Power BI Desktop Supports Direct Connectivity to Tabular
As you’ve probably heard the news, Power BI went live yesterday. Among the many new features, Power BI Desktop (previously known as Power BI Designer) now supports live connections to […]
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Atlanta BI Group Meeting on July 27th 2015
Come and join us for our next information-packed meeting on Monday, July 27th. Stacey Jones from UPS will present “Big Data as part of your Data Strategy” and Patrick LeBlanc […]
Using DQS for Externalizing Data Validation Rules
Developers spend plenty of time coding for exceptions. The customer SSN must be 9 characters. The organization code must be four characters and it must be constrained to specific values. […]
Power BI Custom Visuals Announced
Today Microsoft announced the general availability of Power BI on July 24th meaning that Power BI goes live on that date. Among the many new features mentioned in the blog, […]
Azure Data Catalog Announced
Microsoft just announced the public preview of Azure Data Catalog, previously known as “Project Tokyo”. I had a chance to take an early review of Azure Data Catalog to help […]
What’s New for BI in Office 2016?
While you might be trying to convince management to upgrade to Office 2013, the next version of Microsoft Office (Office 2016) is on the horizon and scheduled to be released […]
Disaster Recovering
Over the last couple of weeks, I learned a thing or two about disaster recovery. My server crashed and it had to be replaced. While we were able to get […]
Cool Visualizations Coming To You This Summer
I welcome every news about better visualizations in Microsoft BI so I rejoiced to read this blog by Ariel Netz, Group Program Manager in the Power BI Designer team. “The […]
Where Are My Storage Pool Disks?
I’ve been doing quite a bit of SQL Server performance work lately, helping customers embrace the cloud. One great feature of Windows Server 2012 and above is the ability to […]
What’s New for BI in SQL Server 2016 CTP2?
The first public preview of SQL Server 2016 (CTP2) got announced yesterday. The natural question for BI pros is what’s new for BI. The “What’s New in …” topics in […]
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