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Cloudera Selects Azure as a Preferred Cloud Platform
We are working to make Azure the best cloud platform for big data, including Apache Hadoop. To accomplish this, we deliver a comprehensive set of solutions such as our Hadoop-based solution Azure...
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EF7 - What Does “Code First Only” Really Mean
A while back we blogged about our plans to make EF7 a lightweight and extensible version of EF that enables new platforms and new data stores. We also talked about our EF7 plans in the Entity Framework...
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Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2014 RTM
Dear Customers, The 4 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. To learn more about the release or servicing model, please visit:...
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Video - Joseph Sirosh Interview with theCUBE at BigDataNYC 2014
Joseph Sirosh was recently interviewed in NYC by Dave Vellante and Jeff Frick on theCube. He covers a lot of ground including suggestions for aspiring data scientists, the great opportunity on the...
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Embracing Uncertainty – the Role of Probabilities
This is the first of a 2-part blog post by Chris Bishop, Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research Almost every application of machine learning (ML) involves uncertainty. For example, if we are...
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How to Hadoop: 4 Resources to Learn and Try Cloud Big Data
Are you curious about how to begin working with big data using Hadoop? Perhaps you know you should be looking into big data analytics to power your business, but you’re not quite sure about the various...
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EF7 – v1 or v7?
A while ago we blogged about EF7 targeting new platforms and new data stores. In that post we shared that our EF6.x code base wasn’t setup to achieve what we wanted to in EF7, and that EF7 would be a...
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PASS Summit: Networking, Onsite Activities & SQL Family
Just one week from now, PASS Summit will bring together the #SQLFamily in Seattle for the best week of SQL Server and BI learning and networking on the calendar, Nov. 4-7. With a record 200+ technical...
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Microsoft Adds IoT Streaming Analytics, Data Production and Workflow Services...
This blog post is authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of Machine Learning at Microsoft.Today, I am excited to announce three new services: Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Data Factory and...
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Microsoft Adds Streaming Analytics, Data Production and Workflow Services to...
This is a repost of an article by Joseph Sirosh on Microsoft’s Data Platform Insider blog in which we announced three new services earlier today:Azure Stream Analytics,a cost-effective event processing...
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Embracing Uncertainty – Probabilistic Inference
This is the second of a 2-part blog post by Chris Bishop, Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research. The first part is available here. Last week we explored the key role played by probabilities in...
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The Ins and Outs of Azure Data Factory – Orchestration and Management of...
Yesterday at TechEd Europe 2014, Microsoft announced the preview of Azure Data Factory. This post will give you the ins and outs of this new service.What is Azure Data Factory?Azure Data Factory is a...
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The Ins and Outs of Azure Stream Analytics – Real-Time Event Processing
Yesterday at TechEd Europe 2014, Microsoft announced the preview of Azure Stream Analytics. This post will give you the ins and outs of this new service.What is Azure Stream Analytics?Azure Stream...
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The Ins and Outs of Azure Data Factory – Orchestration and Management of...
Earlier this week, at TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona, we announced the preview of Azure Data Factory. Azure Data Factory enables information production by orchestrating and managing diverse data.Learn...
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The Ins and Outs of Azure Stream Analytics – Real-Time Event Processing
Earlier this week, at TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona, we announced the preview of Azure Stream Analytics. Azure Stream Analytics is a cost-effective event processing engine that helps uncover...
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ZDNet: Microsoft takes wraps off preview of its Azure Data Factory service
Re-post of a ZDNet article earlier this week by Mary Jo Foley.Microsoft takes wraps off preview of its Azure Data Factory serviceSummary: Another new Microsoft Azure service now in preview is aimed at...
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The Oracle and Teradata connector V3.0 for SQL Server 2014 Integration...
Dear Customers, The Oracle and Teradata connector V3.0 for SQL Server 2014 Integration Service is now available for download at the Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft SSIS Connectors by Attunity...
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Microsoft announces major update to Azure SQL Database, adds free tier to...
This morning at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Summit, we celebrated SQL Server 2014’s strong momentum and introduced new services that further expand Microsoft’s big data platform....
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Anomaly Detection – Using Machine Learning to Detect Abnormalities in Time...
This post was co-authored by Vijay K Narayanan, Partner Director of Software Engineering at the Azure Machine Learning team at Microsoft.IntroductionAnomaly Detection is the problem of finding patterns...
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Microsoft adds free tier to Azure Machine Learning
Starting today, we made it easier than ever for anyone to try Azure Machine Learning. Our service is now available to test free of charge without a subscription or credit card – all you need to get...
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