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View full profileDAX in Action teaser video available – #dax #ssas #powerpivot
I and Alberto started a collaboration with Rafal Lukawiecki and we will publish video tutorial on the Project Botticelli web site. The first video is already available: DAX in Action shows you how the power of DAX in PowerPivot solving a common pattern Read more
DAX Studio 1.0 beta available #dax #tabular #powerpivot
Are you waiting for a usable and interactive DAX editor? Are you tired of using the MDX editor provided by SSMS as a temporary solution to write and execute a DAX query? The wait is over! DAX Studio is a free Excel add-in that enables you to write a DAX Read more
Finally in stock: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model #ssas #tabular
It has been a long wait, but finally our book about Analysis Services Tabular is available! Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model Amazon is already shipping it in US and it should be available soon also in Europe. However, Read more
Running Excel 2013 in a separate instance #excel #powerpivot
The new Excel 2013 preview is publicly available and it introduces many new features , like an integrated version of PowerPivot and Power View. These two add-ins are automatically installed but not enabled by default. You just have to go in Excel Options Read more
Analysis Services Tabular books #ssas #tabular
Many people are looking for books about Analysis Services Tabular. Today there are two books available and they complement each other: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model by Marco Russo, Alberto Ferrari and Chris Webb Applied Read more
Watch @marcorus and @ferrarialberto sessions online #teched #msteched #tee2012
In June I participated to two TechEd editions ( North America and Europe ). I and Alberto delivered a Pre Conference and two sessions about Tabular. Both conferences provides recorded sessions freely available on Channel 9 so that you can compare which Read more
Meet @marcorus and @ferrarialberto at TechEd Europe 2012 #tee2012
I and Alberto are in Amsterdam this week at TechEd Europe 2012 . If you are here at the conference, you can meet us here: Wed, Jun 27 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM – Room G106 DBI319 – BISM: Multidimensional vs. Tabular Wed, Jun 27 02:15 PM – 02:30 PM – Microsoft Read more
Speaking at PASS 2012 Summit in Seattle #sqlpass
I will deliver two sessions at the next PASS Summit 2012 : one is title Inside DAX Query Plans and the other is Near Real-Time Analytics with xVelocity (without DirectQuery) . These will be two sessions that require a lot of preparation and even if I Read more
TechEd North America 2012-Day 4 #msTechEd #teched
I hadn’t time yesterday to write a blog post before of the beginning of the day and I recover now that I’m already back to Europe. I spent many hours at the Microsoft booth meeting people who asked questions about Tabular, Power View and PowerPivot. I Read more
TechEd North America 2012–Day 3 #msTechEd #teched
Yesterday I spent the longest day at this TechEd: we talked with many people at Community Night until 9pm and I have to say that just a few months after Analysis Services 2012 has been released, there are many people already using it. And the adoption Read more