Perhaps, you’ve heard that Excel 12 will support publishing and executing Excel spreadsheets on the server through a server-based technology (currently dubbed Excel Services). My first reaction when I’ve heard […]
SSAS 2005 can be configured for HTTP access, e.g. for Internet reporting. Here are two whitepapers with step-by-step instructions for configuring Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP for HTTP access with […]
There is an extremely nasty new exploit that targets a vulnerability in Windows Fax and Picture viewers (WMF). Usually, I don’t pay much attention to the latest on spyware since […]
Thanks for Marco Russo’s blog, I’ve learned that Microsoft has released an updated version (version 1.5) of the Excel 2002/2003 Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services. I discussed in details […]
Lately, I’ve run into a few “multi-dimensional” posts in the public SSRS newsgroup. It seems like more and more people target SSAS 2005 cubes as a reporting source. It looks […]
This weekend, I was working on the second part of my Report Viewers article for DevX. As usual, it all started with an innocent idea which turned out into a […]
At last, my book “Applied Microsoft Analysis Services 2005” is available for purchase from the retail outlets, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. This completes the arduous and time-consuming book lifecycle […]
In his blog, Brian Welcker (Group Program Manager for Reporting Services) announced yesterday the arrival of the much anticipated RDL 2005 specification.
The code samples for my web seminar “Reporting Services 2005 Tips and Tricks” can be found here. They include: Using external images (URL and web service) Expression-based connection strings XML […]
Yesterday, I delivered a web seminar for WindowsITPro (sponsored by Microsoft) about RS 2005. I have to admit that I really enjoy it. I got more than 340 attendees. This […]
