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sqlzen has written 59 posts for SQL Server & .NET Technologies

SQL Server Performance Survival Guide

Here is the link for the Microsoft TechNet wiki with a collection of articles, blogs, MVP, books…. to enable you to find the information you need to learn how to improve and troubleshoot performance. Troubleshooting performance problems on a database system can be an overwhelming task. The reasons for poor performance can range from a … Continue reading

SQL Server 2012 RTM released

Microsoft announced yesterday that SQL Server 2012 has released to manufacturing. Customers and partners can download an evaluation of the product today and can expect general availability to begin on April 1. Microsoft also announced an additional preview of an Apache Hadoop-based service on Windows Azure that will be available in the first half of … Continue reading

SQL Azure Compatibility Assessment

Check if your SQL Server database schema is compatible with SQL Azure Microsoft Codename “SQL Azure Compatibility Assessment” is an experimental cloud service. It’s aimed at database administrators who are considering migrating their existing SQL Server databases to SQL Azure. This service is super easy to use! You do not need an Azure account, just … Continue reading

Red Gate SQL Azure Backup – free tool

As I’m now developing on the Azure platform, I was looking for an external tool to do some backup from SQL Azure. Red Gate offer again a very nice tool, for free, called SQL Azure backup. NEW – Restore Restoring a database to Azure is now as simple as taking a backup Hosted backup Use … Continue reading

SQL Server days 2011 in Paris, showcases now online

Quite all sessions from this great event are now online. I thank you the GUSS, Microsoft and all sponsors for this very professional event.. Detailed sessions from my point of interest Day 1 Keynote (introduction) : showcase La BI avec SQL Server 2012 : showcase Décider entre Tabular ou Multidimensional pour un projet Analysis Services … Continue reading

Silverlight 5 is out !

Improved media support Low Latency Audio Playback: Use the SoundEffect API to trigger low-latency sound Variable Speed Playback: allows video to be played at different speeds and supports fast-forward and rewind. At up to twice the speed, audio pitch correction allows users to watch videos while preserving a normal audio pitch. H/W Decode of H.264 … Continue reading

Windows Azure

The new price calculator is now available in 2 versions : Compact calculator Full calculator  

Publish a Silverlight application to Windows Azure

A short post related to my experience about publishing a Silverlight application to Windows Azure. First I l have to download the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio here. Once I have the SDK installed I can add a new Azure project to my solution : I press then Ok … Continue reading