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Cleansing Customer Data Using Data Quality Services (DQS)
SQL Server 2012 Data Quality Services (DQS) enables you to cleanse data using your own Knowledge Base. In this blog article, I am going to show how to create a simple Knowledge Base which you can use...
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WCF Data Services 5.6.0 Alpha
Today we are releasing updated NuGet packages and tooling for WCF Data Services 5.6.0. This is an alpha release and as such we have both features to finish as well as quality to fine-tune before we...
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Telemetry basics and troubleshooting
Editor's Note: This post comes from Silvano Coriani from the Azure CAT Team.In Building Blocks of Great Cloud Applications blog post, we introduced Azure CAT team series of blog posts and tech articles...
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SQL Server 2014 : la CTP 1 est disponible !
AuTechEdNoth America du 3 juin dernier, nous avons annoncéMicrosoftSQL Server2014 comme faisant partie d'une vaguedemises à jour denos produitsclés pour les entreprises. Cette fois, noussommes...
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SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence (SSDT BI) for SQL Server 2014 CTP1
In this pre-release version of SQL Server 2014, SSDT BI is no longer included in setup. For SQL Server 2014 CTP1 no new version of SSDT BI been released, however you can use the existing version of...
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AlwaysOn in SQL Server 2014 CTP1
Failover Cluster Instances as well as Availability Groups have some great features coming up in SQL Server 2014.Take a look at Luis' post on what you can try out with publicly available CTP1:...
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Introducing Power BI for Office 365
Today we are pleased to announce a new offering that builds on our cloud-first data platform -- Power BI for Office 365. Unveiled this morning by Satya Nadella, President of the Server and Tools...
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A Closer Look at the Premium Offer for Windows Azure SQL Database
As part of the main keynote yesterday at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston, Texas, Satya Nadella, Server and Tools President, discussed partner and customer innovations around modern...
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Take the Windows Azure and DNN challenge, build a website in minutes!
Editor's Note: This post comes from Neeti Gupta -- Senior Business Strategist, Developer Platform Evangelism.I remember the time when building a simple website took several months. Several of you in...
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Microsoft CityNext Initiative Puts People First
Today, at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, Microsoft announced CityNext, a global initiative empowering cities, businesses and citizens to re-imagine their futures and cultivate vibrant...
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Scaling Up and Scaling Out in Windows Azure Web Sites
Editor's Note: This post comes from Byron Tardif, Program Manager for the Windows Azure Web Sites Team.When you are starting on a new web project, or even just beginning to develop web sites and...
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Pie in the Sky (July 12, 2013)
It's Friday once again, and here's a list of links for your weekend reading. Hopefully you will find them useful and informative.CloudScaling up and out in Windows Azure Web Sites: How to start small...
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Windows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #70)
Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure.Here is what we pulled together for the past...
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San José and Microsoft announce city’s selection of Office 365, Windows Azure...
Continuing with the customer traction we’ve been sharing over the past few months, we’re excited about our latest customer win and the interesting way they’re using Microsoft to reimagine their...
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What do cloud and mobile have in common?
Editor's Note: This post comes from Olivier Bloch, Senior Technical Evangelist for the MS Open Tech Team.Besides being two of the most heavily used buzz words of 2013, cloud and mobile also have...
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Cumulative Update #12 for SQL Server 2008 SP3
Dear Customers, The 12 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 12 contains all the hotfixes...
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Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2012 SP1
Dear Customers, The 5 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 5 contains all the SQL Server 2012 SP1 hotfixes...
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In-Memory OLTP Q & A: Myths and Realities
Since SQL Server In-Memory OLTP (formerly known as project code-named “Hekaton”) was unveiled at PASS last November, there has been a lot of conversation and buzz about it. Some of the discussion was...
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What’s New for Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2014
In SQL Server 2012, we introduced the memory optimized columnstore index. This resulted in huge query performance improvements but columnstore indexes had one significant disadvantage – they couldn’t...
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Windows Azure Web Sites: How Application Strings and Connection Strings Work
Editor's Note: This post comes from Stefan Schackow, Principal Program Manager Lead for the Windows Azure Web Sites Team.Windows Azure Web Sites has a handy capability whereby developers can store...
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