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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Cumulative update #12
Dear Customers, The 12 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 12 contains all the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2...
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Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2014 RTM
Dear Customers, The 1 st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 1 includes all hotfixes which were released in...
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SQL Server chez les clients – BI & Agilité
L’adaptation au changement constitue aujourd’hui un facteur de compétivité décisif dans un environnement économique en perpétuelle évolution. En effet, dans le monde du développement logiciel, la...
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Progressive Insurance data performance grows by factor of four, fueling...
At the Accelerate your Insights event last week, Quentin Clark described how SQL Server 2014 was now part of a platform that had in-built in-memory technology across all data workloads. In particular...
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Introducing the Microsoft Analytics Platform System – the turnkey appliance...
At the Accelerate your Insights event last week, Satya Nadella introduced the new Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) as Microsoft’s solution for delivering “Big Data in a box.” APS is an...
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SQL Server 2014 and the DBA: Building Bridges
Guest blog post by: SQL Server MVP Denise McInerney – Vice President of Marketing for PASS and a Data Engineer at Intuit – began her career as a SQL Server DBA in 1998 and now applies her deep...
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Pie in the Sky (April 25th, 2014)
It's supposed to be a nice weekend, so I may have to skip reading and spend some time outside. For those of you stuck inside (or just looking for something to read,) here are some interesting links...
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ICYMI: Data platform momentum
The last couple months have seen the addition of several new products that extend Microsoft’s data platform offerings. At the end of January, Quentin Clark outlined his vision for the complete data...
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The Microsoft Infinity Room Photo Contest Has a Winner!
Congratulations to Edgar Rivera, whose Microsoft Infinity Room photo won the #InsightsAwait Photo Sweepstakes. “I never thought that stepping into some data visualization could be this cool,” Edgar...
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How to Use Open Type in OData
OData protocol introduces conception of open type which allows clients to add properties dynamically to instances of the type by specifying uniquely named values in the payload used to insert or update...
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ODataLib 6.3.0 Release
We are happy to announce that the ODL 6.3.0 is released and available on nuget along with the source code oncodeplex (please read the git history for the v6.3.0 code info and allprevious version)....
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Change the Game with APS and PolyBase
Guest blog post by: James Rowland-Jones (JRJ), SQL Server MVP, PASS Board Director, SQLBits organiser and owner of The Big Bang Data Company (@BigBangDataCo). James specializes in Microsoft Analytics...
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Azure SQL Database: New Service Tiers Q&A
Earlier this month, we celebrated the launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2014, announced that the Analytics Platform System is generally available, and shared a preview of the Intelligent Systems Service....
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SQL Server chez les clients – Solution EIM pour Dynamics CRM
Disposer de données exploitables est critique dans les processus d’une entreprise.Nous allons voir comment grâce à la solution d’ « Enterprise Information Management » (EIM) apportée par les briques...
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Forrester Consulting study finds cost, business continuity benefits from...
Maybe you have read about cloud database backup and disaster recovery (DR) but wanted to know more about the results achieved by real companies. Would you be surprised to find out that enterprises...
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Pie in the Sky (May 2nd, 2014)
Working on some largish projects at work, so not a lot of time to accumulate links this week. Here's what I have, or am planning to read this weekend.CloudAutomating environment creation using Azure...
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Azure SQL Database: Service Tiers & Performance Q&A
A few days ago, I published a post with some anticipated questions & answers to provide details on the new service tiers for Microsoft Azure SQL Database, announced on April 24. In this follow-up...
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In-Memory OLTP Sample for SQL Server 2014 RTM
SQL Server 2014 introduces the new In-Memory OLTP feature to boost performance of OLTP workloads. In an earlier blog post, Quentin Clark described how In-Memory OLTP has helped customers achieve...
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Introducing the AzureCAT PPI Theater at PASS BA
The AzureCAT (Customer Advisory Team) is returning to the world of PASS and joining all of you Data lovin’ folks at the PASS BA conference this week in sunny San Jose! For those you that aren’t...
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Microsoft adds forecasting capabilities to Power BI for O365
The PASS Business Analytics Conference -- the event where big data meets business analytics – kicked off today in San Jose. Microsoft Technical Fellow Amir Netz and Microsoft Partner Director Kamal...
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