MVP For 14 Years!
Got awarded for Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Data Platform again. This will make my 14th consecutive year to be recognized by Microsoft for my expertise and contributions to […]
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What’s ROI for BI?
I often ask prospects if they’ve done any estimates of the value that the envisioned BI solution would bring to them. The Microsoft Solution Framework actually recommends partners do this […]
Running ETL on AlwaysOn Primary Replica
Scenario: Consider a SQL Server configured for AlwaysOn Availability Groups where a set of databases can fail over to another node. You have SSIS jobs and you created them on […]
Power BI vs. Qlik
After Tableau and SiSense, Keeping ’em Honest continues with Qlik. Now, after they sold the company and took a hit in the latest Gartner’s quadrant, I didn’t expect much of […]
Prologika Newsletter Summer 2017
What Does Power BI Premium Mean for You? As I mentioned in my Spring newsletter “15 Reasons Why Microsoft is Leading the BI Space”, Microsoft BI is enjoying resurgent interest […]
Scaling out SSIS in SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2017 introduces the ability to scale out SSIS. The primary scenario is to enable customers to scale out their SSIS execution at the package level. Imagine a retail […]
Power BI Excel Publisher Doesn’t Load
Issue: You want to use the Power BI Excel Publisher but it doesn’t load. You look at the Excel add-ins and you see that it’s deactivated. You try to activate […]
“Understanding Power BI Premium” Events
I’ll present “Understanding Power BI Premium” at three public events in June. June 8th, Carolinas Power BI Group in Greensville, SC at 6 PM June 24th, SQL Saturday Chattanooga, TN […]
Understanding Writeback Target Allocation
I’m working on architecting a financial planning solution powered by Analysis Services Multidimensional. One thing that might not be obvious is how Multidimensional selects the target of writeback allocation. In […]
Atlanta MS BI Group Meeting on May 22th
MS BI fans, join me for the next must-attend Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on May 22th at 6:30 PM. My esteemed friend, Stacey Jones from Microsoft will explain […]
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