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Vacation +1
This past weekend, I took off for Charleston, SC. I've loved this town fora while now. The history, the water, the people. Everything about that place is
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Microsoft Requests Feedback
Microsoft Requests Feedback 2010 June 4 by Shannon Lowder The Senior Director of Product Planning for Windows Azure, Mike Wickstrand, is soliciting feedback on how to make Azure even better. There’s even a site with user submitted suggestions at http://windowsazure.uservoice.com/forums/34192-windows
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Introduction to Master Data Services
You find yourself sitting in front of your machine late one evening. Everyone has gone home for the night except for you. You've left a scan running to
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SQL Azure Incompatibilities list
While 99% of what you do in SQL is supported in SQL Azure, there is a small list of things you'll have to redesign, or at least reconsider before implementing
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SQL Azure DATETIME Functions
Microsoft SQL has always included a number of date and time functions. These results of these functions were always based on the operating system for the
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Happy Day!
Today is a busy day! Today has three special events. Today is the anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars. You have to find time to watch it today!
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SQL 102-SELECT * Overhead
How many of you have heard me rant against using "SELECT * FROM tableName"? If you have I'm sure you've heard me mention the following reasons why SELECT * is
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Microsoft SQL Azure FAQ
I was searching for news on Microsoft SQL Azure when I cam across this new FAQ. It answers a lot of the questions you may have, and several that I hadn't
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What is SQL Azure?
I've been getting this question or some variant of it for weeks now. Some people are confusing SQL Azure with SQL 2008 R2, and some are thinking it's SQL 2010.
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May the Forth Be With You!
While the actual anniversary for the original release of Star Wars in 1977 is still 20 days and some hours away, I'd like to do my best to remind you "The Force
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SugarCRM Announces SQL Azure Support
After the efforts Microsoft has put into supporting PHP, a major PHP development company has announced they are going to begin supporting Azure. This support,
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How Will Cloud Computing Affect You?
With all this talk about Windows Azure, SQL Azure, Amazon services and moving to the cloud, I start thinking to myself this all sounds somewhat familiar. Not