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EF6.0.2 Nightly Builds Available
We recently blogged about our plans to publish a 6.0.2 patch release to address some issues in the 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 releases. The changes in this release will improve performance and fix some bugs...
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SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP: Memory Management for Memory-Optimized Tables
Memory-optimized tables must fully reside in memory and can’t be paged out. Unlike disk-based tables where insufficient memory can slowdown an application, the impact to memory-optimized tables upon...
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Introduction to WebSockets on Windows Azure Web Sites
Editor's Note: This post was written by Stefan Schackow, Principal Program Manager Lead on the Windows Azure Web Sites Team.Windows Azure Web Sites has recently added support for the WebSocket...
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How Does SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Deliver the Performance...
Last week, we introduced you to SQL Server PDW, the version of SQL Server built specifically for high performance data warehousing that delivers performance gains of up to 50x compared to traditional...
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Pie in the Sky (November 15, 2013)
Looks like its time for cold and flu season to kick in; woke up with a stuffy head this morning. Good thing I had nothing planned for the weekend!Here's some interesting links for your weekend...
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Disabling ARR’s Instance Affinity in Windows Azure Web Sites
Editor's Note: This blog post was written by Erez Benari, Program Manager on the Windows Azure Web Sites Team.Setting up multiple instances of a website in Windows Azure Websites is a terrific way to...
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Cumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2012 SP1
Dear Customers, The 7 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 7 contains all the SQL Server 2012 SP1 hotfixes...
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Cumulative Update #14 for SQL Server 2008 SP3
Dear Customers, The 14 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 14 contains all the hotfixes...
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Evolving your SQL Server Data Warehouse to the Next Generation, High...
Last week, we highlighted a whitepaper that focused on the performance benefits of SQL Server PDW and how it differs from traditional SQL Server. We’ve seen many SQL Server customers evolve to this...
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The Modern Data Warehouse
In recent surveys by TDWI Research, roughly half of respondents report that they will replace their primary data warehouse (DW) platform and/or analytic tools within three years. Ripping out and...
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Announcing the General Availability of Biz Talk Services, Azure Active...
In addition to economic benefits, cloud computing provides greater agility in application development which translates into competitive advantage. We are delighted to see over 1,000 new Windows Azure...
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Two SQL Server Jump Starts, Live on December 3rd and 4th
If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out the SQL Server 2014 CTP2? Essentially feature complete, this second public community technical preview enables you to try and test all of the capabilities of...
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Removing standard server headers on Windows Azure Web Sites
Editor's Note: This post was written by Erez Benari, Program Manager on the Windows Azure Web Sites Team.Part of the HTTP communication process that occurs between web servers and browsers are the HTTP...
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Pie in the Sky (November 22nd, 2013)
I'll be on vacation next week for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, so no blog post next Friday. Here's some links from this week.Mobile\clientMobile Services team blog: The Windows Azure Mobile...
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Availability Group Listener in Hybrid IT: End-to-End PowerShell Script Published
Hello,Please check out the script at http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Create-Availability-Group-3fc1ca5e.This script creates a listener for an availability group with replicas both...
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Boosting Transaction Performance in Windows Azure Virtual Machines with...
With the release of SQL Server 2014 CTP2, you can now significantly boost the performance of your OLTP workloads in Windows Azure Virtual Machines. By creating a new VM with our preloaded image of SQL...
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EF6.0.2 Beta 1 Available on NuGet
We recently shared our plans to produce a 6.0.2 patch release to address some performance issues (and other bugs) in the 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 releases. Today we are making Beta 1 of the 6.0.2 release...
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#AzureChat - AutoScale and Virtual Machines
We’re excited for our next #AzureChat, a Twitter Chat brought to you by the @WindowsAzure team!#AzureChat focuses on different aspects of cloud computing and best practices when developing for the...
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SQL Server chez les clients – Conception de packages SSIS de chargement de...
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) est une plateforme, incluse dans la suite SQL Server, permettant de créer des solutions d’ETL (Extract Transform Load) appelées Packages.Quelques heures de...
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More Windows Azure E2E Scripts!
In case you're not already aware, I've written additional scripts for Windows Azure deployment of AlwaysOn Availability Groups for you to play with. Windows Azure provides an ever-expanding set of...
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