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Real time data in Power BI dashboards
Today Microsoft announced the preview availability of real-time Power BI. With this you are able to connect to your live on-premises databases with a few lines of C# – you don’t even need Azure Stream Analytics! Get the details on the Microsoft Power BI Blog…
.NET Framework 4.6.2 released
.NET Framework 4.6.2 is now available. Microsoft has made changes based on customer feedback, with improvements made to the following areas: Base Class Library Common Language Runtime ClickOnce ASP.NET SQL Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Communication Foundation. For details on how to download .NET Framework 4.6.2…
Fortune 500 companies using SharePoint
In this blog on TopSharePoint.com, Luis Kerr focusses on some of the Fortune 500 companies utilising SharePoint Server technology for their public-facing websites. His review highlights the adoption of SharePoint in the corporate world, as well as the customisation level these companies have accomplished. It…
SharePoint to the cloud: Learn how Microsoft ran its own migration
Microsoft employees use SharePoint every day, so the company had to be careful when it came time to move its own 185,000 sites and portals to the cloud. See what Microsoft IT learned when it migrated the company to SharePoint Online on Office 365 in…
ODBC Driver 13.1 for SQL Server released
Microsoft has announced the full release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for SQL Server. The updated driver provides robust data access to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database for C/C++ based applications. For further details, visit the Microsoft SQL Server Blog. Source:…
IDC report: Over 80% of enterprise IT organisations will commit to hybrid cloud architectures in 2017
International Data Corporation (IDC) recently released a report entitled “Worldwide Cloud Systems Management Software Market Shares, 2015: Year of Continued Expansion.” One of the key findings was the expectation that by the end of 2017, “…over 80% of enterprise IT organizations will commit to hybrid…
Not all Clouds are the same…
A problem with the cloud concept from an enterprise standpoint is that it can sometimes give rise to some sloppy thinking — a cloud is a cloud is a cloud, some people think. Nothing could be further from the truth. In the latest Ballard Chalmers blog…