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PowerPivot Scheduled Data Refresh - Call to Excel Services Returned and error.
I have encountered the error "Call to Excel Services returned an error" when performing a Scheduled Data Refresh. In several cases, this has been because the PowerPivot connection is using the "SQL...
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Who better? Matt Smith to host Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals
For several weeks now, thousands of students in dozens of countries all over the world have been competing in the Imagine Cup Local Finals. They’ve been dreaming up big ideas and bringing them to life...
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Windows 8 – Supporting proxy services with Static Configurations, Web Hosted...
Many companies have started using Windows 8 and have noticed with some of the new features there are times when things just don’t seem to work the way they expected them too; this was due to...
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‘Walk for Opportunity’ spotlights talent in young urban adults
Today, “Year Up” holds its fourth annual Walk for Opportunity across the U.S. to shine a light on talented young adults in our cities. The event calls attention to the workforce of talent that lives in...
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Give your feedback about partner loyalty programs in our short survey
by Erik Moe, Partner Relationship Marketing, Microsoft U.S. Marketing & Operations The Microsoft U.S. team is in the early stages of designing a partner appreciation program, and your input and...
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Monster Burner hits Windows Phone Store – and it’s free!
Protect castles from marauding monsters. That’s the idea behind Monster Burner, Ubisoft’s fast-paced game app hit that arrived in the Windows Phone Store today. Monster Burner runs on both Windows...
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Microsoft Participates on Panel to Discuss CRM Best Practices
Next week, the Technology Association of Georgia is hosting a panel to discuss customer relationship management (CRM) best practices.Michael Thomas, a CRM customer success manager at Microsoft, will be...
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Microsoft names Amy Hood as new Microsoft chief financial officer
Microsoft today announced that Amy Hood, who currently serves as chief financial officer of the Microsoft Business Division, was named Microsoft chief financial officer, succeeding outgoing CFO Peter...
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Rhonda Layfield hosts WADK and MDT Workshop – Register Today
Rhonda is hosting a great workshop around the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 and Windows 8 Deployment.She’s very knowledgeable and this is one you can’t miss if you are a Windows Deployment...
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Microsoft names Amy Hood as new Microsoft chief financial officer
Microsoft today announced that Amy Hood, who currently serves as chief financial officer of the Microsoft Business Division, was named Microsoft chief financial officer, succeeding outgoing CFO Peter...
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New SigFig app for Windows Phone tracks all your investments in one place
Investors who want to keep track of their “significant figures” in one elegant, always-current spot will find lots to like in the SigFig Portfolio app released today in the Windows Phone Store.The app...
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Now available everywhere: Full-res photo and video backup for Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8 has a great feature that helps protect your best photos and videos and makes them easy to share, but up to now the feature hasn’t been universally available. That just changed, and now...
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Affordable wireless broadband arrives in Tanzania thanks to ‘TV white spaces’
Although Africa has the highest growth rates in the world for mobile broadband penetration, wireless broadband services remain largely unaffordable throughout much of the continent.One way to solve...
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SharePoint Server 2013 Extranet and Office 365 External Sharing Considerations
Introduction What is an Extranet? A common definition for the term Extranet is a network that enables controlled access to external users or an extension of an organization’s intranet extended to...
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Windows 8 Wednesday: Teachers Love Windows 8 for Education
Have you thanked your teacher yet this week? If not, it isn’t too late. It’s National Teacher Appreciation week , and here at Microsoft, we are big on teachers. We know how important a great teacher is...
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Built for speed: Office 365 ProPlus Click-to-Run takes on a Ferrari
Tired of slow software updates that seem take years instead of minutes to install? In the latest episode of Garage Series, the Office team is ready to talk shop on how Office is speeding up the process...
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Bing rocks out with Katie Couric, takes Bing It On Challenge to Hollywood...
They say in Hollywood, everyone’s searching for something. Maybe now they can actually find it.That’s because Bing is paying a special visit to Tinsel Town this week, sponsoring the concert series on...
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Microsoft "Fix it" available to mitigate Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability
Today, we are making available a “Microsoft Fix it” solution to block attacks leveraging the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) vulnerability described in Security Advisory 2847140. This code-signed, easily...
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VSAE Video
David Allen who is an MVP from Infront Consulting Group in the UK just completed a great video going through use of Visual Studio Authoring Extensions. David does extensive work in management pack...
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Fix it for Security Advisory 2847140 is available
We have updated Security Advisory 2847140 to include an easy, one-click Fix it to address the known attack vectors. The Fix it is available to all customers and helps prevent known attacks that...
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