Town formerly known as ‘Google’ gives Bing a try
The Bing search team kicked off the next wave of the Bing It On Challenge with a special visit to Topeka, Kansas – the city that once renamed itself “Google” in a bid for Google Fiber. Take a look at...
View ArticleWindows Azure for IT Professionals Jump Start - free registration now open
Make Windows Azure Your Datacenter! This Jump Start will help you understand how you can use Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, such as Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks, to migrate, extend,...
View Article‘Vignette’ your photos with Lomogram for Windows Phone 8
In a guest post on Next at Microsoft, Ben Rudolph shares one of his favorite Windows Phone 8 apps – Lomogram, a photo editing app by DevRain Solutions. There are many ways to “vignette” an image on...
View ArticleUsing ULSViewer and Regex to narrow down SharePoint performance problems
Just wanted to share a trick I use often to gain better understanding of a SharePoint performance issue.I'm sure we've all seen ULS log entries that say something like this:Leaving Monitored Scope...
View ArticleThreat Trends: Tim Rains discusses Asia Threat Landscape with Rico Hizon -...
Posted by Jeff Jones, director, Trustworthy ComputingIf you are looking for threat intelligence from Microsoft, you are likely aware of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report which contains data...
View ArticleHulu Plus for Windows Phone 8 hits the Windows Phone Store
If you’re a fan of shows like “Modern Family,” “Family Guy” or “Community,” you’ll be happy to know that the Hulu Plus for Windows Phone 8 app is now available in the Windows Phone Store.The app is...
View ArticleSpoil your mom, dad or grad with an awesome tech gadget
For people in the United States and more than 70 other countries, this coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. Next month it’s time for Father’s Day, and in between, a whole lot of graduation exercises will be...
View ArticleSizing Exchange 2013 Deployments
Guidance is now available on how to size your Microsoft Exchange 2013 deploymenthttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/05/06/ask-the-perf-guy-sizing-exchange-2013-deployments.aspx
View ArticleBuild your capabilities in Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Forefront
On Friday, May 3, the U.S. Partner News was delivered to your inbox as a benefit of your Microsoft Partner Network membership. Tailored to your business type and role, it includes local...
View Article(Episode 16) Windows 8 Tips: New Options and Features
In part 4 of our Windows 8 Tips and Tricks series, Principal Technical Account Manager Lex Thomas and I (Kevin Remde) show off some of the newer and useful features found in Windows 8.There’s never...
View ArticleAzure IaaS Online Event Series Announced, first event Wednesday 5/8
The latest round of IT Pro Events has been officially announced and these events will focus on Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) functionality and include both online and in-person...
View ArticleSystem Center Orchestrator: Get Current Date / Time using the NOW() Variable...
Hi Ho – Neil Peterson here, the in-laws have invaded my house, so I am coming to you today from the corner booth at my local coffee shop. I have a quick little treat this morning, nothing to...
View ArticleExcel Crashes When You Enter Data in a Cell
We want to bring an emerging issue to your attention. We have found that in certain circumstances, Excel will crash when you type data into a cell and press <Enter>. The same crash may occur when...
View ArticleCompanies Improve their Bottom Line by Switching to Microsoft Big Data...
Here on the SQL Server Blog, we spend a lot of time talking about the features and technical “how to” behind our products. The only thing we love more than getting into the details of our products is...
View ArticleKati London of FUSE: Playful and Surprising
Posted by Rob KniesMany people talk to their plants. But what if those plants were able to talk back?That’s the premise behind Botanicalls, a project to enable communications between plants and people....
View ArticleThe rise of cloud-integrated storage and EMC's ViPR
David Isenberg wrote his famous and controversial paper, The Rise of the Stupid Network in 1997. Its a short and historically interesting read. If you have never read it, follow the link there now. It...
View ArticleMVP Pro Speaker Series: Backup that really works using multiple members and...
Robert Hedblom gave a great presentation today on Backup that really works using multiple members and functions of the System Center 2012 SP1 family. If you would like to watch the presentation, you...
View ArticleFeatured Startup on Azure - Modulus
Charlie Key is the founder of Modulus. He dislikes it when things are not efficient. He dislikes even more that others run into inefficiencies when they develop software and try to get their businesses...
View ArticleConsejos y trucos para la aplicación de OneNote
Si son nuevos usuarios de Windows 8, tal vez hayan notado que la aplicación de OneNote se ve y se siente diferente a otras versiones de OneNote. ¿Cómo buscar? ¿Qué pasó con los menús? El nuevo Windows...
View ArticleThe TechEd Challenge - It's still not too late to enter if you've not done so...
Have you entered the Tech Ed Challenge yet?If not, why not? Just by entering you could win a ticket to TechEd Europe, that's right, just by completing a form and downloading one of the products, you...
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