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Recommendations for using Cell Level Encryption in Azure SQL Database
When we introduced Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to Azure SQL Database, we also introduced Cell-Level Encryption (CLE, also known as SQL Server key hierarchy).For more details on TDE on Azure SQL...
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[Ecosystem] Microsoft Power Query for Excel Releases Support for OData V4
We are pleased to pass the announcement of the enhanced support for OData V4 in the latest release of Power Query for Excel.Microsoft Power Query for Excel is an Excel add-in that enhances the...
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L’innovation par les données – Le pilotage des moyens autoroutiers
Cet article a pour objectif de présenter une solution de pilotage en temps réel du trafic autoroutier en se basant sur les données des péages et ainsi fournir un certain nombre de statistiques : Nombre...
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SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 Now Available for Download
Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The Service Pack is available for download on the Microsoft Download Center. This upgrade is available to all...
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SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 is now available
Approximately one year ago, we launched SQL Server 2014. Today, May 15, we are pleased to announce the release of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The Service Pack is initially available for...
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Atom.io for Markdown editing
A while back, Atom.io replaced Sublime Text as my go-to editor of choice for most things (I still use Visual Studio for .NET, but I work at Microsoft so that's expected I guess.) Since I work on the...
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Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2012 SP1
Dear Customers, The 16 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 16 contains all the SQL Server 2012 SP1...
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Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2012 SP2
Dear Customers, The 6 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 6 contains all hotfixes which have been...
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Free Webinar: Using LifeData® APIs on Azure ML for Marketing Analytics
At this webinar, Chris Maty, CEO of Versium, a Microsoft partner, will discuss their LifeData® APIs and why they made them available on the Azure Marketplace. LifeData® delivers deep customer insights...
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Big data needs a big cloud
Brian Mitchell, Microsoft Senior Business Program Manager, took the stage at Ignite two weeks ago to discuss Planning Your Big Data Architecture on Azure. “Big Data” requires big scale. Mitchell...
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Choosing a Learning Algorithm in Azure ML
This post is by Brandon Rohrer, Senior Data Scientist at Microsoft.Machine Learning libraries seek to put state-of-the-art tools into the hands of data scientists, offering dozens of algorithms, each...
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Using CLR to replace xp_cmdshell for specific tasks
As we have discussed before, xp_cmdshell is a mechanism to execute arbitrary calls into the system and because of the flexibility of its nature, it is typically abused and leads to serious security...
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Revolution R Open – Latest Update Now Available for Free Download
We are pleased to announce that the latest update to Revolution R Open, RRO 3.2.0, is now available for download from MRAN. Among other things, this release includes the latest R engine (which has...
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Apply Row-Level Security automatically to newly created tables
We have discussed before that applications with multi-tenant databases, including those using Elastic Scale for sharding, commonly have a “TenantId” column in every table to indicate which rows belong...
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SQL Server 2016 first public preview now available!
Three weeks ago at Microsoft Ignite, we announced SQL Server 2016, the next major release of Microsoft’s flagship database and analytics platform, as well key innovations in the release. Today we are...
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How Azure ML Helps Mendeley Engage the World’s Researchers
Our next post in the series on how customers are gaining actionable insights on their data through the power of Microsoft advanced analytics – at scale and in the cloud.Scientists and researchers log...
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The Azure Stream Analytics Query Language
This post is by Janet Yeilding, a Program Manager on the Azure Stream Analytics team, and is based on a recent session from the Microsoft Advanced Analytics webinar series.Azure Stream Analytics (ASA)...
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PowerShell and Maven
I'm not normally a big PowerShell user, but the new version in the Windows 10 beta is pretty nice. It has some new tricks like coloring various bits of syntax and stuff like that. Also, it defaults to...
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Assess the health of SQL Server deployments in Azure VM using Microsoft...
Do you want to assess the health of your SQL Server deployments on Azure Virtual machines? Do you want to ensure that you have an optimal SQL Server configuration? At Ignite 2015 we released a tool for...
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Free Webinar: Azure ML for Software Engineers
Specifically targeted at software engineers, this session is designed to demystify ML and data science, help you understand key concepts and tap into the power of cloud machine learning. We will build...
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