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Having recently been having rebuilding my machine I finally decided to automate the process of installing the software I need. This was a life saver as I was reinstalling a few times to try and figure out why I wasn’t getting sound on my external monitor. So I was gradually uninstalling everything until I found out that it was Hyper-v that was causing the problem. The outcome meant I was installing PowerBI lots and had to automate it. The answer was a few simple bits of powershell, that checks, I...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Upgrade . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Upgrade and Migration to SQL Server 2016 Lonny Bastien ( LinkedIn | Twitter ) Watch a brief overview of the new SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor and SQL Server Migration Assistant...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Upgrade . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Upgrade and Migration to SQL Server 2016 Lonny Bastien ( LinkedIn | Twitter ) Watch a brief overview of the new SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor and SQL Server Migration Assistant...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Upgrade . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Upgrade and Migration to SQL Server 2016 Lonny Bastien ( LinkedIn | Twitter ) Watch a brief overview of the new SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor and SQL Server Migration Assistant...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering The SQL Engine, TSQL and High Availability . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server Jos de Bruijn ( LinkedIn | Twitter ) Learn how In-Memory OLTP delivers performance improvements up to 30X for transactional...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering The SQL Engine, TSQL and High Availability . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server Jos de Bruijn ( LinkedIn | Twitter ) Learn how In-Memory OLTP delivers performance improvements up to 30X for transactional...(read more)

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons/archive/2016/03/14/sql-2016-technical-deep-dive-video-sql-engine-and-tsql.aspx

This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering The SQL Engine, TSQL and High Availability . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server Jos de Bruijn ( LinkedIn | Twitter ) Learn how In-Memory OLTP delivers performance improvements up to 30X for transactional...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering BI, Reporting and Integration . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Hybrid BI- Accessing on-premises data with Power BI Dimah Zaidalkilani ( LinkedIn ) In this Data Driven session, we walk through the various ways to keep...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering BI, Reporting and Integration . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Hybrid BI- Accessing on-premises data with Power BI Dimah Zaidalkilani ( LinkedIn ) In this Data Driven session, we walk through the various ways to keep...(read more)

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons/archive/2016/03/14/sql-2016-technical-deep-dive-video-bi-and-integration-and-reporting.aspx

This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering BI, Reporting and Integration . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Hybrid BI- Accessing on-premises data with Power BI Dimah Zaidalkilani ( LinkedIn ) In this Data Driven session, we walk through the various ways to keep...(read more)

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Big Data and Analytics This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Big Data, Analytics and Modelling . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. R Services in SQL Server 2016 Dotan Elharrar ( LinkedIn ) & Umachandar Jayachandran ( linkedIn ) See how SQL Server R Services...(read more)

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Big Data and Analytics This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Big Data, Analytics and Modelling . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. R Services in SQL Server 2016 Dotan Elharrar ( LinkedIn ) & Umachandar Jayachandran ( linkedIn ) See how SQL Server R Services...(read more)

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Big Data and Analytics This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Big Data, Analytics and Modelling . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. R Services in SQL Server 2016 Dotan Elharrar ( LinkedIn ) & Umachandar Jayachandran ( linkedIn ) See how SQL Server R Services...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform in Azure. For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Azure VM is the best platform for SQL Server 2016 Discusses why Azure Virtual Machine is the best cloud platform to run SQL Server 2016...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform in Azure. For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Azure VM is the best platform for SQL Server 2016 Discusses why Azure Virtual Machine is the best cloud platform to run SQL Server 2016...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform in Azure. For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. Azure VM is the best platform for SQL Server 2016 Discusses why Azure Virtual Machine is the best cloud platform to run SQL Server 2016...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Customer stories and end to end Implementations . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. How Microsoft uses SAP on SQL 2016 Juergen Thomas  ( LinkedIn ) In this Data Driven session, you'll see how Microsoft IT, Microsoft...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Customer stories and end to end Implementations . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. How Microsoft uses SAP on SQL 2016 Juergen Thomas  ( LinkedIn ) In this Data Driven session, you'll see how Microsoft IT, Microsoft...(read more)

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This is the set of videos from the SQL Server Engineering Team on SQL Server 2016. This post is covering Customer stories and end to end Implementations . For the other groups of videos have a look at. Customer Stories And End To End Implementations Azure Big Data and Analytics BI, integration and reporting SQL Engine and TSQL Upgrade Tooling Videos on You tube. How Microsoft uses SAP on SQL 2016 Juergen Thomas  ( LinkedIn ) In this Data Driven session, you'll see how Microsoft IT, Microsoft...(read more)

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