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Windows Azure Infrastructure Services

Microsoft announced today the availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services which is a collective name for running Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks in the cloud. Scott Guthrie's blog on this subject is very informative. Pricing get slashed...

Published Tue, Apr 16 2013 5:02 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, Cloud
About Tableau 8

Jen Underwood highly recommended I attend the Tableau 8 tour on Tuesday to witness firsthand its new features. Naturally, I couldn't resist of comparing everything I saw with Microsoft BI. I took some time after the pretention to take 8.0 for a spin...

Published Fri, Apr 5 2013 4:00 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, Events
When Developers and BI Collide

I've been running in this situation quite often so I thought this will make a good topic for a blog. Scenario: Management has asked for some sort of a BI solution, such as a dashboard. BI hasn't happened to the organization in question yet. But...

Published Sat, Mar 9 2013 6:36 PM by tlachev

Filed under: General, Business Intelligence
Geocoding with Power View Maps

As I wrote before, Power View in Excel 2013 and SharePoint with SQL Server 2012 SP1 supports mapping. The map region supports geocoding and it allows you to plot addresses, countries, states, etc, or pairs of latitude-longitude coordinates. The key for...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 8:08 AM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence
Making Big Data Real from TAG BI

TAG BI is organizing a "Making Big Data Real" event on August 23th and I was honored to be one of the panelists. Please join us if you can and ask me the techniques we use to implement multi-terabyte data warehouses on symmetric multiprocessing...

Published Sat, Aug 11 2012 10:22 AM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, Events
What's New in Office 2013 BI: Part 4 – New Features in Excel Web Reports

To demonstrate the new features with Excel web reports, I stood up an Office 365 Technical Preview site. If you have received Office 365 invitations already, make sure that you choose the one with the SKU E3. Otherwise, you'll get access to the administrator...

Published Mon, Aug 6 2012 9:37 AM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, SharePoint
What's New in Office 2013 BI: Part 3 – Improved Productivity

Excel 2013 includes features that improve productivity. Here are the ones related to BI. Flash Fill Suppose that you have a list of customers with addresses. When analyzing the data, you might want to analyze sales by USA states but the data doesn't...

Published Sun, Jul 29 2012 9:45 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, Microsoft Office
Office 2013 Business Intelligence Highlights

Jen Underwood wrote a great summary about what's new in Office 13 BI. Interestingly, you'll be able to drill down to lower location in the Power View maps, e.g. from country to state and then to lowest level you placed in the location zone when...

Published Wed, Jul 25 2012 2:36 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, Microsoft Office
Organizational BI vs. Personal BI

This is a blog post that I've been planning for a while. With the ever-increasing power of laptops and desktop computers and declining hardware prices, personal BI is on the rise. Typically, a new technology usually has a self-propelled upward spiral...

Published Sun, May 27 2012 6:22 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence
Why an Analytical Layer?

I had a presentation on the BI Semantic Layer and Tabular modeling for the Atlanta BI Group on Monday. Midway during the presentation, a DBA asked why we need an analytical layer on top of data. I'm sure that those of you who are familiar with traditional...

Published Sat, May 26 2012 4:48 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Analysis Services, Business Intelligence
VertiPaq Rebranded as xVelocity

Apparently, the name "VertiPaq" wasn't catchy enough so Microsoft rebranded it as xVelocity (probably got tipped by Comcast). This is just a name change, no new features. Glossary xVelocity : The SQL Server family of technologies that utilize...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 8:40 AM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence
Happy New Year 2012!

As 2011 is winding down, it's time to reflect on the past and plan for the future. 2011 has been a very exciting year for Microsoft BI and me. Gartner positioned Microsoft as a leader in the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms...

Published Sat, Dec 31 2011 6:08 PM by tlachev

Filed under: General, Business Intelligence
PowerPivot for Excel SQL Server 2012 RC0 is Here

Microsoft just published the RC0 (release candidate) bits of PowerPivot for Excel SQL Server 2012. Kudos for Microsoft for making the RC bits public this time. Stay tuned for an announcement for the arrival of the SQL Server 2012 RC bits soon. The RC...

Published Thu, Nov 17 2011 2:12 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, PowerPivot, SQL Server 11
SQL Server DENALI CTP3 Demo VHD Available

Microsoft just released a Hyper-V image of SQL Server Denali CTP3 in action, including fully configured services and integration with SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010. The following software is configured on the virtual machine: • SQL Server "Denali"...

Published Thu, Sep 8 2011 5:25 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, SQL Server 11
PowerPivot and SQL Server Denali CTP3 Release Notes Available

Microsoft published release notes for PowerPivot and SQL Server Denali Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3 Release Notes. This means that the CTP3 release is imminent although the download link is not live yet. The release notes cover the new features...

Published Fri, Jul 8 2011 12:54 PM by tlachev

Filed under: Business Intelligence, SQL Server 11

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