Poster Download: Microsoft Business Intelligence at a Glance
Over recent months, we had a lot of fun creating a Microsoft BI poster for SQL Pass and SharePoint Conference. As the title suggests, the poster shows the most important technologies in the Microsoft...
View ArticleReleased: Twitter Analytics for Excel 2013
Back in 2011, we released a great PowerPivot sample application to query Twitter and analyze tweets within Excel 2010. This was a joint venture between Microsoft and ISV Gold BI partner Extended...
View ArticleReleased: Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server
Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server (KerberosConfigMgr) was released on May 15th 2013, and is available for download at the Microsoft Download Center at...
View ArticleUsing Extended Events with SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP 2.3
Extended Events were introduced into Analysis Services in SQL Server 2012. This made use of a common XE module that was shared with SQL Server Database Engine. The challenge with Extended Events is...
View ArticleWhat’s new for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services in CTP3
We are really excited to announce the SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services CTP 3 update can be downloaded within the next few days here. This month’s update includes some great improvements and features...
View ArticleWhat’s new for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services in CTP3.1
After last month’s SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP3 we are shipping yet again this month, with even more updates to Analysis Services. You can now upgrade your model to the SQL Server 2016...
View ArticleWhite Paper Published: Deploying SQL Server 2016 PowerPivot and Power View in...
The PowerPivot add-in for SharePoint Server 2016 was published for the first time as part of the Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3.1 Feature Pack. Now customers can take...
View ArticleWhat’s new for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services in CTP3.2
What is new in SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP3.2 Just a few weeks after releasing SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP3.1, we are delivering a new update to Analysis Services again. This...
View ArticleSecond White Paper Published: Deploying SQL Server 2016 PowerPivot and Power...
Last month, we published a white paper about Deploying SQL Server 2016 PowerPivot and Power View in SharePoint 2016 in a demo environment based on a single-server farm. Given this paper’s high...
View ArticleWhat’s new for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services in CTP3.3
What is new in SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP3.3 It is a new year and again we are delivering more updates to Analysis Services with SQL Server 2016 CTP3.3. This month’s update delivers support...
View ArticleTry out SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services CTP 3.2 on the TechNet Virtual Lab
Recently we released a great TechNet Virtual Lab that will take you through many of the new enhancements in SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services through the great virtual environment of the TechNet labs....
View ArticleWhat is new in SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 RC0
With the release of SQL Server 2016 RC0, we’ve added more capability for modeling and managing Tabular models set at the SQL Server 2016 compatibility level (1200). RC0 brings us one step closer to...
View ArticleOn Demand Webinar “What’s New for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services”...
This week I did a live webinar on what is new in SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services: Everything you want to know about SQL Server 2016 SQL Server Analysis Service. In this session we will look at how...
View ArticleBidirectional cross-filtering whitepaper
Bidirectional cross-filtering is a new feature for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services and Power BI Desktop that allows modelers to determine how they want filters to flow for data using relationships...
View ArticleIntroducing Tabular Model Explorer for SQL Server Data Tools for Analysis...
If you download and install the August 2016 release of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for Visual Studio 2015, you can find a new feature in SSAS Tabular projects, called Tabular Model Explorer, which...
View ArticleIntroducing Integrated Workspace Mode for SQL Server Data Tools for Analysis...
When you work with the model designer in SSDT Tabular, you are working with a temporary Analysis Services database that SSDT Tabular automatically loads on a workspace server. During the initial...
View ArticleIntroducing Azure Analysis Services
We are pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft Azure Analysis Services preview. With Azure Analysis Services, BI professionals can create BI semantic models based on data that resides in the...
View ArticleImproving the Measure Grid in SSDT Tabular
As the name implies, the measure grid is an SSDT Tabular feature to define and manage measures, as illustrated in the following screenshot. It is available for each table when you work in Data View in...
View ArticleImproving Analysis Services Performance and Scalability with SQL Server 2016...
SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services delivered numerous performance improvements over previous releases, such as better modeling performance thanks to the new 1200 compatibility level for tabular...
View ArticleHow SQL Server 2016 and Power BI empower Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)
Here’s a great case study about Mediterranean Shipping Company optimizing their business processes by taking advantage of the SQL Server 2016 Database Engine, Analysis Services, and Power BI. If you...
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