Today at the SQL PASS Summit 2015, Microsoft shared its BI roadmap for next year and beyond. The BI cloud roadmap shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. It's centered around Power BI. The main takeaway about the on-premises roadmap is deemphasizing the role of SharePoint and Office in favor of Reporting Services. In SQL Server 2016, SSRS will be extended to support Datazen reports. A…
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UPDATE: An updated sample is included in the Chapter 12 source code of my "Applied Power BI" book. One of the biggest Power BI strengths is its open architecture. In addition to opening the visualization framework, Power BI introduced REST APIs that let developers embed dashboard tiles in custom web applications (embedded reports will probably follow soon). Microsoft provided a sample application (Integrate-a-tile-into-an-app) on GitHub…
Read articleMicrosoft awarded me again with the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for SQL Server. This is an annual prestigious award given to selected individuals worldwide in recognition for their expertise and contribution to the community. Currently, there are 371 SQL Server MVPs worldwide and only 85 in the USA. This makes it 12 consecutive years for me as SQL MVP!
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