Since there is confusion on SQL Server’s support for UTF-8, Unicode data etc., I would like to share the following post from QingsongYao which provides very useful content on this: “Today, I will start my series of articles about SQL Server and Unicode...

From TechNet , published on 13/12/2011 Cumulative Update 2011-12 (CU 2011-12) for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 enables organizations to view certain kinds of reports and scorecards on Apple iPad devices that use the iOS 5 Safari browser. This article...

Microsoft patterns & practices (a part of EPX Developer Guidance) is excited to announce the release of: Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure What’s in the Pack? Two new application blocks: Autoscaling Application Block ("...

From Microsoft Technet Wikis As of November, 2011, RC0 is the latest release of SQL Server “Denali,” now known as SQL Server 2012. To download this release, go to http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28145 . To upgrade to this version...

I went through the following offering from StorSimple that allows you to sync your on-premise data, stored in their storage, with Windows Azure BLOB one. This is very interesting and important for solutions that need to provide the following services...

Covering the following areas: Microsoft® SQL Server Report Builder 3.0 for Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Microsoft® SQL Server® PowerPivot for Microsoft® Excel Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft® SharePoint® Technologies...

Copied from Windows Azure Blog ; Post from CihanBiyikogluMS “One of the exciting new features in the just-released SQL Azure Q4 2011 Service Release is SQL Azure Federation. In a sentence, SQL Azure Federation enables building elastic and scalable database...

Microsoft IT supports the Consumerization of IT efforts within the company while at the same time continues to define the delicate balance between policy/governance and hardware/applications that employees continue to use. While the Consumerization of...

From PejmanJ Microsoft post on Dec 27th, available at here Let’s walk through how to use the sample, and then how to create your own report. I’ll use the car Auto Sales sample report and model. To use the sample report, just click on the report image...

From Blain Barton blog: Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3