Tag: Microsoft

Agile@School – 7th episode

In the 6th episode’s post we’ve spoken about the concept of “sprint failure” and “start again with a new spirit”. Now I can say that we have reached our goals and the application is up and running, ready to be shown during the exam sessions.

We are proud to introduce online Students’ Yearbook!

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SQL Server Latest Updates (May. 2016)

Directly from the SQL Server Release Service blog, here the latest updates for SQL Server 2014 SP1 and SQL Server 2012 SP2 e SP3:

Refreshed Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2014 SP1 (previously deprecated CU here)

Cumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2012 SP3

Cumulative Update #12 for SQL Server 2012 SP2

SQL Server 2005 is end of life. The SQL Server 2005 upgrade options are here.

Stay Tuned! 🙂

SQL Server Latest Updates (Mar. 2016)

Directly from the SQL Server Release Service blog, here the latest updates for SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SP3:

Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2012 SP3

Cumulative Update #11 for SQL Server 2012 SP2

You can download the latest preview of SQL Server Management Studio here.

Additionally, downloads of new useful tools are available:

Stay Tuned! 🙂

Agile@School – episode 3

Agile@School project is growing and finally we’re reaching the most important part of the iteration.

In this third episode we played the planning poker game on a round table (which appears like a poker session at a first sight actually 🙂 ) and the students decided to skip the coffee break! You know how is really difficult for them to be focused.

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SQL Server Latest Updates (Jan. 2016)

Directly from the SQL Server Release Service blog, here the latest updates for SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SP3:

Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2012 SP3

Cumulative Update #10 for SQL Server 2012 SP2

Additionally, Microsoft announced the release of TLS (Transport Layer Security) 1.2 support for SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2014. Read more here.

Stay Tuned! 🙂

Agile@School – A new way for managing school projects

Last Saturday, I’ve shown the Agile@School project at ITSOS Fornovo Taro, the school in which I’ve studied for five years, just before starting to work as a junior developer.

ITSOS has been (and this is true right now) at the forefront of computer technology and now, thanks to the new “technology course”, the project becomes really interesting. During the year, indeed, the teachers have spoken about development methodologies, both for Agile and Waterfall approaches. This sounds great, especially in Italy.

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