Tech talk

Victor Arzate a Program Manager at Microsoft, will walk you thru the process of deploying VM extensions on Windows and Linux virtual machines in Microsoft Azure Stack TP1, utilizing the Quick Start JSON templates available on GitHub.

Take your Excel skills to the next level! We show you how to collaborate in Excel and increase your productivity in the cloud. Learn how to create an Excel workbook, save it to OneDrive, use formulas and functions, and visualize your data in charts and graphs. See how to insert PivotTables and learn how to access Excel from your Windows, iOS, or Android device. These questions — and more — are discussed during this session: [ 02:03 ] Create an Excel workbook [ 03:43 ] Work with your data [ 15:21 ] Use Excel functions [ 28:36 ] Build charts and tables [ 40:06 ] Store securely to OneDrive [ 42:04 ] Share and collaborate

Microsoft R Server 9.1.0, Microsoft's R distribution with added big-data, in-database, and integration capabilities, is released in April 2017 and is available for download. The release has several exciting features, including new machine-learning capabilities to support text and image processing and improved operationalization. The update includes new functionality to MicrosoftML. This package provides state-of-the-art, fast and scalable machine learning algorithms for common data science tasks including featurization, classification and regression. Some of the new functions include: Added support for most MRS platforms including Spark, , and Linux Out of the box image featurization with several deep neural pre-trained models Easy to use sentiment analysis functionality Support for Ensembling and parallel learning Improved operationalization on web and SQL

Why is Bootstrap one of the most widespread and influential JavaScript frameworks? For starters, it’s an intuitive and versatile open source framework for organizing content on a page and building UIs. Join developer Adrian Leven as he steps through five top Bootstrap questions and concepts to explain some of the tips, tricks, and pitfalls that every front-end developer should know before they start using it. Begin with an overview of what Bootstrap is, and then dive into how to center an element both vertically and horizontally. From there, look at how to maintain consistent height between your columns, discover the significance of the sr-only tag, and explore the various sizings that are specified within the framework’s grid system. Get started with Bootstrap today! 1 | Question 1: What is Bootstrap? Learn what Bootstrap is, and get the details on this web framework. 2 | Question 2: How can I center an element vertically and horizontally? Learn how to center an element vertica...