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Pie in the Sky (January 17th, 2014)
Was a bit of a quiet week, but I found a few interesting links. A bunch of stuff happened in the Windows Azure space at least.CloudChanges to getIdentities(): Some changes to Windows Azure Mobile...
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Orchard CMS with Azure Cache on Windows Azure websites (WAWS)
Editor’s note: This post comes from Sunitha Muthukrishna a Program Manager on the Windows Azure Web Sites team.If your current OrchardCMS site is running on multiple instances on Windows Azure...
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Cumulative Update #15 for SQL Server 2008 SP3
Dear Customers, The 15 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 15 contains all the hotfixes...
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Cumulative Update #8 for SQL Server 2012 SP1
Dear Customers, The 8 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 8 contains all the SQL Server 2012 SP1 hotfixes...
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Hortonworks Makes HDP 2.0 for Windows Server Generally Available
Today, Hortonworks announced the general availability of the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.0 for Windows. This is the next release of the industry’s only 100% Apache Hadoop-based distribution for...
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Merge Operation in Memory-Optimized Tables
In the Storage Allocation and Management for Memory-Optimized Tables, we had briefly touched upon the Merge operation. This blog describes Merge operation in detail. We also recommend you to refer to...
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State Transition of Checkpoint Files in Databases with Memory-Optimized Tables
In the previous blog Merge Operations, we described that how a CFP transitions across various stages in its life cycle. In this blog, we will walk through an actual example to show the state...
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Pie in the Sky (January 24th, 2014)
Last year this time, I had wildflowers in the yard. This year, it's barely above freezing. I'm fine with the cold, I just wish it would snow a bit. :)Here are some links for your weekend reading,...
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SQL Server chez les clients – La mise en cache proactive
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services est une solution de gestion de base de données analytique (OLAP : OnLine Analytical Processing) permettant de stocker et de restituer des données analytiques...
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New Data Science – What’s Next?
While every organization is different, their “big data” is often very similar. It typically comprises massive amounts of data across sources such as social media, clickstream, server logs, financial...
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Updated SQL Server Data Tools January 2014
The SSDT January 2014 release has been updated to support both SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance Update 1 and continues to support SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse. This release...
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What Drives Microsoft's Data Platform Vision?
FEATURED POST BY: Quentin Clark, Corporate Vice President, The Data Platform Group, Microsoft CorporationIf you follow Microsoft’s data platform work, you have probably observed some changes over the...
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In-Memory OLTP Index Troubleshooting, Part II
With the In-Memory OLTP feature in SQL Server 2014 we introduce two new types of indexes for memory-optimized tables: the memory-optimized NONCLUSTERED indexes, and the memory-optimized HASH...
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SSDT and Visual Studio versions
Hello All, there has been some questions around our support for various Visual Studio versions and the update mechanism for them. I hope this will help clarify some of the questions:Visual Studio...
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Microsoft to Join the Big Data Conversation as an Elite Sponsor at Strata,...
On February 11-13, Microsoft will join 2,700 of the world’s leading big data scientists, CIOs and executives at the Strata conference in Santa Clara, CA. For some, Microsoft does not come immediately...
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Pie in the Sky (January 31st, 2014)
This is a client & mobile heavy week, though there's some cloud, Node, PHP, and Ruby goodness in there.CloudMS Open Tech releases open source Microsoft cloud server chassis manager software: This...
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‘Twas the Night Before Scripting: Part 5
Summary: Tonight, our Admin friend learns to migrate group memberships.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. If you missed it, be sure to watch Sean’s video: Just Script It! Also to catch up with...
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PowerTip: Add Computer to Security Group with PowerShell
Summary: Use Active Directory PoweShell cmdlets to add a computer to a security group. How can I use Windows PowerShell to add a computer to a security group? Use the Add-ADGroupMember cmdlet, and...
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PowerShell Report for a Windows Failover Cluster
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to create a report for a Windows failover cluster.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Rhys Campbell…I’m involved in the...
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PowerTip: Display a Blinking Message by Using PowerShell
Summary: Use this one-line Windows PowerShell command to display a blinking message. Is there a one-line command that I could use to blink a message in the Windows PowerShell console to get the users...
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