22Feb 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

The 2017 Microsoft Product Roadmap

Software Events
The 2017 Microsoft Product Roadmap The 2017 Microsoft Product Roadmap has been updated and released for the public to view what is going to be coming this year.  One large item is the MS SQL Server release for Linux.  This alone may open the doors for Microsoft to take over the Linux market from MYSQL who has been the center piece on Linux for years.   This year's product roadmap looks to be a bit less crowded, though major changes are on tap for Microsoft's productivity solutions, while Windows 10 is poised for another landmark update.  https://rcpmag.com/articles/2011/02/01/the-2011-microsoft-product-roadmap.aspx Microsoft is attacking the Linux arena at this point giving Windows developers the necessary tools to work with MS Code to build Python applications or access a SQL server. Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Another…
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14Feb 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Happy 15th Birthday .NET!

Software Events
Happy 15th Birthday .NET! Today marks the 15th anniversary since .NET debuted to the world. On February 13th, 2002, the first version of .NET was released as part of Visual Studio.NET.  Microsoft was building its “Next Generation Windows Services” and unleashed a new level of productivity with Visual Studio.NET. Since the beginning, the .NET platform has allowed developers to quickly build and deploy robust applications, starting with Windows desktop and web server applications in 2002. You got an entire managed framework for building distributed Windows applications, ASP.NET was introduced as the next generation Active Server Pages for web-based development, and a new language, C# came to be. With the release of Visual Studio 2017 coming on March 7th and Visual Studio’s 20th anniversary, .NET Core tools reach 1.0. Tune in March…
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27Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Saving SQL Column Headers Results

SQL Tips
Saving SQL Column Headers Results Sometimes you can run into problems that tend to take up time and could have been solved in a minute.  One of these strange problems is when you attempt to save a Microsoft SQL query result grid to a CSV file. Using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Now most of DBA or Developers tend to use the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to do the necessary general SQL work.  As you expected when you execute a query the results grid appears displaying the results.  I as countless others tend to copy the information and save it in an excel spreadsheet to do further analysis.  But there are times you may need to save the information into a CSV file for the purpose of…
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08Mar 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is coming to Linux

Software development Concepts, Software Events, Software Releases, SQL Tips
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is coming to Linux will provide the ability for users to have the features and additional security. Click the image for more information about SQL Server Microsoft will be releasing a version of their SQL Server 2016 for Linux which is a major step in the world domination plan.  With about 35 percent of the web servers in the world using Linux as their operating system this will open new revenue streams for Microsoft. As you can see from the grid below the percentages of SQL Servers within companies.  The area where MySQL rules is on the web server which puts both at about 35 percent each on market share.  If Microsoft begins the move towards Linux the development tools will be released shortly.  What this…
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22Jan 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

1337 Institute of Technology on-line courses Review

Computer PC Tips - bits and bytes, Software development Concepts, Software Events
Udemy on-line courses beat the competition. After taking a recent Excel certification course using 1337 Institute of Technology there was a lot left to be desired. It seems that the course instructor are descent but the overall experience on watching and learning from the course on-line leave so much to be desired.  The display is weak thus giving a terrible session when attempting to learn new software or gain knowledge on a subject.  The sound is mediocre and just the mobility between lessons is extremely slow.  There were numerous times you have to re-log into the session if you did not respond to it in minutes when in fact it should remain open for at least 30 minutes before forcing a logout. Even if you were to go full screen it was…
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