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  1. Statsig and Azure AI Integration: Revolutionizing AI Analytics

    In a world where AI applications are evolving at lightning speed, one recent announcement from Statsig, unveiled during the Microsoft Ignite conference, has sparked considerable interest among tech-savvy users and industry professionals alike. On November 20, 2024, Statsig unveiled a robust...
  2. NASA and Microsoft Launch Earth Copilot: A New AI Tool for Earth Sciences

    In a groundbreaking development unveiled on November 18, 2024, NASA, in partnership with Microsoft, has launched an innovative AI tool known as Earth Copilot. This revolutionary application aims to democratize access to Earth-related scientific data, making it more accessible for researchers...
  3. Unlock Productivity with Excel’s Copilot: Your AI Assistant

    In today’s competitive digital landscape, Microsoft has granted itself a generous edge with the integration of Copilot into Excel. This innovative feature serves as a virtual assistant designed to simplify tasks, optimize workflows, and bolster productivity for users ranging from novices to...
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  5. VIDEO Using Azure and Windows 11, IRZ consulting company helps farmers save water and power

    Water is one of the most precious resources on Earth. And as someone whose family has been farming for generations, Fred Ziari has made it his life’s work to help growers be more efficient with this vital element for their crops, as well as the energy it takes to distribute it. Ziari is the CEO...
  6. VIDEO Almost All Random Numbers Are Actually Fake

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  7. Windows 10 How to monitor disk cache page accesses?

    Anyone know of any tools or Windows API that can monitor disk cache page accesses? For example, if a cache page is loaded from/to memory, I would like to count the size and times. This is to determine possible SSD degradation with too many accesses from page caches. Thanks
  8. Microsoft’s Cyber Defense Operations Center shares best practices

    Today, a single breach, physical or virtual, can cause millions of dollars of damage to an organization and potentially billions in financial losses to the global economy. Each week seems to bring a new disclosure of a cybersecurity breach somewhere in the world. As we look at the current state...
  9. A Tale of Two Kernels

    Insiders are the millions who represent the billions – Dona Sarkar This is absolutely true. Each and every Windows Insider out there is an individual who represents not only themselves, but also – to varying degrees – countless others who don’t participate in this amazing program. One area...
  10. Golf pro breaks down barriers to becoming a golfer with Microsoft Technologies

    When I was a kid, I developed a huge interest in golf. I was a good athlete who could play all traditional sports well but golf was different. I quickly developed a passion for the game and had a strong work ethic, but like many people, I found golf to be an elusive riddle. Despite non-stop...
  11. Climate Metric

    Imagine you have a big list of cities and wanted to concisely get an idea of what the weather is like over there. If conciseness and speed wasn't a problem, you could look at a graph like this (below) for each city, but that's not fast. So what metrics would you need to accurately capture the...
  12. Device to Device Communication with Azure IoT Hub

    We’ve already seen how to get your devices to send data to the cloud. In most cases, the data is then processed by various Azure services. However, in some cases the cloud is nothing more than a means of communication between two devices. Imagine a Raspberry Pi connected to a garage door...
  13. NASCAR Transforms Race Management with Windows 10 and the Microsoft Cloud

    I had the chance this weekend to personally walk through the garage before the race and see the use of Microsoft technologies helping speed up and improve the pre-race inspection of the cars. In addition, the use of new race management techniques built on Azure and Windows was truly inspiring...
  14. PGA TOUR and Microsoft Build Custom Universal Windows 10 Apps to Engage Golf Fans

    The PGA TOUR ® showcases one of the most elegant sports in the world with a rich history and storied tradition. What most people don’t realize is what happens behind the scenes to pull off the great TOUR golf events that so many of us enjoy watching throughout the year. The TOUR has 600 players...
  15. AdventureWorks Sample Databases and Scripts for SQL Server 2016 CTP3

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  16. Getting started with Excel 2016

    With new chart types and improvements to PivotTables and business intelligence (BI), Microsoft Excel 2016 makes it easier to work with large amounts of data and give it even more meaning. Unlock insights, and tell the story in your data by organizing it in spreadsheets (workbooks). View your...
  17. Creating Custom Visualizations for Power BI with Sachin Patney and Nico Cristache

    In this video Sachin Patney and Nico Cristache describe the process of creating custom visualizations for Power BI. It is remarkable how easy it is to create any kind of visualization given the framework that's been set up. The best part of their explanation is where they detail the fact that...
  18. Last Week on Channel 9: July 6th - July 12th, 2015

    17 of the many great posts, episodes and shows from last week. Can you feel the excitement building yet? Just a couple more weeks! Link Removed A technical evangelist explains how he uses OneNote for collaboration with his teammates. OneNote provides a central location where the entire team...
  19. Data Analysis with Tableau and Spark on Azure HDInsight | Data Exposed

    In this weeks episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes back Asad Khan, Principle PM on the HDInsight team. Today Asad shows us how easy it is to use 3rd party BI tools like Tableau to do data analysis for better insights into your data. This episode focuses on Tableau and we begin the episode by...
  20. VIDEO IoT - From Device to Azure

    IoT is all the rage, but how do you connect those "things" TO the internet, to the cloud, to Azure? Luckily Visual C++ MVP Alon Fliess is here to help with a great blog post. Link Removed Introduction to the Internet of Things – From the Device to Microsoft Azure Cloud Technology advances in...