Book Review of Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook
by Paul te Braak, from Packt Publishing on Amazon Good technology books usually come in one of two forms. Some…
Category: MVP Community
We’ve Got The Power: “Power BI”, New Microsoft BI Suite Announced
Power BI: a new suite of Business Intelligence tools Over the past few months, teams at Microsoft have made several…
BI Industry, Microsoft BI Platform, MVP Community, SolidQ, SQL Server Pro Magazine, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia, SSRS Administration, SSRS Design
SQL Server Pro Article: Custom Programming to Enhance SSRS Reports
I’m very excited to see my first feature article published in SQL Server Pro Magazine titled Custom Programming to Enhance…
BI Industry, Microsoft BI Platform, MVP Community, PowerPivot, SolidQ, SQL Server, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia, SSAS Administration, SSAS Design, Tabular Models
Taking the Tabular Journey
A Getting-Started and Survival Guide for planning, designing and building Tabular Semantic Models with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services.…
BI Industry, Microsoft BI Platform, MVP Community, PASS, SolidQ, SQL Saturday, SQL Server, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia
SQL Server Community World Tour with GeoFlow
When I started playing with GeoFlow, I just had to find a way to do something interesting with it. This…
Microsoft BI Platform, MVP Community, PASS, Power View, PowerPivot, SolidQ, SQL Saturday, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia
Data Visualization Choices SQL Saturday Presentation
Today in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the SQL Saturday #198; I presented a session titled “Data Visualization Choices”. As promised,…
BI Industry, Microsoft BI Platform, MVP Community, PASS, SQL Server, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia
Speaking at the Business Analytics Conference, April 1-12 in Chicago
The email message earlier today said “Please note that the official schedule will be released tomorrow, February 6th, so please…
Is Self-service BI Threatening IT Professionals’ Livelihoods?
(this is another follow-up to Chris Webb’s post on “Why Corporate BI and Self-Service BI Are Both Necessary”) There is…
An Unusual Book–on DAX Formulas
One of the characteristics of a really good, classic movie is that it has a lot of memorable dialog. I…
BI Sessions and Report Dashboard Demos at the PASS Global Summit
Literally, minutes after I began posting my running notes from the keynote presentations and the first session I attended, I…
Ready for SQL PASS 2012 Global Summit
Well, here I am sitting in a hotel room in Seattle on Sunday night, November 4th; the week of the…
2012 Fall & Winter Conference Sessions
Fall is a busy time for speaking engagements which include user groups, SQL Saturdays and the PASS Global Summit. I’m speaking at a number of events and as the schedules are confirmed, I’ll update this list and upload or provide links to presentations and demo content. I hope you can attend some of these events and if not, please check back here to view the recordings and content.
The schedules for some of these events have not yet been set so this list will be updated as this information becomes available.
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SQL Server BI & SharePoint eBooks, Guides and Resources
There are many free eBooks & resources available from Microsoft and members of the MVP community. This is a collection…
PASS 2012 Summit: November 6-9
I just received an email message from the PASS Global Summit 2012 organizers after submitting session abstracts a few weeks…
On my way to DevTeach in Vancouver
Just stepping out the door on on my way to the DevTeach / SQL Teach conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada. …