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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
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 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
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
Recently I’ve started using Azure Backup http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/backup/ since it offers an acceptable balance of cost, durability and ease of use.Installing the Azure Backup Agent we can setup up to three scheduled backups of directories. If we have regular SQL Server
Recently the Met Office http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/have made DataPoint available: “DataPoint is a way of accessing freely available Met Office data feeds in a format that is suitable for application developers. It is aimed at professionals, the scientific community and student or
For some time now I’d been wanting to look into the one wire interface, mainly for the temperature sensors. There seems to be a lot of experimentation and projects around using the Raspberry Pi, the Arduino and plenty of free
When using the new SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) catalog we can deploy our solutions using the UI or build a T-SQL script to deploy it creating folders on the way for a repeatable successful deployment package.Firstly we set the database,
The much awaited SQL Server 2014 release is now amongst us with general availability on the 1st April 2014 http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/18/sql-server-2014-released-to-manufacturers-will-be-generally-available-april-1.aspxAlso according to the “Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2014” there will be a raised 128 GB limit
There is a post at Born to Learn on Certification Update: SQL Server 2014 http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2014/03/10/certification-update-sql-server-2014.aspx