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SQL Saturday – Salt Lake and Portland

I will be speaking at two SQL Saturday events on the topics of visual report design with SQL Server Reporting Services and BI Semantic data options for analysis with the Microsoft BI platform.  In these presentations, I will demonstrate advanced report design techniques with the current version of Reporting Services and new features coming in SQL Server “Denali”, namely the new BI Tabular Model & the Project “Crescent” reporting experience.  Watch for a streaming video copy of this presentation in the next couple of weeks.  Stay tuned.

If you will be in the Salt Lake City area on Saturday, September 10th, please plan to attend SQL Saturday 94, Tweet: #sqlsat94.

The Oregon SQL user group is sponsoring SQL Saturday 92 in Portland on Saturday, October 8th.  This is sure to be well-attended with several excellent industry professionals presenting.  Tweet: #sqlsat92.

Please register as soon as possible.

Paul Turley

Paul Turley

Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Principal Consultant for 3Cloud Solutions Specializing in Business Intelligence, SQL Server solutions, Power BI, Analysis Services & Reporting Services.

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