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Surface Book Review

I have just bought myself a new laptop, but it is not just any laptop it is a Microsoft Surface Book.

I think this is probably the first time I have bought myself a top of the range laptop and after a few days of use I am loving it.

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The Christmas count down with code

In December we count down the days to Christmas. People often have advent calendars filled with chocolates or even Lego.

But what about if you are a programmer, how can you count down the days till Christmas? What about if you had a daily…

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Looking back at 2014

As today is New Years eve I thought it would be a good chance to look back over the last year.

Simon Foster in Diaries of IT

Windows 9 or do I mean 10

Like many systems administrators I watched as the news came out yesterday about the latest version of windows. What would it be like? What would it be called? Would it be better or worse than previous versions?

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Backing up SQL databases to Azure

I recently read a blog post by Pinal Dave about how you can backup straight to Azure Storage. The procedure he described is only available for SQL Server 2014 or later.

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Copying settings to an Azure Website

The Software as a Service (SaaS) website that I work on has been sold to lots of clients now. Which is great news.