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Using Excel Surveys to test student understanding and collect feedback data
Teachers need efficient ways to collect student data. A flexible, powerful tool that can be used for a variety of different purposes, Excel Surveys provide an easy way for teachers to quickly and...
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The Itanium processor, part 8: Advanced loads
Today we'll look at advanced loads, which is when you load a value before you're supposed to, in the hope that the value won't change in the meantime. Consider the following code: int32_t...
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Joseph Sirosh on Connected Cows
I have heard Joseph Sirosh tell this story at multiple conferences, and I LOVE IT. If you're into the Internet of Things/big data/analytics, take 8.5 minutes and watch it right now – you won’t regret...
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Ruby, TinyTDS, and Azure SQL Database update
I got a note the other day that the 0.6.3-rc2 version of TinyTDS now includes the security bits needed to communicate with Azure SQL Database, on the Windows platform (it worked on other platforms just...
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New content in the Microsoft Press Guided Tours app: Microsoft System Center...
The free Microsoft Press Guided Tours app is newly updated on Windows Store! The newest tour on our growing list is “Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Field Experience.”In this Windows Store...
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Allowing SCOM to Monitor SQL with Local System
Configuring SQL Monitoring with Local SystemIn previous versions of SQL, Local System had access to SQL (unless removed by administrators, a known best practice). However, newer versions do NOT grant...
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Using Windows Photo Viewer as default image viewer on Windows 10
Out of the box Windows 10 has Trusted Windows Store apps as default programs for numerous file extensions including most popular image formats (jpg, png, bmp, gif, ico, etc.). Via the "Default...
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Preserving original file created date/time in a compressed archive file
Once in a while I scratch and reinstall my laptop as I have done now to migrate to Windows 10 RTM and among the things I save and restore are my Internet Explorer favorites/bookmarks. I usually access...
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NextStage turns Kinect sensor into a virtual production camera
We’re used to seeing applications in which Kinect for Windows tracks the movements of users—after all, that’s what the Kinect sensor is designed to do. But what if you picked up the Kinect sensor and...
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Production Checkpoints in Windows 10
When we were first developing Hyper-V we worked hard to get checkpointing functionality to be part of the 1.0 release. At that stage, we knew that while virtual machine checkpoints were good for...
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Where is the DirectX SDK (2015 Edition)?
As noted on MSDN, the DirectX SDK is deprecated. The June 2010 release is the last release, and "DirectX" is now part of the Windows SDK. There are really only three scenarios where you should continue...
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Hello Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise
On July 20, 2015, the next step in the evolution of Visual Studio was released to the public. This is a big release for Visual Studio, including a number of important, new features, as well as some...
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Pendant la période estivale, avec les carnets de vacances, n’oubliez pas...
La période estivale et celle donc des congés d’été 2015 bat son plein. Rien de tel pour se prêter à de nouvelles expériences (inédites ?!).Avec les carnets de vacances classiques, nous souhaitons...
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Install Windows Live Writer on Windows 10?
I heard from couple of Windows Live Writer users that they can’t install it with new Windows 10 OS. You can refer Stefan’s article on how to install Windows Live Writer on new Windows 10. You can...
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Hugh MacLeod’s Illustrated Guide to Life Inside Microsoft
If you remember the little blue monster that says, “Microsoft, change the world or go home.”, you know Hugh MacLeod.Hugh is the creative director at Gaping Void. I got to meet Hugh, along with Jason...
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Data mining and Power Pivot for Excel 2010 add-in issues with Windows 10 and...
Unfortunately with the release of Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2015 an issue was found in the 64 bit versions of the following products:PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010Data Mining Add-ins for...
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July updates to Azure RemoteApp
Within the month of July 2015, we released the following new features and capabilities for Azure RemoteApp: Extended invite to all feedback supporters that voted to participate in a private preview for...
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Win2D app building samples
Shortly before releasing Win2D version 1, the team downed tools and spent a week writing our own apps to validate Win2D end-to-end. For better or worse, the results are available on github......
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[Guest post] Visual F# Power Tools: community-led tooling for F# in Visual...
This is a guest post by Anh-Dung Phan and Vasily Kirichenko, F# community developers and contributors to the superb Visual F# Power Tools extension for Visual Studio. – Visual F# TeamWe are pleased to...
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[Guest post] Visual F# Power Tools: community-led tooling for F# in Visual...
This is a guest post by Anh-Dung Phan and Vasily Kirichenko, F# community developers and contributors to the superb Visual F# Power Tools extension for Visual Studio. – Visual F# TeamWe are pleased to...
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