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Connecting R to HDinsight through HIVE
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6 months ago
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Wagdy Ishac
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With the powerful big data platform that Microsoft provides through Azure HDinsight, and with the wide range of data scientists and statisticians utilizes R, this Post is who to bring the best of both and connect R to HDinsight through Hive connector...
Meet Ahmed Sabbour! Microsoft Azure Guru
Posted
7 months ago
by
FaridaSHERIF
1-Sabbou r, can you introduce yourself to our readers? I’m the Azure guy and occasionally I’m also the Apps guy. I guess that embodies Microsoft becoming a Devices + Services company! Officially, I’m a Technical Evangelist for Azure...
Meet Youssef El-Itreby! Office 365 Guru
Posted
8 months ago
by
FaridaSHERIF
1- Youssef, can you please introduce yourself to our readers ? It is almost my third year as a Microsoft Technology Solutions Professional covering the W est, E ast and C entral A frica (WECA) region. I have started as a Unified Communications technical...
Meet Moez Tounsi! March's CRM Guru
Posted
9 months ago
by
FaridaSHERIF
5
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1-Moez, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? I am a Technical Solution Specialist with a Ninja Black Belt for Customer Management Solutions acting in Middle East and Africa. Before this I was a Senior Consultant in Europe on a wide area of...
January's Guru: Mahmoud Moussa, talking Devices
Posted
11 months ago
by
FaridaSHERIF
8
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1-Mahmoud Moussa, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? My Name is Mahmoud Moussa I’m a Technology Solution Professional in Microsoft MEA Devices Application Team, A person with a passion for science, and how it can benefit business...
Authenticate your SharePoint website users with Facebook !!
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over 1 year ago
by
Ahmed Mahmoud
3
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First of all, thanks to Danny Jessee for tons of information to succeed in this assignment. If you don’t know, SharePoint 2010/2013 can authenticate against identy providers such as Windows Live ID, Google, Yahoo!, and Facebook like a charm with...
Mohamed Khairy is our December Guru...Security talk
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
FaridaSHERIF
1-Mohamed, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Hello to all! I am Mohamed Khairy and I am one of the Data Center Technical Solutions Experts Team @ CoEX. I was studying Computer science in Modern Academy in Maadi because of my love to...
Meet Mostafa Yousry! November's Hyper-V Guru
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
FaridaSHERIF
1
Comment
1 -Mostafa, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? I have been working in the IT business for over 7 years now. I started as a Senior Technical Service Engineer. My responsibility was building Datacenters, such as Servers, Storage Systems...
Rencontrez l'héro d’octobre: Chervine Bhiwoo
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over 1 year ago
by
FaridaSHERIF
On a fait la connaissance de Chervine lors d'un atelier, quand il s'est mis en avant comme chef d'équipe de 3 développeurs. Il les a soutenu et coacher afin qu’ils puissent acquérir les connaissances et les techniques nécessaires...
Get to Know Ahmed Afifi, our October (and first) CoEx IT guru
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over 1 year ago
by
FaridaSHERIF
1
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1-Ahmed, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? I graduated from The American University in Cairo in 2007; Majoring computer science and minoring Business Administration. I have been working on the technical sales and consultation side of...
Step by Step: Active Directory Import for SharePoint 2013
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over 1 year ago
by
Ahmed M Khairy
8
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Active Directory Import (AKA Active Directory Direct Import – ADDI) is one of the new features in SharePoint 2013 allowing you to import users from active directory into your SharePoint User Profile Service Application. Background In SharePoint...
Upgrading your SQL Server 2012 to use Power View for Multidimensional
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over 1 year ago
by
Mahmoud El-Wessimy
Hi, If anyone is interested to upgrade his VM to be SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU4 to be able to use the PowerView for OLAP. I encountered several issues so below is the safe path J 1- First check your SQL Server 2012 version: (Very Important as I didn’t...
