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Announcing Microsoft SQL Server Code Name “Denali” Community Technology...
Today we released our next public CTP of Microsoft SQL Server Code Name “Denali.” This milestone is super exciting because it is packed with amazing Business Intelligence (BI) improvements and...
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Submit Your Feedback on Analysis Services and PowerPivot
Now that the Microsoft SQL Server Code Name “Denali” Evaluation edition is available for download, we are eager to hear from you. Do you like the new Business Intelligence (BI) features, such as the...
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Analysis Services Blog Post Roundup for Denali CTP3
A few AS team members have started blogging on Denali functionality at their personal blog sites.Cathy Dumas, a Program Manager on our team, is just warming up on her blog. She’s got a couple of...
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Released: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 Product Guide
Looking for datasheets, white papers, click-through and auto-running demonstrations, hands-on lab previews, technical presentations, and other useful links to evaluate SQL Server Code Name 'Denali'...
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Exploring the PowerPivot for SharePoint Configuration Tool
The PowerPivot Configuration Tool included in SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 is undoubtedly a great new utility for SharePoint administrators. This tool doesn’t just enable you to configure or...
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Announcing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Community...
Last week, we released the public CTP of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1. For most SQL Server components, SP1 is just a collection of patches and bug fixes, but for Business Intelligence...
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Introducing the BI Light-Up Story for SharePoint 2013
Ideally, you can find the Microsoft BI stack in every SharePoint farm across the enterprise so that users can seamlessly share their BI solutions with each other. In the real world, however, BI is only...
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Verifying the Excel Services Configuration for PowerPivot in SharePoint 2013
In SharePoint 2013, Excel Services natively supports core PowerPivot functionality. This is an important improvement over previous releases. Without requiring an extra installation of PowerPivot...
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Verifying the SharePoint 2013 Configuration for Accessing Workbooks as a Data...
My previous blog post, “Verifying the Excel Services Configuration for PowerPivot in SharePoint 2013,” discussed steps to verify that Excel Services can load workbook data models on an out-of-farm...
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SQL Server Analysis Service 2016 CTP 2.3 DirectQuery in action
In my previous blog post “What’s new in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular models in SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.3” I introduced some of the enhancements coming to SQL Server Analysis Services...
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Parallel partition processing available for Tabular Models in SQL Server 2016...
One of the great new features that was actually added back in CTP 2.0 of SQL Server 2016 Preview is the ability to process partitions in a table in parallel for Tabular Models. Today I want to...
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Using Extended Events with SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP 2.3
Extended Events were introduced into Analysis Services in SQL Server 2012. This made use of a common XE module that was shared with SQL Server Database Engine. The challenge with Extended Events is...
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What’s new for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services in CTP3
We are really excited to announce the SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services CTP 3 update can be downloaded within the next few days here. This month’s update includes some great improvements and features...
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What’s new for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services in CTP3.1
After last month’s SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP3 we are shipping yet again this month, with even more updates to Analysis Services. You can now upgrade your model to the SQL Server 2016...
View ArticleWhite Paper Published: Deploying SQL Server 2016 PowerPivot and Power View in...
The PowerPivot add-in for SharePoint Server 2016 was published for the first time as part of the Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3.1 Feature Pack. Now customers can take...
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What’s new for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services in CTP3.2
What is new in SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP3.2 Just a few weeks after releasing SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP3.1, we are delivering a new update to Analysis Services again. This...
View ArticleSecond White Paper Published: Deploying SQL Server 2016 PowerPivot and Power...
Last month, we published a white paper about Deploying SQL Server 2016 PowerPivot and Power View in SharePoint 2016 in a demo environment based on a single-server farm. Given this paper’s high...
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What’s new for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services in CTP3.3
What is new in SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 CTP3.3 It is a new year and again we are delivering more updates to Analysis Services with SQL Server 2016 CTP3.3. This month’s update delivers support...
View ArticleTry out SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services CTP 3.2 on the TechNet Virtual Lab
Recently we released a great TechNet Virtual Lab that will take you through many of the new enhancements in SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services through the great virtual environment of the TechNet labs....
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What is new in SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 RC0
With the release of SQL Server 2016 RC0, we’ve added more capability for modeling and managing Tabular models set at the SQL Server 2016 compatibility level (1200). RC0 brings us one step closer to...
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