MCS UK Data Platform and Business Intelligence Team
The blog of the Microsoft Consulting Services (UK) Data Platform and Business Analytics Team.
"There's nothing wrong with the SAN!"
Author: David Williams (Microsoft) Contributor & Technical Reviewer: Matthew Robertshaw...
Author: superlatch Date: 08/22/2013
SQL Server Page Life Expectancy
Author: David Williams (Microsoft) Contributor & Reviewer: Matthew Robertshaw (Microsoft) Ever...
Author: superlatch Date: 04/11/2013
Using PowerShell to deploy Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Windows Azure SQL Databases
Author: Benjamin Wright-Jones (Microsoft) Contributors: Karthika Raman (Microsoft) Technical...
Author: superlatch Date: 03/21/2013
Are your slicers disappearing in PowerPivot 2012? Always click on a PivotChart, PivotTable, Slicer, etc BEFORE refreshing the PowerPivot Model
Overview Over the past couple of months I have occasionally been losing my PowerPivot Slicers in...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 07/28/2012
Installing PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer without ClickOnce
Overview In some environments it is not possible to install Dashboard Designer using the normal...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 04/19/2012
BI Service Applications in SharePoint 2010 – Authentication (Classic vs. Claims) and Identity Delegation (Kerberos) – Part 7
Author: Chris BailissTechnical Reviewers (Kerberos/Claims): James Noyce, Paul Williams Introduction...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 11/26/2011
BI Service Applications in SharePoint 2010 – Authentication (Classic vs. Claims) and Identity Delegation (Kerberos) – Part 6
Author: Chris BailissTechnical Reviewers (Kerberos/Claims): James Noyce, Paul Williams Introduction...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 11/26/2011
BI Service Applications in SharePoint 2010 – Authentication (Classic vs. Claims) and Identity Delegation (Kerberos) – Part 5
Author: Chris BailissTechnical Reviewers (Kerberos/Claims): James Noyce, Paul Williams Introduction...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 11/26/2011
BI Service Applications in SharePoint 2010 – Authentication (Classic vs. Claims) and Identity Delegation (Kerberos) – Part 4
Author: Chris BailissTechnical Reviewers (Kerberos/Claims): James Noyce, Paul Williams Introduction...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 11/26/2011
BI Service Applications in SharePoint 2010 – Authentication (Classic vs. Claims) and Identity Delegation (Kerberos) – Part 3
Author: Chris BailissTechnical Reviewers (Kerberos/Claims): James Noyce, Paul Williams Introduction...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 11/26/2011
BI Service Applications in SharePoint 2010 – Authentication (Classic vs. Claims) and Identity Delegation (Kerberos) – Part 2
Author: Chris BailissTechnical Reviewers (Kerberos/Claims): James Noyce, Paul Williams Introduction...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 11/26/2011
BI Service Applications in SharePoint 2010 – Authentication (Classic vs. Claims) and Identity Delegation (Kerberos) – Part 1
Author: Chris BailissTechnical Reviewers (Kerberos/Claims): James Noyce, Paul Williams Introduction...
Author: Chris - SQLBI Date: 11/26/2011
Would you like to work for Microsoft Services?
Are you an experienced Microsoft Business Intelligence professional? Have always wanted to work for...
Author: superlatch Date: 06/14/2011
Whitepaper Alert: Microsoft EDW Architecture, Guidance and Deployment Best Practices
New whitepapers recently released on MSDN focused on Enterprise Data Warehousing with Microsoft...
Author: superlatch Date: 05/13/2011
Creating custom reports against the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 data warehouse
It is possible to create custom reports, using SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, against the...
Author: superlatch Date: 01/24/2011
Debugging Parameters in the SSIS Data Flow (Script Component)
I had unfortunately picked up the (bad) habit of debugging my SSIS packages by using messagebox.show...
Author: superlatch Date: 10/04/2010
Lessons Learned: Deploying ProClarity 6.3 on SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
Author: Benjamin Wright-Jones Contributors: David Brown, Akshai Mirchandani Technical Reviewers:...
Author: superlatch Date: 06/01/2010