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Companies Improve their Bottom Line by Switching to Microsoft Big Data...
Here on the SQL Server Blog, we spend a lot of time talking about the features and technical “how to” behind our products. The only thing we love more than getting into the details of our products is...
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Announcing Runtime Update 1 - Supporting jQueryMobile 1.3
When we took a bet on jQuery, jQueryMobile, and datajs for our HTML client, we recognized that we’d need to adapt to the rapid release cadence these frameworks employ. At the same time, we know that...
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The world of YouTube, designed for Windows Phone 8
The Windows Phone 8 version of the official YouTube app is getting a major update this morning; It’s been completely redesigned to make the most of Windows Phone 8 features. If you already have it,...
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MVP Pro Speaker Series: Backup that really works using multiple members and...
Robert Hedblom gave a great presentation today on Backup that really works using multiple members and functions of the System Center 2012 SP1 family. If you would like to watch the presentation, you...
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Sony introduces the VAIO Fit
Sony today is unveiling a brand new VAIO line– the VAIO Fit. Sony’s VAIO Fit is designed with students and business users in mind – great design and performance at an entry-level price point. The VAIO...
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Designing Great Cloud Applications
I get strange looks when I talk to developers about the difference between developing an application to a product versus developing an application to a service. The application you write on premise is...
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Julie Larson-Green at the Wired Business Conference
Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President for Windows, took to the stage at the Wired Business Conference a little while ago to talk about Windows 8 – reiterating much of the momentum Tami talked...
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MVP Speaker Series: Keeping Your CIO Happy: Executive Scorecarding with SQL,...
Gordon McKenna gave a great presentation on 4.25.13 titled Keeping Your CIO Happy: Executive Scorecarding with SQL, SharePoint and System Center 2012 Operations Manager. If you would like to view the...
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Software subscriptions: #progressive or #premature?
Last year, Adobe became a pioneer in offering software subscriptions by unveiling Creative Cloud, their subscription-only software service. Yesterday, they took the next step by announcing plans to...
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Fix: Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 breaks Windows XP targeting with ATL and/or...
Recently, some of our customers reported a bug in Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 that breaks Windows XP targeting with C++ in some scenarios. Specifically, applications using ATL and/or statically linking...
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Office Web Apps: More Office, more collaborative, more devices
When we launched the Office Web Apps in 2010, they were companions to the Office desktop experience that enabled lightweight, on-the-go content creation and review. Since then we've made a number of...
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Building Great Cloud Applications - Decoded
The application you write on premise is written to a piece of software purchased, installed and configured on a piece of computer hardware that you privately own. The application you write in the...
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Visual Studio 2012.3 (Update 3) “go-live” CTP is now available
I know it seems like 2012.2 just released (at least it does to me) but we’re already well into our schedule for 2012.3. Today, we released the updates for both Visual Studio and Team Foundation...
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CVE-2012-1876: Recent update to the Cool Exploit Kit landing page
A recently debuted exploit kit (EK), called "Cool EK," and detected by us with the name Exploit:JS/Coolex, has been known to include various exploits targeting Oracle JRE, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash...
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Service Management: I need to stop the clock on Incidents?
One question I get asked all the time is can we stop the time for a SLA if it’s outside our control?SituationLet’s look at this from two common scenarios:Vendor scenario: An incident has been raised...
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Smart Watches are finally going to happen - Pebble Watch Reviewed
The Pebble Watch is shipping and it's revolutionary, fresh and new! Well, kind of. Dick Tracy got his first smart watch in 1946. It seems we've always wanted a computer and communicator on our wrists....
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Seattle DotNet Startup Group: F# for Startups, Tuesday June 11 2013
If you're in Seattle, Redmond or the Puget Sound Area, don't miss the Seattle DotNet Startup Group session on F# for Startups.Joel Grus is Chief Scientist at VoloMetrix, where he develops and builds...
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F# for Machine Learning - a Gentle Introduction and Coding Dojo
If you're in the Bay Area, don't miss F# for Machine Learning - a Gentle Introduction and Coding Dojo on Tuesday, May 14 at 6:00pm.The F# Software Foundation also have a collection of links about F#...
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TFS 2012.2 Power Tools update available
Yesterday we released our update to the TFS 2012 Power Tools to work with VS/TFS 2012.2 (Update 2).TFS 2012 Power ToolsTFS 2012 Build extensionsMSSCCI provider (32 bit)MSSCCI provider (64 bit)Yes, I...
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Reimagine SharePoint Development
Join us May 20, 2013, for a webcast as we kick off a new site centered on migrating SharePoint solutions to apps. We will discuss the history of SharePoint customizations and where the SharePoint...
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