Paul Turley's SQL Server BI Blog
sharing my experiences with the Microsoft data platform, SQL Server BI, Data Modeling, SSAS Design, Power Pivot, Power BI, SSRS Advanced Design, Power BI, Dashboards & Visualization since 2009
Today marks the first anniversary of Power BI Desktop and the Power BI Service. The effort to achieve this milestone…
Please join me at the PASS Global Summit in Seattle for a half-day, 3-hour hands-on Power BI mini workshop. Bring…
I’ve created a series of five tutorial videos for a set of workshops I’ll be doing at several events this…
This week Microsoft announced the availability of Power BI Dashboards and the browser-based dashboard designer. What is it and why…
The other day a secondary family member said “we’re still on Microsoft 2010”. Another said “My friend is using Windows 2003 and can’t open a document I sent”. They were apparently talking about versions of Office products.
I get so deeply engrained in the Microsoft Business Intelligence community culture that I have to remind myself that most people don’t spend all their time keeping up with these products that are constantly in motion. And these are just Office users! When I work with BI consulting clients and business folks in the industry, it’s apparent that most people really don’t understand where these products and services begin and end.
Mark Tabladillo has done the world a service by laying out exactly what Power BI is, the products that it includes, and how to license it and get started. This is a great resource on the Microsoft MVP Program Blog that breaks it all down and helps it all make sense. Thank you, Mark!
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Watch below for live updates during the conference Stay tuned and you’ll find out what’s going on during this week…
This series of video sessions will demonstrate how to create a business intelligence solution with sets of business data from…
by Paul te Braak, from Packt Publishing on Amazon Good technology books usually come in one of two forms. Some…
What I’m going to show you is not rocket science. This one gets filed under the category of “well, duh. …
Power BI: a new suite of Business Intelligence tools Over the past few months, teams at Microsoft have made several…
The Power View connectivity for Multidimensional Models has been released to the public as part of SQL Server 2012 Service…
Today in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the SQL Saturday #198; I presented a session titled “Data Visualization Choices”. As promised,…
There has been an active discussion thread on Chris Webb’s blog about the similarities & differences between various Microsoft BI…
This is a very significant day in the progression of the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform. Earlier this year, Power View…
One of the characteristics of a really good, classic movie is that it has a lot of memorable dialog. I…