Always Encrypted Key Metadata
In the previous articles on Always Encrypted, we used two sample applications (a console app and an ASP .NET web app) to demonstrate how to use Always Encrypted to protect sensitive information stored...
View ArticleMicrosoft Research at ICML, Lille
Microsoft Research is a proud Gold Sponsor of this year’s International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), taking place in the beautiful city of Lille, France. For more than 20 years, Microsoft has...
View ArticlePyData Conference in Seattle
Here in the Azure Machine Learning team we live and breathe two scripting languages: R and Python. We’re working on exciting products that will advance the state of the art in how data scientists...
View ArticleDatazen Publisher for Windows 7 Preview now available
We are pleased to announce the availability of Datazen Publisher for Windows 7 Preview.Datazen Publisher is the single point for creation and publishing of rich, interactive visualizations. You can...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Public Preview of Azure Data Catalog
This post is authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of Information Management & Machine Learning at Microsoft.As one more important step towards our commitment to deliver a world-class...
View ArticleAnnouncing Spark for Azure HDInsight public preview
Lighting up interactive insights on big dataBy T. K. “Ranga” Rengarajan, corporate vice president, Data PlatformToday, we’re announcing the public preview of Spark for Azure HDInsight and the upcoming...
View ArticleAnnouncing the new Cortana Analytics Suite from Microsoft
Earlier today, at our Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Orlando, our CEO Satya Nadella announced the new Cortana Analytics Suite as part of his keynote address. Data, as we all recognize, can be a...
View ArticleGetting started with Azure Data Catalog
Today at the World Wide Partner Conference, we officially announced public preview of the Azure Data Catalog. A fully managed service in the cloud that empowers any user from data scientist and data...
View ArticleInformatica & Cognizant Embrace the Microsoft Cortana Analytics Suite
This post is authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of Information Management & Machine Learning at Microsoft.Yesterday, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Satya...
View ArticleMS15-058 SQL Server Security Bulletin Released
A security bulletin for SQL Server has been released on 7/14/2015. This applies to SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2014 releases. Please see the bulletin and KB links below for details on the fixes...
View ArticleFree Webinar: Energy Forecasting in Smart Grids
Demand forecasting is a critical task for the energy industry. Building a reliable forecasting mechanism, however, presents huge challenges, requiring major investments in data collection, storage,...
View ArticleAzure ML for Teaching
Re-post of an article by Dr Kenji Takeda from Microsoft ResearchSome of the world’s best ML researchers got together at ICML 2015 in Lille, France, recently. Many conversations at the Microsoft ICML...
View ArticleEntity Framework and Visual Studio 2015 RTM
Today Soma announced the availability of Visual Studio 2015. Our team is concurrently working on EF6.x and EF7 versions of our product and both of them make an appearance in this release. Entity...
View ArticleCumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2012 SP2
Dear Customers, The 7 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 7 contains all hotfixes which have been...
View ArticleOptimizing RLS performance with the Query Store
In a previous post, we looked at best practices for optimizing the performance of Row-Level Security (RLS) predicates: adding relevant indexes, minimizing excessive joins, etc. This post shows you how...
View ArticleAnnouncing PTVS 2.2
This post is by Steve Dower, a Software Engineer on Microsoft’s Python tools.On Monday we released Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.2 (PTVS), the latest iteration of our free open-source extension that...
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor Preview and CTP 2.2 now available
The SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor Preview and SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2.2 are now available for download! This first look at SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor showcases a new...
View ArticleAnnouncing SQL Server Management Studio - July 2015 Release
Today, we announce the latest preview of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). It is the second release in our fast-train preview program. This release includes all updates included in the June release...
View ArticleIntroducing Jupyter Notebooks in Azure ML Studio
Posted by Shahrokh Mortazavi, Partner Director of Program Management at Microsoft. Azure ML Studio is a powerful canvas for the composition of machine learning experiments and their subsequent...
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