With all the negativity this week, which is for the most part the cancellation of Scalebound, but also ''insider'' talk that things are in dire straits at Xbox gaming division, i decided to make a thread about it on IGN boards. I got a interesting and informative reply by a Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise developer. He talks about game sales, how the gaming division has been under fire for a long time, yet remains one of the biggest drivers in adoption. He talks about Phil Spencer and their IP portfolio, Joule from Recore and Rare. I really enjoyed his comment.
To see which questions he answered to, click on the link and i'll just put his reply here.
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/could-the-gaming-division-be-in-trouble-read-some-worrisome-things.454909867/#post-512553781
*I will address these two statements. First you may not know but I actually work at Microsoft as a developer in Cloud and Enterprise. Things I say here are mostly my opinions based on the access I have to certain data but do not represent official positions for Microsoft on these topics for official messaging and information please contact Microsoft for a response. Now that that is out of the way, regarding Xbox and its importance to MSFT. We are constantly reminded how important gaming is to MSFT, it was under fire since its inception but so far has proven to be one of the biggest drivers in adoption. Most of the reason behind the new focus of incorporating PC comes from this new data also. There is a percentage of users that game on both Xbox and PC and making sure that the gaming experience carries over is why Xbox adopted or was re organized to include gaming on Windows. Xbox as a brand is gaming for MSFT. Including, PC, Halolens,mobile, VR, and Xbox. Xbox/P3 is responsible for ALL of it. Now when I hear "fans" constantly say certain games did not sell well, it makes me wonder where they get this information. It is not available in our financial report, it would have to be from someone in a position of power in MSFT studios , the Development studio, or a VP of Xbox. They dont strike me as people who would tell someone how much a game sold so that they can leak it on gaf. Next units sold is important but it is not as important as driving people to the store, and online play. The more people that play online, the more azure gets used, the more usage the more revenue from azure engage me of users tells a more complete story about the health of your organization.
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Backstory: I am not an SQL programmer by trade, nor do I claim to even be adept. However there is a business I do computer repair for (My main profession) who recently experienced a power outage. They run a Microsoft SQL 6.5 Server in conjunction with JaguarSQL (A hotel managing software for reservations). The server is hosted on Windows Server NT 2000. The clients are Windows 2000. The server has been in operation almost nonstop since the early 90's. About that power outage, none of the machines, nor server shut down. They all remained on battery backup and none of them shutdown. However that very day they were not able to save reservations. I can include photos if necessary. Basically, they fill out their reservation inside Jaguar, Name, Address, Rental Type, etc.. and click Save. Upon doing so they are greeted with a
"Error #40002 Command has Aborted" Form: Reservation Detail Function: Save.
Clicking "More" reveals "01S02: (Microsoft)(ODBC SQL Server Driver) Cursor Concurrency Changed.
At this point, I've tried a list of different options. As I said before I am no SQL Specialist, the program was written in the early 90's, the company is now defunct, there is little to no information regarding it, and I am completely lost as to what to even begin to try. What I have done. Trimmed and dumped all DB's, expanded their size slightly as two of the DB's MSDB and TempDB had filled up (not the primary DB). Combed through errors logs only to find none were reported on the server whats-so-ever. I've deleted the main DB known as WinData and re-added it. So now I am here, their systems are old, its at the point where the system needs a full overhaul with a different program and a modern SQL server, but they are persistent on maintaining the old system until their owner can approve a new system. Nothing should've changed considering none of the systems went down to power outage, and yet it seems as if something has changed. I know you all probably need ALOT more information and I will try to provide what I can.
Images of the process.
https://i.imgur.com/QaICt1U.png https://i.imgur.com/iuElslU.png https://i.imgur.com/z81ysPn.png
Has anyone completed the Business Intelligence or Enterprise Security certifications? I was initially planning on doing the security certification, but MIS 515 (Information Security in Public and Private Sectors) is one of the most boring classes I have ever taken. I have been doing information security as a hobby for awhile, but it has mainly been from a pentesting perspective. Most of the modules have been mainly law and policy regurgitation. I understand this is from a managerial standpoint, but the coursework does very little to entice the student.
I specialized in information management for my B.S. in IT and thoroughly enjoyed the data mining and analytics aspects of the program. After experiencing this insipid course, I am really considering pursuing the BI certification instead, but do not want to forego the security cert due to one vapid class.
Has anyone gotten either of these certs or just have general experience with the security or BI coursework? What was your experience like? Would you have taken more security/BI classes in retrospect?
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We're going to be moving our Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise installations from SAC to Current Channel. My understanding is this channel can be updated multiple times a month. Can anyone managing updates for this channel with SCCM care to share their ADR? Are there any scripts around to automate updating the base application that we use to install Office during a TS?
I already have the level 1 MS of August and I was thinking if it was still worth to wait until the weekend to open the game to get easy Platinum. Apart from the extra customisation space of course.
I've been walking around every square inch of it no prompt to set it up the computer tells me I'm unoperational
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I do all of it solo and there are 5 bars and I know that you should sell at about 1.25 bars to get one vehicle but I'm wondering how long does it take to get to 1.25 bars for each of the MC businesses (coke, counterfeit cash, meth etc...)
Just started claiming shit that was free and I’m just super confused. Nothing really makes sense and I wanna slow it down a bit.
I’m getting a bunch of notifications, getting charged for shit now, and just in general not having a good time lol
