How Simple Parameterization works
Recently we got a customer who upgraded from SQL Server 2005 to 2008. But their performance degraded greatly. What happened was that they had an update query that was run many times in a batch. The...
View ArticleAustralia becomes home to ground-breaking research centre
Innovation is part of the Microsoft DNA and we continue to invest in innovation all around the world, including Australia. I’m really excited that this morning in Melbourne, we are announcing the...
View ArticleGetting social down under, NUI style
Getting social down under, NUI styleThe Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces, opening on December 5 in Melbourne, will promote interdisciplinary research that spurs the...
View ArticleAnother great “back to the future” song from South-Africa :)
I enjoy supporting talent, in this case ex-school colleagues from our oldest son Alexander. Special memories !In the take some time to listen to a great song by the the Illustrators post I asked you to...
View ArticleResearch Life Science Projects on the Windows Azure Cloud (Part 1)
Over the last three years we have been helping researchers use the Windows Azure cloud platform to host scientific research projects. And we just launched the new Azure4Research program and we have new...
View ArticleNovember 2013 Security Updates are on MyOEM for XPe SP3 and Standard 2009
Posted By Windows Embedded TeamThe October 2013 Security Updates are on MyOEM for Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded with Service Pack 3 and Windows® Embedded Standard 2009.The list below applies to both...
View ArticleUsing an Office 365 SharePoint Online Hybrid Mysite solution
While recently working with one of my customers on configuring their Office 365 SharePoint Online Hybrid Mysite solution, we noticed some glitches to be aware of when pointing an on-premises farm...
View ArticleRemoteFX vGPU Improvements in Windows Server 2012 R2
Hi everyone! Today we're excited to share the improvements we've made to the RemoteFX virtual graphics processing unit (vGPU) in Windows Server 2012 R2. There are four improvements we invested in,...
View ArticleHow to Deploy and Discover Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration...
A Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) resource contains a module file (*.psm1), an optional data file (*.psd1),and a *.schema.mof file. Details about what each of those files should...
View ArticleDynamics CRM 2013/Fall '13 SDK モバイルおよびリッチ クライアントの開発 その 4 - Azure AD、AAL、サンプル詳細
みなさん、こんにちは。今回は SDK で提供されている Windows ストアサンプルプログラムに 関して、キーとなる技術について紹介します。既に紹介した内容と 重複する箇所もありますが、事前にご了承ください。Windows Azure Active Directory (AD)Windows Azure AD は Azure 上にホストできるディレクトリサービス であり、Office 365 や...
View Article[News] EC-CUBEを 1 年間無料で使えるように
本 日未明、EC-CUBE が Windows Azure Gallryに掲載されました! レンタルサーバーの簡単インストール感覚でEC-CUBEをお使い頂けますし、Windows Azure Webサイトの無料モードでお使いいただければ 1 年間は費用無しでEC-CUBEをお使いいただけます。 簡単ではありますが、インストール手順を紹介します。 (1) Windows Azure...
View ArticleHonk if you're Neanderthal! Tracing my roots with big data
Posted By Valerie OlagueWindows Embedded digital marketing leadWhenever I meet new people, I try to guess the part of the world that their ancestors came from. A combination of their appearance and...
View ArticleGet advance notice about December 2013 security updates
Today, the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) posted details about the December security updates.If you have automatic updating turned on, most of these updates will download and install on...
View ArticleLooking for trend reporting against VS Online and more? Peruse the new TFS...
We are please to announce the release of TFS Reporting Guidev1, which will take you on a fascinating journey to discover the exciting and powerful reporting features provided by Team Foundation Server....
View ArticleWindows Azure Tables: Introducing JSON
Windows Azure Storage team is excited to announce the release of JSON support for Windows Azure Tables as part of version “2013-08-15”. JSON is an alternate OData payload format to AtomPub, which...
View ArticleCode sharing strategies with MVVM
On September 25th and November 21st I talked about MVVM as a pattern to build apps, as well as code sharing strategies for Windows and Windows Phone projects through either Portable Class Libraries or...
View ArticleJoin BizSpark for a Studio Taping of The BizSpark Show with Special Guest...
Join a studio filled with Silicon Valley's Microsoft BizSpark members via our Livestream on Monday, December 9, 2013 at 3pm Pacific . We will talk with Joni Cobb, CEO and President of PIPELINE , a...
View ArticleThe world’s first joint research centre for Social Natural User Interfaces is...
Yesterday we have the Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces. This is a joint research centre between the University of Melbourne and Microsoft Research, in partnership with the...
View ArticleA few of my favorite (tech) things this Holiday Season
Happy Holidays to all of my HealthBlog readers around the world. I wish you peace, happiness and prosperity in 2014. As I have done each Holiday Season over the past few years, I would like to tell you...
View ArticleTop 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Thursday, December 5, 2013
Beth Massi: LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup- November 2013Boby George: Using C++ AMP to Perform Millions of Experiments in Hours Instead of WeeksSusan Ibach: Getting started with DirectX/C++...
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