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If you create server aliases for SQL Server connections, you should be aware of the changes introduced in SQL Server 2022. At SQLBI we use aliases to identify the server’s name in the connection of our sample files (Power BI… Read more
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I just installed a brand new server (well, a virtual machine) with SharePoint 2010 SP1 and SQL Server 2012 RC0, including PowerPivot and Reporting Services / Power View. The server is joined to the domain I use in our development… Read more
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One week ago Microsoft SQL Server 2012 finally debuted with a virtual launch event and you can find many intro sessions there (20 minutes each). There is a lot of new content available if you want to learn more about… Read more
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With the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2016, there are several options to use Analysis Services Tabular. SQL Server Standard: it includes Analysis Services Tabular, and it is available in two licensing models: Server + Client Access License (CAL) and… Read more
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Analysis Services answers to query in MDX, in DAX (by now just for Tabular models) and has a limited capability to answer SQL queries. It is not useful for any development or client tool, but I wanted to write a… Read more
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Just a few days before my session about Power Query at TechEd 2014, Microsoft released a new update that enables the scheduled data refresh of a Power Pivot workbook containing Power Query transformations. This is a very good news, because… Read more
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I recently wrote a short article about filtering data in DAX. In the last month I’ve seen a growing number of people with a SQL background going to Tabular, without having a previous experience of MDX. In my opinion, learning… Read more
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To make a long story short: the ADO.NET team is now responsible of ADO.NET Entity Framework (including LINQ to Entities) and of LINQ to SQL (the last one was originally in charge of the a separated team, tied to the… Read more
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Today at PASS Summit 2012 there have been several announcements during the keynote. Moreover, other news have not been highlighted in the keynote but are equally if not more important for the BI community. Let’s start from the big news… Read more
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Sample chapters from Programming LINQ
Two sample chapters of my Programming Microsoft LINQ book are finally available. Links to download pages in the chapters title. Chapter 6 – Tools for LINQ to SQL In this chapter, we took a look at the tools that are… Read more