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Something’s Brewing with Azure Data Factory

February 19, 2015 Feb 19, 2015 02/19/15

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In his 3-part series “Something’s Brewing with Azure Data Factory,” Premier Developer Consultant Chris Price walks us through building his beer recommendation demo using Azure Data Factory. If you’re not familiar with Azure Data Factory, you can start with Chris’s great overview post Hello…Azure Data ...

Using Azure AD to authorize Service Bus requests

February 18, 2015 Feb 18, 2015 02/18/15

Pam Lahoud

Most Service Bus examples use symmetric keys directly in applications needing access to the Service Bus, usually as part of the connection string. That approach does not work so well with widely distributed applications, e.g. desktop or mobile apps.  In the latest post from his blog, Marius Rochon gives an example of how to use Azure ...

Premier Support for Partners: A Winning Strategy

February 17, 2015 Feb 17, 2015 02/17/15

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David Weiler, Application Development Manager, explains how the Premier Support for Partners relationship provides value above and beyond traditional technical support. Most already know about Premier’s fantastic support for Enterprise customers and Software Development Teams. If you are running a business that relies on Microsoft...

Microsoft HoloLens and the Internet of Things. Two sides of the same coin?

February 9, 2015 Feb 9, 2015 02/9/15

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Mark Taylor, Premier Services Senior Consultant and David S. Lipien, Director in Microsoft’s Premier Services present a 3 part installment on the internet of things (IoT). Augmented reality brings the software world into the real world enabling mind bending experiences.  The Internet of Things brings the everyday world into the world...

Controlling WebBrowser Control Compatibility

February 4, 2015 Feb 4, 2015 02/4/15

Pam Lahoud

If you have an embedded browser in your Windows application, you may be encountering a rendering or some other kind of compatibility issue with the content you are trying to display. In his most recent blog post, Premier Developer Consultant Pat Altimore discusses some options to try to fix common problems with the WebBrowser control in .NET. ...

Premier ITSM Testing Services: Features and Benefits (Part 1)

January 22, 2015 Jan 22, 2015 01/22/15

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Sanjeev Gogna and Charles Ofori, Senior Application Development Managers, discuss the features and benefits of ITSM Testing Services provided through Premier Support for Developers.   This is the first of a three part series to discuss the importance of testing and spotlight the resources available through Premier Support ...

Windows 10: The Next Chapter…with Holograms!

January 21, 2015 Jan 21, 2015 01/21/15

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The live Windows 10 Briefing today was full of new information about innovative and groundbreaking technology aligned with the Windows 10 release.  Many of these announcements covered the seamless user experience across devices to make computing “more human”.  Spotlights included Windows 10 speech support and personal ...

Should an application handle user credentials?

January 20, 2015 Jan 20, 2015 01/20/15

Pam Lahoud

With development of standard authentication protocols like WS-federation, SAML and OAuth, there should be very few situations where a web application has to implement its own storage and logic for handling user credentials. This blog from Premier Developer consultant Marius Rochon enumerates the benefits of using out-of-the-box authentication ...

Using Bookmarks in SQL Server Management Studio

January 13, 2015 Jan 13, 2015 01/13/15

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Today’s quick tip comes to us from Jorge Segarra, better known to the SQL community as SQLChicken!  Jorge joined the Premier Developer consulting team last year and has since started up a new MSDN blog.  His first post brings attention to a little known feature in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) which can help organize your...

Build development capabilities in the Microsoft Cloud faster with Premier Support for Developers

January 8, 2015 Jan 8, 2015 01/8/15

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Hilton L’Orange, Senior Application Development Manager, shares how Premier Support for Developers can help customers rapidly leverage development capabilities and services in Azure. Today, many development teams recognize how valuable services offered in the Microsoft Cloud can be.  These services can make their lives easier ...