Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance for SQL Server 2012
As a follow-up to my blog Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture and Appliances, Dell recently announced the future availability of Dell Quickstart...
2012-03-23
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James Serra's Blog
Fast Track for SQL Server 2012
When the Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0 Reference Guide was published, it was based off of SQL Server 2008 R2....
2012-03-21
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SQL Server 2012: xVelocity
After SQL Server 2012 was released this past week, I saw a few mentions from Microsoft about a new feature...
2012-03-19
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SQL Server 2012: New Certification Info
As a follow-up to my posts SQL Server “Denali”: New Certifications and SQL Server 2012: New Certifications, there are now final details coming...
2012-03-16
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SQL Server 2012: Tabular Models vs PowerPivot Models
In SQL Server 2012, there is a new data model, called tabular, that is part of the new feature called the...
2012-03-14
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Houston Area SQL Server User Group Presentation
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “Scaling SQL Server to HUNDREDS of Terabytes” at HASSUG.
Here is the PowerPoint presentation: Scaling SQL...
2012-03-13
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Data Warehouse Architecture – Kimball and Inmon methodologies
What is the best methodology to use when creating a data warehouse? Well, first off, let’s discuss some of the reasons why...
2012-03-15 (first published: 2012-03-12)
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Power View installation and requirements
Power View is installed when you run the SQL Server 2012 install and on the Feature Selection page choose “Reporting...
2012-03-09
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Reporting Services in SharePoint integrated mode
In SQL Server 2008, if you wanted to run Reporting Services in SharePoint integrated mode, these where the steps you took...
2012-03-07
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SQL Server 2012 released!
Exciting news! Microsoft announced today that SQL Server 2012 has released to manufacturing (RTM). Customers and partners can download an...
2012-03-06
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: CIS Compliant
By Steve Jones
A new feature added to Redgate Monitor Enterprise automatically. CIS compliance is something many...
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
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Superseded Indexes
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