A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about MCSM for BI certification . This raised an interesting discussion about the reasons why such a certification does not exists, whether it was really necessary, what it should include, and so on. There was  Read more

I received the communication from the PASS Program Committee that none of my proposals have been accepted at PASS Summit 2013 . Probably this year there was too many proposals and I made a mistake not using all the possible proposals available per speaker.  Read more

I and Alberto Ferrari will moderate the following Birds of a Feather session at TechEd North America 2013 : CODE: BOF-ITP21 TITLE: How Far Can You Push Tabular? SPEAKER: A. Ferrari; M. Russo TIMESLOT: June 5, 2013 at 1:30 pm ROOM: 263 Abstract: Tabular  Read more

On April 23 I will present DAX in Action in London and Cardiff at SQLLunch event. How is it possible I will be in two places at the same time? This will be a remote presentation delivered in two locations, where you can have lunch while watching the session.  Read more

I’ve been interviewed by Greg Low in SQL Down Under show 58, and this is *not* an April fool! We talked for one hour about Tabular, Multidimensional, Data Warehouse and just a little bit about music (you can discover which music genre I’m used to listen…).  Read more

I and Alberto Ferrari will speak at SQLBits XI (Nottingham, UK – May 2-4, 2013) and there are many good reasons to join us there, especially if you are interested to DAX! Here are our sessions: Thursday, 02 May 2013 – Training Day – From 0 to DAX The  Read more

Spring is coming and we published many dates of SSAS Tabular Workshops around Europe and online. Alberto Ferrari is coming to Aarhus, Denmark , for a 2-day SSAS Tabular Workshop on March 12-13, 2013 (you can see more info and register here ). And Alberto  Read more

I and Alberto have a busy agenda until the end of the month, but if you are based in Northern Europe there are many chance to meet one of us in the next couple of weeks! Belgium, 20 November 2012 – SQL Server Days 2012 with Marco Russo I will present  Read more

Recently I had to write a DAX formula containing a LASTDATE within the logical condition of a FILTER: I found that its behavior was not the one I expected and I further investigated. At the end, I wrote my findings in this article on SQLBI , which can  Read more

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