Problem This is my fourth tip that is part of a tutorial to help people that are moving for the first time to SQL Azure. If you did not read my previous articles and want to learn how to create a database in SQL Azure and perform basic configurations, you can read them now and then return to this tip to continue your learning. SQL Azure Create Database Tutorial Overview of Basic Configuration Options for SQL Azure How to use Azure SQL...

Hello All, As you may or may not know the cloud has had PowerBi for a while now and it has been a great success at data visualization creating powerful dashboards and helping people make informed decisions every day. And now we have PowerBi moving on-prem with the PowerBi Report Server your users will be…https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/christwe/2018/01/10/powerbi-tidbit-using-powerbi-on-prem/

The cloud hasn’t been a particularly popular destination for analytics applications, whether you’re talking about basic business intelligence or advanced analytics. It isn’t suddenly becoming a data-analysis hot spot, but there are signs that organizations are increasingly viewing cloud-based BI and analytics architectures as viable alternatives to on-premises systems. Two recent surveys both point to an upswing in the use of...

Microsoft has a unveiled a set of services it hopes will alleviate security concerns with its public cloud service. Known as Azure Confidential Computing, the service is currently in an early access test and aims to provide security for cloud data while it is in use by cloud applications. The idea, says Microsoft, is to keep the data away from threats while it is crunched on the server and sent to the application. “While many breaches are...

Over the last nine months, dozens of U.S. power companies were compromised by an organized hacking group to the extent that some of them could have sabotaged and shut down production and distribution, according to Symantec, a cybersecurity company that discovered the attack. In some cases, this involved access to details about how the company operated, engineering plans and equipment, in some cases even down to the level of controlling valves,...