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Securing the Tabular BI Semantic Model

This paper introduces the security model for tabular BI semantic models in SQL Server 2012. You will learn how to create roles, implement dynamic security, configure impersonation settings, manage roles, and choose a method for connecting to models that works in your network security context.

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2012-06-07

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SQL Server 2012 Integration Services - Package and Project Configurations

Marcin Policht examines SSIS 2012 package and project configurations, which offer different ways of modifying values of variables and parameters without having to directly edit content of the packages and projects of which they are a part.

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2012-06-06

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SQLServerCentral.com Users Survey 2012

We want to make sure we're covering the things that are relevant to you, so we're asking for some feedback on what you use on SSC, where we need to improve, and what you'd like to see.

It should only take a few minutes, and three randomly-selected people will win a $100 Amazon gift card for their efforts.

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2012-06-06 (first published: )

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SQL Server 2012 Integration Services - Project Deployment

SQL Server 2012 Integration Services parameters introduce a new way of dealing with package development, deployment, and execution. In order to truly appreciate their relevance, it is necessary to take a look at the new Project Deployment Model.

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2012-06-04

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External Article

SQL VIEW Basics

SQL Views are essential for the database developer. However, it is common to see them misued, or neglected. Joe Celko tackles an introduction to the subject, but there is something about the topic that makes it likely that even the experienced developer will find out something new from reading it.

2012-06-01

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External Article

Maintaining SQL Server default trace historical events for analysis and reporting

I often see questions online where someone wants to find out who started a trace, when tempdb last had an autogrow event, or when the last full backup for master occurred. Since these and other events are captured by the default trace, but the default trace only keeps five 20MB rollover files by default. This means that the event you are after may no longer be there, depending on how long ago it was and how busy your server happens to be. Unfortunately, people often need to find this information well after the fact.

2012-05-30

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Technical Article

Database Continuous Integration 101

We talk a lot about continuous integration here on the Atlassian Dev Tools blog, and many readers are bonafide CI gurus. Now that you are integrating your application code, test code, config files and deploy scripts, are you ready to take it to the next level? An increasing number of engineering shops are starting to bring the continuous integration discipline into their database development.

2012-05-29

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External Article

Simple step by step process to import MS Access data into SQL Server using SSIS

Sometimes we need to import information from MS Access. We could use the Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant, but sometimes we need to add custom transformations and it is necessary to use more sophisticated tools. In this tip, we are going to walk through step by step how to migrate a MS Access table to SQL Server using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).

2012-05-28

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