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— Microsoft SQL Server (@SQLServer) March 13, 2017

Source: Twitter/@SQLServer

Microsoft has updated SharePoint mobile apps for Android and iOS devices.

The SharePoint iOS app now allows users to create news on the move. Clicking +Add in the News section on a team site users can now add a title, body text, images, embed documents, format and, of course, publish! The published story then appears across the news service as a recent story on SharePoint home in Office 365, within the personalised News tab of the SharePoint apps, and on the team site itself.

With the SharePoint Android app, users can now also use team news on the move. By tapping the News tab in the updated app, a list of tailored news is displayed via Microsoft Graph.

The iOS app is available for download from iTunes now, with the Android version available from the Google Play store.

Source: Microsoft Tech Community/SharePoint Blog

The SQL Server team has introduced SELECT..INTO to the SQL language of Azure SQL Data Warehouse. Take a look.
Source: Microsoft Azure Blog

PwC’s 20th Annual Global CEO Survey finds an optimistic outlook with “82% of tech CEOs [thinking] global economic growth will improve or stay the same over the next year, with half confident that it will at least stay the same.”

Further, “87% [are] saying they are very or somewhat confident of revenue growth in the next 12 months. When asked about prospects over the next three years, that number jumps to 91%. Clearly, the increasingly vital role technology plays in all industries is driving this confidence.”

Read PwC’s key findings from the technology industry on their website here.

Source: PwC

The developer image of BizTalk Server 2016 is licensed for free to use in your test and development scenarios.

BizTalk Server 2016 is Microsoft’s latest release of the new hybrid integration software. Users can automate mission critical business processes, leverage support for latest first party platforms and gain newer capabilities within the BizTalk Administration console. With this release, users also have the flexibility to adopt a hybrid approach by choosing to connect to SaaS applications through Azure Logic Apps, or running BizTalk Server on Azure leveraging full support in production environments.

Follow the links to sign up for Visual Studio Dev Essentials and download BizTalk Server 2016 Developer edition for free today.

Source: BizTalk Team Blog