What do you want to learn about SSRS 2016 at PASS Global Summit?
I’m thrilled to have been selected to deliver a session at the 2016 PASS Global Summit titled “Reporting Services 2016:…
Category: SQL Syndication
BI Industry, Business Analytics, Microsoft BI Platform, MVP Community, Power BI, Self-service BI, SolidQ, SQL Server, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia, SSAS Administration, SSAS Design, Tabular Models
Using Power BI with Enterprise, On-premises Data
I just finished posting a 4-part series demonstrating how to use Power BI with on-premises data. The running time for…
BI Projects, DataZen, Microsoft BI Platform, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia, SSAS Design, SSRS Design, Tabular Models
Row-level Security Just Got Better: Passing Report Credentials to Analysis Services in SQL Server 2016
A new ground-breaking feature in SQL Server 2016 allows report user context to be passed through shared data sources, enabling…
Where are SQL Server 2016 Client Tools?
So, you just installed SQL Server 2016 and you’re pretty sure you chose the options to install the client tools…
Power BI Application Embedding Releases Today
A few weeks ago, the Power BI team gave us the ability to freely embed Power BI reports, dashboards and…
Color Themes for Power BI
Color coordination is important in report and dashboard design. We’ve seen theming and color pallet options in the prior iteration…
Annual Business Intelligence Survey
This is a reminder to compete the annual Business Intelligence product survey conducted by BARC Research. I’ve been participating in…
BI Projects, Business Analytics, Microsoft BI Platform, Power BI, PowerPivot, SQL Server Pro Magazine, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia
Article Series: Power BI Solutions for the Enterprise
I’m working on a series of articles about creating enterprise solutions with Power BI and the first article was published…
Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI/BA and the Lone Three Leaders
History clearly confirms that good things come in threes. As far as I know this is the first time that…
Webcast: Upgrading and Migrating SQL Server 2005 BI Features to SQL Server 2014 and 2016
Please join me on February 3rd at 10 Pacific Time for this presentation brought to you by Microsoft and SolidQ…
BI Industry, BI Projects, Business Analytics, Microsoft BI Platform, Power BI, Self-service BI, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia, SSAS Design, Tabular Models
Tabular Models, Multiple Data Sources and Unknown Members
Self-service data modeling tools like Power BI Desktop, Power Pivot and SSAS Tabular promote the advantage of using data from…
BI Projects, DAX, Power BI, PowerPivot, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia, SSAS Design, Tabular Models
Complete DAX Function Reference
The DAX function documentation in MSDN can be found on separate pages, organized by function categories and then details for…
SQL Server 2005 End of Support and Business Intelligence
How does the official end of support for SQL Server 2005 affect companies using Reporting Services, Analysis Services and other…
BI Industry, BI Projects, Business Analytics, Power BI, Self-service BI, SQL Server, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia, SSRS Design
The Resurrection of Reporting Services & The Maturing of Power BI
Spending the past two weeks at the annual PASS Global Summit and the Microsoft MVP Summit, I’ve consumed a literal…
BI Industry, Business Analytics, Power BI, SolidQ, SQL Saturday, SQL Server, SQL Syndication, SQLServerPedia
Oregon SQL Saturday 2015 Keynote
This year we are honored to have a particularly special guest kicking off our SQL Saturday event on October 24th. …