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A new series to take you through the basics of how to get started using Azure as your own personal lab.

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The pressure to move to virtual systems is increasing, but is there a fallback if you have issues?

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Even the most experienced programmers can be caught out unawares by software they've used for years without trouble. Dino Esposito explains why and how the JSON method in an ASP.NET MVC controller class suddenly started to cause an exception on a production server, and how he fixed the problem.

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Join Justin Dearing and Elizabeth Ayer to hear about some of the key challenges of database version control, and why it's only a matter of time before it's as essential as good backups and high performance.

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The move to limit disclosure of vulnerabilities continues, with potential issues for many of us.

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As yet more personal details are spilled by preventable security lapses, what's

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Cloud computing is on the move. Slowly but surely, businesses are transitioning more and more key pieces of infrastructure to the cloud in order to take advantage of cost, flexibility and agility benefits. And databases, the heart and soul of all applications, are the most critical component of this transition. Gerardo Dada explores the topic.