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Skype brings military troops to red carpet premiere of Marvel’s Iron Man 3
Military personnel and their families at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Washington, got a rare treat April 25 as they took part in a live video call with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. During...
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Weekend Reading: April 26th Edition–The #XboxReveal countdown begins!
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories on major Xbox news, new apps (Tumblr and Fidelity Investments) coming to Windows Phone, expanding Surface Pro and Surface RT availability and more....
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Harnessing social media to predict postpartum depression
What if a new mother could direct her smartphone to monitor her tweets and other social media interactions and alert her to signs of postpartum depression? That’s one of the possibilities raised by a...
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Online Training - System Center 2012 SP1: Application & Infrastructure...
TechTrax Train the Trainer System Center 2012 SP1: Application & Infrastructure Management Join us on May 2nd and May 9th for two TechTrax Train the Trainer sessions on System Center 2012 SP1 led...
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Unable to access Personal Site after backup and restore of mysite SharePoint...
Issue: When we backup the mysite data and restore on new SharePoint 2010 farm, we sometime are unable to access my content page.If we check in ULS we see 3wp.exe (0x0A3C)...
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VIDEO: Two Microsoft inventors share the thrill of their first patents on...
Every year on April 26, the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) invites inventors large and small to take some time to remind ourselves what thinkers and doers can do when...
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Kill Fragmentation. Catch GlideOS at TechCrunch Disrupt NY April 29-30
This is a part 1 of a multi-part blog series celebrating Microsoft BizSpark startups at Techcrunch Disrupt NY, which starts tomorrow. You can catch GlideOS demoing their awesome Windows 8 app at the...
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Last Chance!! – Register for TechDays in San Francisco!
My friends over at the PacIT Pros User Group are holding another Tech Days event in a few weeks. I will be presenting a couple of sessions on Windows Azure IaaS at the event. There are also a lot of...
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New version of group messaging app GroupMe hits Windows Phone Store
The latest update to popular messaging app GroupMe is now available in the Windows Phone Store, and Gizmodo’s take on an earlier version still holds true: “Whether or not you think you need group...
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Photo app Pic Stitch brings it all together on your Windows Phone
Photo app favorite Pic Stitch arrived in the Windows Phone Store today, giving Windows Phone shutterbugs a fun and easy way to design framed photo collages. This version of Pic Stitch brings new frame...
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My new laptop setup - Lenovo Carbon X1
Back in February, I placed an order for my new work laptop – Lenovo Carbon X1 and I also got the USB 3.0 Dock. It took over a month before I received it, but I did get it and finally got everything...
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Creating a Shared Dataset with Report Builder
I was recently asked by a customer if you could build a Shared Dataset using Report Builder 3.0. More specifically, can you build a Shared Dataset that combines multiple tables from the same database?...
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“In the Cloud” Podcast, Episode 4: Hybrid IT
In episode four, I take a look at the very big and very complex topic of Hybrid IT -- public, private, hosted clouds, and on-prem deployments. To get a head start, check out one of my previous posts...
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Tech Days in San Francisco from May 2–3, 2013
I am always asked if there are any good training events happening that have great technical speakers. I thought I would mention that there is an event called Tech Days taking place in San Francisco...
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International Update: Top 20 Portuguese Contributors on TechNet Wiki (2013)
I did one of these lists last year in July... Top 17 Contributors to the Brazil Portuguese TechNet Wiki!Now it's time to do a refresh of that list with the current statistics for 2013!NOTE: This is a...
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Should You Work For a Startup That Displays Market Apathy?
Have you ever thought about market apathy? This is my phrase for a startup founder, or team, that is so focused on product that they forget or do not consider the emotional choices of the market they...
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SCSM - Exchange Connector 3.0 RTM Released & Supported
At long last! We have released a version of the Exchange Connector which has been thoroughly tested, passed on strict security audit process, and most importantly is officially supported! It’s been a...
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SCSM - Exchange Connector 3.0 RTM Released & Supported
At long last! We have released a version of the Exchange Connector which has been thoroughly tested, passed on strict security audit process, and most importantly is officially supported! It’s been a...
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How to monitor deadlock using extended events in SQL Server 2008 and later
Before I talk about how to monitor the deadlocks let us have a small brief what is deadlock and how we were handling them in the previous versions of SQL Server. Deadlock : A deadlock occurs when there...
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Weekend Scripter: Improve Performance When Combining PowerShell Arrays
Summary: Microsoft premier field engineer, Chris Wu, talks about combining Windows PowerShell arrays.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Chris Wu, a Microsoft PFE, is back to share his...
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