Create and Publish a Website on the Internet Using Microsoft WebMatrix

These short videos demonstrate how you can create a website and publish it on the internet using Microsoft WebMatrix, and then synchronize it with the development box

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Windows Phone 7 app making

Use this simple app maker to make your first app in minutes

http://blog.appmakr.com/app-making-in-mere-minutes/

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Using Extended Events to troubleshoot SQL Server issues

As a DBA, you'll encounter elusive performance, connectivity and locking problems that you'll need to troubleshoot. There are many tools that you can use such as Profiler. In addition to these tools, SQL Server 2008 offers extended events ("XEvents"), which you can use as a powerful tracing system. By default, the "system_health" extended events session is always on, and can provide you help to locate the source of trouble much faster

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http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=2369

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PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010

Microsoft® PowerPivot for Microsoft® Excel 2010 provides ground-breaking technology, such as fast manipulation of large data sets (often millions of rows), streamlined integration of data, and the ability to effortlessly share your analysis through Microsoft® SharePoint 2010.

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http://www.powerpivot.com/learn.aspx

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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=46&SrcFamilyId=E081C894-E4AB-42DF-8C87-4B99C1F3C49B&SrcDisplayLang=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fA%2fB%2fC%2fABC4B8B3-653F-4439-8E66-5B418E72DD13%2f1033%2fPowerPivot_for_Excel_amd64.msi

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Building Better HTML5

E9 features updated and new developer tools, including a new network analysis tab, updated DOM and CSS inspectors, a script formatter, debugger, and profiler, tools that help developers preview their sites in IE's different browser and document modes, quickly clear the browser cache, validate HTML, and more

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2011/04/07/building-better-html5.aspx 

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SQL Azure Migration Wizard

There’s a project over on code plex to come up with a mechanism for validating databases and generating the necessary scripts to allow you to move those databases, and data, over to SQL Azure

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/scarydba/archive/2011/5/9/sql-azure-migration-wizard.aspx

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Using SQL Server Resource Governor to Control Resource Utilization

This article introduces SQL Server Resource Governor and provides a detailed walkthrough of using Resource Governor to manage the resource utilization of SQL Server

 http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/per/resource_governor_system_resources_p1.aspx

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