Second Shot available again
The fantastic Second Shot offer is available again. Get Studying! https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/second-shot.aspx
Azure web hosting and service plans
Some of the feedback I had from my session at SQL Saturday in Edinburgh was on the Service Plan’s* available in Azure for Web hosting. The different levels from Free to Standard have vastly differing underlying capabilities and costs.The most relevant of
SQL Saturday Edinburgh #388
Last Saturday was the third SQL Saturday in Edinburgh organised by Jen Stirrup. And what a success it was again. From the enlightening line up of great speakers over a wide variety of subjects that used Business Intelligence to the Sponsors and the fantastic lunch it
I’m speaking at SQL Saturday Denmark #413
Last year I was able to attend SQL Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark and had a fantastic time both during and outside the event. I made new friends and met them many times again during other SQL Saturday events in the
MCSD: Azure Solutions Architect
I’m quite excited by the new MCSD: Azure Solutions Architect certification. I’ve previously attained the 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions and was thinking of the 70-534: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions as my next step. With the MCSD there is
Windows Server Technical Preview 2
I’ve been looking at the new Windows Server Technical Preview 2 and it has some fantastic features but a few of them are so significant I thought I’d mention them.Let us start with the Storage Replica Overview which provides Synchronous
Azure – Powershell Static IP VNetIP
Recently I’ve been playing with Azure and it’s command line friends including Azure PowerShell. And it’s been a fun journey with Domain Controllers, Virtual Networks, SQL Server (every time) and some websites. This post assumes some knowledge of Azure and
MCSA Office 365: for Lync, Messaging and SharePoint MCSE
Interesting changes about how to obtain a pre-qualifying MCSA for the Lync, Messaging and SharePoint MCSE’s.http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2014/08/14/mcsa-office-365-now-an-optional-path-to-three-mcse-tracks.aspxThe changes seem to make the learning path to the relevant MCSE certifications even more relevant and fluid whilst still maintaining the choice of the
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 now available
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43340 for the main versions.More information available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2755533
1-wire interface for humidity AD sensors
In a previous post I’d looked at 1-wire interface for temperature sensors to get the temperature from a 1-wire device.For the next part I purchased a combined Temperature, Humidity sensor from Sheepwalk Electronics at http://www.sheepwalkelectronics.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=55This device is actually a HIH-4031 analogue