Managing VMware from System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
Aly Ghoneim
Virtual Machine Manager enables you to deploy and manage virtual machines across multiple hypervisor, including VMware ESX and ESXi hosts. The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how to add a VMware host from System Center Virtual Machine Manager....
VMware Advantages whitepaper EXPOSED ( Part 1 )
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over 1 year ago
by
Mohamed Garrana
VMware has just released a white paper titled “why choose VMware for server virtualization” with detailed comparison between VMware Vsphere 5.1, windows server 2012 hyper-v and Citrix Xen server 6. The white paper is available here http://www.vmware.com...
CentOS mouse support in Hyper-V
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over 1 year ago
by
Aly Ghoneim
I've seen some mouse support issues on CentOS in Hyper-V. why reinvent the wheel if someone was kind enough to share the knowledge? Have a look... Part 1: http://www.yusufozturk.info/linux-server/centos-5-6-desktop-installation-on-hyper-v-and-mouse...
Hyper-V Replica Runbooks Example
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over 1 year ago
by
Aly Ghoneim
1
Comment
I've just came across this amazing set of Hyper-V Replica Runbooks. Give it a try and let me know how it went. http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Orchestrated-HVR-Planned-5ebecfc1 Enjoy!
SCCM 2012 SP1 Cloud-Based Distribution Point
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over 1 year ago
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Ahmed M. Raafat
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One of the new features in SCCM 2012 sp1 is cloud based distribution point which is hosted on Microsoft public cloud Windows Azure. When you use a cloud-based distribution, you can :- Configure client settings to enable users and devices to access...
Migrate Windows XP to Windows 7 using SCCM 2012
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over 1 year ago
by
Aly Ghoneim
14
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The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to migrate a Windows XP machine to Windows 7 using System Center Configuration Manager 2012. A few assumptions are made. You have a fully functional Configuration Manager site installed with USMT 4.0 packages...
Manage SUSE Linux Using System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
Ahmed M. Raafat
3
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Manage SUSE Linux with system center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 One of the biggest enhancement in system center configuration manager is the supportability of managing non-windows machines like Mac OS, Linux and UNIX. Now you can manage using...
Guides étape par étape de la série « Déploiement de Test UC15 » des Communications Unifiées
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over 1 year ago
by
Youssef El Itreby
1
Comment
Introduction et aperçu du Déploiement de Test UC15 Ces guides étape par étape vont vous permettre d'acquérir une expérience pratique avec les nouveaux solutions et technologies des communications unifiées...
Linux Integration Services 3.4 for Hyper-V
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
Aly Ghoneim
When installed in a supported Linux virtual machine running on Hyper-V, the Linux Integration Services Components provide: •Driver support: Linux Integration Services supports the network controller and the IDE and SCSI storage controllers that were...
Please welcome PConnect … Tomorrow's Skills, Today!
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
Hosam Kamel
5
Comments
As part of the continuous interest of Microsoft to leverage business with its partner ecosystem and its commitment to enable its valued partners with all possible means, Microsoft Center of Expertise (CoEx) has launched its new initiative, PConnect ....
We are hiring again “Developer Evangelist”!
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
Hosam Kamel
1
Comment
Microsoft MEA CoEx is now hiring “ Developer Evangelist ” position the mission of the role is engaging the broad community of developers and driving excitement around Microsoft developer tools and Microsoft platform technologies. Job...
Windows Azure Training Kit - August 2012
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over 2 years ago
by
Hosam Kamel
1
Comment
Windows Azure Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content to help you learn how to use Windows Azure. August 2012 Update The August 2012 update of the Windows Azure Training Kit includes 41 hands-on labs and 35 presentations...
Microsoft MEA Center of expertise is now HIRING!
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
Hosam Kamel
We are now hiring Technology Solution Professional (TSP), If you are a passionate technologist with a Business Intelligence /SharePoint or ERP technology background and you have presales experience please email your resume at b-monael...
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