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Here are the headlines from February 19, 2014:
Top News:
President Bill Clinton to keynote SharePoint Conference 2014
Free MVA course: Improving Windows performance and using the Windows Performance Toolkit
New blog series: Disaster recovery and business continuity best practices for IT professionals
Power BI and Windows Azure HDInsight: Making big data work for everyone
Top Downloads
Windows Server 2012 R2
System Center 2012 R2
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
Windows Intune 30-day trial
SQL Server 2014 CTP2
SQL Server 2014 Express CTP2
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Windows Azure Pack
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Featured Content
Power BI for Office 365 empowers data analysis, visualization, and collaboration
New posters now available: Windows Server 2012 R2 private cloud virtualization and storage
Video: An overview of Power BI for Office 365
Join the brain trust at TechEd 2014
Edge Show: What’s new in Windows Intune and System Center Configuration Manager
Free training from MVA: What’s new in VDI for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
Simplifying business intelligence through Power BI for Office 365
Download the Power BI Datasheet
Edge Show: A guide to vRSS and networking
TechNet Radio: Discover how PoliticalTracker uses Windows Azure
Forrester Wave: Enterprise Data Warehouse, Q4 2013
Cloud Design Patterns Guide
Advance your database career with a limited time offer and free certification exam prep
Training and Books
Free MVA course: Windows Performance
Recommended Windows 8.1 MVA training:
Windows 8.1 to Go
Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 8.1
What’s New in Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals
What’s New in Windows 8.1 Security
Events
The Microsoft Power BI journey: From insight to impact
Windows Azure virtual machines: Hands-on with SQL Server AlwaysOn
Gigaom Structure Data 2014: Where strategy meets data
Here are the headlines from February 3, 2014:
New enhancements in Windows Intune address consumerization and security
Virtualizing your datacenter: Register for free live MVA training on February 19
TechEd Europe returns to Barcelona in October 2014
Free Windows Server 2012 R2 virtualization course from Microsoft Virtual Academy
What drives Microsoft’s data platform vision
Free ebooks from Microsoft Press on MVA
A coordinated approach to eradicating malware
TechEd North America 2014: Professional development starts here
Edge Show: Server management with Configuration Manager in System Center 2012 R2
Get an overview of the ITIL framework, service design, and strategy
An introduction to designing reliable cloud services
Windows Azure IaaS Quick Start Kit: Facts and prerequisites
Windows Azure IaaS Quick Start Kit: PowerShell script
Live event: Building a data architecture with Apache Hadoop and Microsoft technologies
New report: The cybersecurity risk paradox
Free MVA course: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 and Windows Intune
Pass your certification exam by April 27, 2014 and enter to win a Surface Pro 2
Free from MVA: Boost your T-SQL with the APPLY operator
Faster insights to data with SQL Server 2014: Live MVA Jump Start on February 11
TechEd Europe is returning to Barcelona in October 2014