Update on Team Foundation Server RC2
I wrote a post about a week ago announcing TFS 2015 RC2. Today, we released downloads for the rest of the languages, along with release notes. All the information in my previous post is still...
View ArticleWhen the tubes strike where do commuters turn? Social media, evidently.
July 8th 2015 saw the first workers’ strike on the London Underground for over a decade. From 6:30pm 20,000 staff left their posts across the historic Underground network, causing chaos for thousands...
View ArticleHealthcare without boundaries now more than an aspiration....
When I joined Microsoft more than dozen years ago our health industry unit at the company was using the marketing slogan, “ Healthcare without Boundaries ”. In light of what is now happening in our...
View ArticleCross posting: Azure Active Directory's Access and Usage Reports
Good morning community:I thought I would share a good cross-positing of Tim Rain's blog on Azure Active Directory's Access and Usage Reports. It is a part of a new cloud security control series and...
View ArticleWe have moved ....
As you may have noticed, the last blog post here was ages ago ... don't worry, we haven't died ... we have just moved.In an effort to consolidate all Azure information in one place we have moved to...
View ArticleAnnouncing Cortana Analytics Suite
Dear Gulf Technical Community,We are welcoming thousands of Microsoft partners to Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando today. The opportunity to create magic using software has never been greater...
View ArticleMicrosoft Venture Accelerator–Chicago Companies
We had two fantastic Chicago companies, ClearContract and ParkNav, that were part of the Microsoft Ventures Seattle Accelerator. These two companies had their demo day on Friday. You can see their...
View ArticleTFS Build fails with the Team Foundation Background Job Agent service stop...
Recently, we came across a very interesting customer scenario where the build was failing immediately when it’s trying to execute a revert snapshot. They had the following setting. TFS 2012/2013 SCVMM...
View ArticleBest Programming Learning Resources for Kids
In this post, I’d like to collect the best programming application for kids to learn how to code. These applications are widely used in schools in the United States. If you observe any other...
View ArticleAzure Resource Manager Template for RDS Deployment
Today we are happy to announce availability of the Azure Resource Manager Template for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Deployment based on our Azure Desktop Hosting Deployment Guides. The template...
View ArticleHololens in education - case study video
The team working on the Microsoft Hololens are quietly working on creating ambitious new ways of achieving new things - you've hopefully seen some of the demonstrations that they've given at global...
View ArticleInstalling Skype for Business 2015 Administrative Tools
Hi AllI wanted to script up the installation of Skype for Business Administration Tools on a remote administration server so I could make it repeatable, and see if it works the same way as Lync 2013,...
View ArticleMicrosoft .NET Framework and IE Support Lifecycle Policy
HelloPlease I would like to highlight the new policy statement concerning .NET Framework and Internet ExplorerMicrosoft .NET Framework Support Lifecycle...
View ArticleHazy memories of the Windows 95 ship party
One of the moments from the Windows 95 ship party (20 years ago today) was when one of the team members drove his motorcycle through the halls, leaving burns in the carpet. The funny part of that...
View ArticleHarness the power of PowerShell and the Business Connector too.
Hi Everyone. My name is Jason Larson. I am a Premier Field Engineer with the Dynamics AX team in the central region. I was recently asked how we could compare data in a text file outside of AX with...
View ArticleOneNote for Students - Collaborating in the classroom with a OneNote Class...
The need for collaboration and communication between and among students and teachers is a high priority within education, and having the appropriate technology to seamlessly blend this in to day-to-day...
View ArticleOneNote for Students - Collaborating in the classroom with a OneNote Class...
The need for collaboration and communication between and among students and teachers is a high priority within education, and having the appropriate technology to seamlessly blend this in to day-to-day...
View ArticleOneNote for Students - Collaborating in the classroom with a OneNote Class...
The need for collaboration and communication between and among students and teachers is a high priority within education, and having the appropriate technology to seamlessly blend this in to day-to-day...
View ArticleAnalyze User Behavior in Your Windows/Windows Phone App with Google Analytics
My article on MSDN Magazine is out!“App development is by definition an iterative process, so you’ll want to understand, in the shortest possible time, how your app is used and how a new version or...
View ArticleCreating a “Real World” Database in Azure for Advanced Analytics Exploration:...
The previous posts of this series (part 1, part 2, and part 3) focused on using publically-available crime report data to build a "real world" database in Azure, then showed how you can use some of the...
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