SQL Server 2014 Upgrade Technical Guide now Available
To attain a smooth and trouble-free upgrade to SQL Server 2014, you must plan for the upgrade and address the complexities of your application.This document takes you through the essential technical...
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PowerBI Update Preview Available Now
The PowerBI Update preview is now available at – http://powerbi.com/dashboards/tour. You can experience the new self-service BI solution. The preview is available for customers with a US address. New...
View ArticleMerry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2015
Thank you for the great in-memories this year with SQL Server 2014 and Powerful insights. It got a little unstructured but it was good to know Polybase was there to make it easy. With Ozure coming...
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Start planning your upgrade to SQL Server 2014 – SQL Server 2005 is...
SQL Server 2005 is approaching the end of its support on April 12, 2016. With end of support, security updates and hotfixes are no longer available from Microsoft. So there’s never been a better time...
View ArticleMigration cookbook now available for the latest Azure SQL Database Update (V12)
The cookbook describes various approaches you can use to migrate an on-premises SQL Server database to the latest Azure SQL Database Update (V12). The cookbook can be viewed and downloaded here. This...
View ArticlePowerBI Preview now available outside of the US
Use your work email address to sign up for free access to the PowerB (www.powerbi.com) preview. The new and improved Power BI is a cloud-based (software-as-a-service) business analytics service for...
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Few Azure Services went GA and we acquired a great visualization company –...
Pace of change in this world is so rapid, you blink and you can miss so many things. I just got back from an almost one month vacation and in that space of time, lots has been happening at Microsoft....
View ArticleSydney R user group Meet up: R at Microsoft (with David Smith, formerly...
Hear David Smith speak R in The Rocks on June 25th. Arrive from 5:30pm for for a 6pm talk. There will also be pizza & drinks sponsored by: Hortonworks & Microsoft. Microsoft recognizes that...
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SQL Server 2016 – What's exciting?
Having completed a week of training on SQL Server 2016, PowerBI, Cortana Analytics at HQ and spending time with the product team, I am super excited of what Microsoft's data platform is going to enable...
View ArticleMerry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2016
Can’t believe how fast this year has gone by. I think it maybe something to do with being in the cloud – at least it helped in keeping a check on our age. Thank you for the opportunity to work with you...
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