Reinterpreting the bits of a 64-bit integer as if they were a...
Today's Little Program takes a 64-bit integer and reinterprets its physical representation as a double-precision floating point number. using System; class Program { static double...
View ArticleUK Retail Group Adopts Single Customer View
UK Retail Group is a diverse company made up of many lines of business, including banking and retail. They wanted to make their business more customer-centric by implementing a new customer analytics...
View ArticleExperiencing Data Gaps for Availability Data Type - 6/22 - Resolved
Final Update: Monday, 6/22/2015 14:23 UTC We’ve confirmed that all systems are back to normal with no customer impact as of 06/22, 13:56 UTC. Our logs show the incident started on 06/22, 9:49 UTC and...
View ArticleIssue with Application Insights GSM Services - 6/22 - Mitigated
Final Update: Monday, 6/22/2015 14:23 UTC We’ve confirmed that all systems are back to normal with no customer impact as of 06/22, 13:56 UTC. Our logs show the incident started on 06/22, 9:49 UTC and...
View Articleebook deal of the week: Microsoft Excel 2013 Building Data Models with...
List price: $29.99 Sale price: $14.99You save 50%BuyThis offer expires Sunday, June 28 at 7:00 AM GMT.Your guide to quickly turn data into results. Transform your skills, data, and business--and...
View ArticleQuick Issue Alert - WMF 4.0 installation on W2012 fails with 0x80096002 if W8...
Symptoms Installation of Windows Management Framework 4.0 (which includes PowerShell 4.0) will fail with error: Windows Update Standalone Installer ================================ Installer...
View ArticleHandy Tool for Converting KVM / VMware Images to Hyper-V
I was recently involved in a conversation where people needed to convert a handful of KVM virtual machine images to Hyper-V. Now, the QEMU project already includes the necessary tools to do this – but...
View ArticleImproved Stream Analytics Monitoring
Monitoring is a critical part of lifecycle management for any resource, and we are working hard to improve the monitoring experience for Azure Stream Analytics.Today we are excited to announce an...
View ArticlePart IV Running Load Tests directly from the web using Visual Studio Online
Be sure and check out the rest of this getting started with Performance Testing Series series: Part I Creating Tests to Load testPart II Creating Load testsPart III Taking your load test to the Cloud...
View ArticleAnnouncing Refresh Support for Power BI Designer files in the Power BI service
Today is a great day for the Power BI Designer - We have just enabled refresh (either “Refresh Now” or “Scheduled Refresh”) for Power BI Designer files uploaded to the Power BI service.This enables...
View ArticleWhy should Small Businesses get Savvy on Social?
Why Social?Social Media is engrained in all aspects of our lives and it is not a trend or fad, but a fundamental shift in the way we now communicate. We are more informed, more connected and more open...
View ArticleMVPs help the world get ready for Windows 10!
Windows 10 is right around the corner, and the MVP community has been out in force helping developers, IT pros, and the next generation of game developers get ready. Here are highlights from some great...
View ArticleCumulative Update #8 for SQL Server 2014 RTM
Dear Customers, The 8 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 8 contains all the SQL Server 2014 RTM hotfixes...
View ArticleCumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2014 SP1
Dear Customers, The first cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 SP1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 1 contains all hotfixes in the initial release...
View ArticleDigital health revolution? Perhaps evolution better describes what’s actually...
It’s easy to become mesmerized by headlines about the digital health revolution. One can’t help but notice the noise on how nanobots, wearable sensors and devices, labs on a chip, apps on smartphones,...
View ArticleISV Partners Building Solutions on Azure and Windows (Part II)
In the first part of the blog post series, I introduced three partners, Walkway, IntraLearn and Zeva, that built solutions on Azure and Windows app Platform. In the second part, I would like to...
View ArticleWin2D 0.0.21 - controls share devices, better device creation options,...
Win2D version 0.0.21 is now available on NuGet and GitHub. Breaking changesThe CanvasAnimatedControl.Input property is replaced by a CreateCoreIndependentInputSource method. This means that apps can...
View ArticleClient Automation: SharePoint Crawl Log Validation leveraging CSOM!
IntroGlad to be back blogging and yes it has been awhile. Part of belonging to the Search Premier Field Engineering team is coming up with creative solutions to complex Search tasks. In my case, one...
View Articleまさか Visual Studio で Android や iPhone のアプリを作れるなんて!
Visual Studio を知っている人も、昔使っていた人も、全然使ったことがない人もこんにちは。日本マイクロソフトの高橋忍です。 ひねりもなく、前回と同じパターンのタイトルで始めてみました。 眉唾でしょ?いやいや本当にそうではないんです。Visual Studio 2015 なら Android のアプリや iPhone のアプリを本当に作ることが出来るんです。Web でしょ? いやいや...
View ArticleNominate your customers to earn tickets to Microsoft Business Summit Asia 2015
The Microsoft Customer Reference program needs your help. We want to work with you to expand the customer reference database so we can help you accelerate sales. The more we work together to expand our...
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