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  Microsoft Starting To Roll Out New Excel Connected Data Types

  Microsoft on Thursday announced some Excel and Power BI enhancements that add "connected data types" on top of the standard strings and numbers options.
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  Windows 10 Users Getting New Process for Finding Optional Driver Updates

  Accessing Windows 10 drivers classified as "optional updates" will be more of a manual seek-and-install type of experience, starting on Nov. 5, 2020, Microsoft explained in a Wednesday announcement.
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  Microsoft Changes Privacy Platform Name to SmartNoise

  Microsoft Research has changed the name of its "differential privacy" platform from "WhiteNoise" to "SmartNoise," according to a Wednesday announcement.
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  Why Restarting a Failed SCVMM Job Might Be a Bad Idea

  Occasionally, restarting a failed System Center Virtual Machine Manager job can leave your virtualization infrastructure in an unknown state. Here's how to avoid that.