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Spend a day with Scott Guthrie exploring the latest in Azure Stack, Hybrid cloud, SQL Server, and more. On 25 May, Guthrie (Executive VP of the Cloud and Enterprise group) will present an extended session in Twickenham on how you can do more on building for…

There were several exciting announcements made at today’s Microsoft Data Amp. The first was no surprise that the forthcoming version of SQL Server, which had for a long time been referred to as only “vNext”, was confirmed officially as SQL Server 2017. Also, from today…

Bill Baer is a Senior Technical Product Manager and Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint in the SharePoint product group at Microsoft. Here he gives a quick demonstration (41 seconds!) on how to create network location-based conditional access policies in SharePoint Online. Bill's #MinuteMonday. Create network…

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“The more I think about it, the more I wonder how there can be such a thing as an enterprise that’s not data driven…” So says Dave Cartwright in his article on The Register. Have a read to see if you agree. Source: theregister.co.uk ,…

Practice with the latest cloud products and services in a live environment and advance your cloud skills for free with Microsoft Hands-on Labs. Source: Microsoft

“Formerly relegated to the back office, IT is now key to market domination.” This article from ISG (Information Services Group), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, highlights how the CIO can enable corporate growth. Worth a read if you’re a CIO. Source: isg-one.com,…

We think there are far more than four, but this infographic from Microsoft, backed up by research from Gartner, shows four ways that SQL Server stands above the competition. Get it here. Source: Twitter / @SQLServer