates Wizard does not list content for Windows...
We have a new downloadable hotfix available for the following issue:The Choose Updates page of the Schedule Updates Wizard does not list any available software updates for a Windows Server 2012...
View ArticleTesting devices made easier with Perfecto Mobile's MobileCloud™ platform and...
A common pain point for today’s development teams is procuring and testing the plethora of devices modern applications are now running on. To ensure the highest quality for their business-critical...
View ArticleNew Templates for Project 2013
For Project 2013, we’ve added some new online templates to help you get started and we’ve even updated the template process.New TemplatesWelcome to Project– This template teaches you the basics of...
View ArticleE-Health Provider Uses Microsoft Cloud Solutions to Significantly Cut Costs...
Editor's Note: This post comes from Amy Frampton, Windows Azure Senior Marketing Manager.Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Stat Health Services built the first Stat Doctors website in 2010 by using...
View ArticleGoing “Kamping with a K”: How we quickly organized a 20-person trip in Web...
With the announcement of easier collaboration on SkyDrive, sharing files with friends, family and colleagues just got a WHOLE LOT EASIER! Now you can share a link to your Excel files with anyone and...
View ArticleIn a season of awards, Windows Phones nab some of their own
The Oscars air this Sunday, capping a long month of red carpets and other award-season craziness. But Adele and the cast of Argo aren’t the only ones celebrating this month. Windows Phones have also...
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