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BI Data analysis: Using Microsoft Power Query for Excel…
Recently I used this wonderful, powerful data analysis feature in Microsoft Excel called “Microsoft Power Query” for one of my Machine Learning project. It’s easy and helped me to discover, combine and...
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Germany Windows 10 Fan Celebration
Germany celebrated the launch of Windows 10 with a Windows 10 Fan Celebration Party that took place on July 29 at the Microsoft Office in Berlin. The German Windows Business Group asked the DACH MVP...
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Objective C For Windows & Update on Windows Bridges Project
Welcome to the Windows Bridge for iOS project previewLast week, Microsoft released Windows 10 as a free upgrade in over 190 markets, within 24 hours over 14 million installations of Windows 10 had been...
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Fix: Windows 10 upgrade couldn’t update the system reserved partition
Disclaimer: This is what worked for me, and it’s not guidance from Microsoft. It may not work for you. Since this involves resizing partitions, it could wipe out all of your data. You may want to...
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I'm Speaking at OpenStack Day Seattle 2015
Did you know that there is a lot that you can do with Microsoft and OpenStack?We have Nova Drivers for Hyper-VWe have an Open-vSwitch Driver for Hyper-VWe have Cinder Drivers for Windows iSCSIWe have...
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(Cross Post) Processing IIS ETW events using Azure Stream Analytics
Are you looking for an easy way to process Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) logs? Well, I just came across this excellent blog post by Tomas Restrepo. Here Thomas talks about how easily you can collect...
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SharePoint 2013 Search: Full-Text Index and Context Weight Groups - What is...
In a previous blog, I talked about the important relationship between relevancy, rank models, managed properties, the full-text index and context weight groups. If you are going to doing any relevancy...
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Issue impacting XAML Builds deploying to Azure - 8/10 - Investigating
We are investigating an issue related to failures in builds that some of our customers may be experiencing with their XAML build definitions deploying to Azure. Our DevOps team is actively working on a...
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NuGet packages for TFS and Visual Studio Online .NET client object model
For the past couple of releases we’ve released the Team Foundation Server/Visual Studio Online client object model as a downloadable installer (aka MSI). Additionally, the license for it did not...
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Meet a few student developers from the United Arab Emirates inspired by...
Hiba, Khalid and Jawad are three college students in the United Arab Emirates who have been inspired by Microsoft Imagine to master new technologies, learn new skills, and push themselves to dream big,...
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IO Statistics now available for queries that use Columnstore indexes
Prior to SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1, if you turned on STATISTICS IO for queries that touch Columnstore index, it would always report 0 as seen in the simple example below: CREATETABLE t(c...
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TFS Upgrade - Long Lead Checklist
This is a set of preparations where you plan, research and gather information so you are fully prepared to upgrade. StepInstructions1 – Review current guide ꙱ - DoneReview the current upgrade...
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Encryption options in RESTORE HEADERONLY
Backup Encryption was introduced in SQL Server 2014 as way to encrypt the data while creating a backup. By specifying the encryption algorithm and the encryptor (a Certificate or Asymmetric Key) when...
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Stopping exam cheating - plagiarism checking is not enough
I read in today’s Sydney Morning Herald the continuing story of universities in Australia fighting a constant battle with cheats in exams and assessments. Today’s story reveals that there’s not just a...
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Exploring Skype Meeting Broadcast
Editor’s note:The following post was written by Skype for Business MVP Christophe Boucetta as part of our Technical Tuesday seriesAnnounced during the last Microsoft Ignite, Skype Meeting Broadcast is...
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Becoming a Power Power BI User in 7 Quick Steps
You need the latest data for that important business presentation – due in a couple of days. But accessing and transforming data is not at the top of your skillset, especially when the data resides in...
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Updated HCK QFE 13 (8.100.26984) for Windows 8.1 now available
This update fixes various signing issues.To get the latest QFEs for the Windows HCK, run HCKSetup.exe. The Windows HCK download includes all previous QFE updates.Download and install HCK to get the...
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Team Foundation Server 2015 Product Key and VLSC Availability
Since Team Foundation Server 2015 RTM was released last week, we’ve already seen a lot of people upgrade and start taking advantage of the new capabilities. We have also received several questions...
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Developer's Guide to Windows 10: Live on 12th & 13th August
Windows 10 represents a drastic shift in approach to operating systems... one that makes developer's lives radically more easy. The biggest thing Microsoft's done here is made it easier than ever for...
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Be careful out there: Windows 10 upgrade scams
Earlier this month, I read on the Cisco Security blog that the Talos Security Group outlined “a spam campaign that was taking advantage of a different type of current event.” In this case, the launch...
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