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Agile Content and Samples Development related to SQL Server, Azure and .NET
How to nest XML output in a SQL SELECT statement
A customer asked, "How to format [or structure] XML Output to include a sub-group inside the XML"....
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 10/23/2013
Data Explorer and Office 365 - Create a report from an Azure SQL Database source
This post shows how to create an Excel task report from a “Data Explorer” query...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 03/12/2013
10 reasons to use Data Explorer from the Community
Before starting this post, I want to thank all of our customers for commenting about how much they...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 03/12/2013
Data Explorer: An introduction to table relationships and the Expand operation
This post is an introduction to table relationship concepts as related to the Data Explorer Expand...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2013
Migrate a WCF Data Service to Windows Azure
I just published a step by step guide to publish and consume a Windows Azure WCF Data Service...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 01/25/2013
AdventureWorks OData sample with Named Resource Streams
As a continuation of my previous blog post, the AdventureWorks QueryFeed OData sample now shows how...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 10/03/2012
OData QueryFeed workflow activity (Refresh)
I just updated the OData QueryFeed workflow activity sample. My original entity properties...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 09/13/2012
Introducing the OData QueryFeed workflow activity
As a continuation of my previous blog post, I created an OData QueryFeed workflow activity sample....
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 09/12/2012
Announcing the AdventureWorks OData Feed sample
Overview As a continuation of my previous blog post, we created a live AdventureWorks OData feed at...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 09/05/2012
AdventureWorks2012 OData service sample - Introduction
This post introduces the AdventureWorks2012 OData service sample. This is our second sample that...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 08/19/2012
Outlook Contact Data Sync Iteration 4
Back in April, Susan Joly and I discussed applying agile principles to samples development and...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 07/20/2012
Outlook Contact Data Sync with Microsoft Synchronization Framework - Iteration 3
Iteration 3 shows how to sync a SQL Express LocalDB database containing Outlook contacts to a SQL...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 06/11/2012
Outlook Contact Data Sync - Iteration 2
The source code for the OutlookSyncSQL Iteration 2 sample is at...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2012
Introducing Agile Samples Development - Iteration 1
Welcome to the SQL Server and SQL Azure samples blog. I’m a Technical Writer on the SQL Server...
Author: Derrick VanArnam [MSFT] Date: 05/03/2012