Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) benefits made simple
I have heard people say that the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) is Microsoft’s best kept secret. So let me give a...
2014-03-18
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James Serra's Blog
Real-time query access with PDW
The Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) officially supports Analysis Services as a data source, both the Multidimensional model (ROLAP and MOLAP modes) and...
2014-03-13
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Book: Expert Cube Development with SSAS Multidimensional Models
Those of you who use SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) are likely familiar with the “bible” for designing cubes: Expert Cube...
2014-03-04
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Introduction to Hadoop
Hadoop was created by the Apache foundation as an open-source software framework capable of processing large amounts of heterogeneous data-sets in...
2014-03-11 (first published: 2014-02-27)
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What is HDInsight?
There are two flavors of HDInsight: Windows Azure HDInsight Service and Microsoft HDInsight Server for Windows (recently quietly killed but...
2014-02-25
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Annoying Recruiters
In a follow-up to my blog post Low-rate recruiters – The bane of my existence, Michael Bramante (website) wrote me a...
2014-02-20
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PolyBase explained
PolyBase is a new technology that integrates Microsoft’s MPP product, SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), with Hadoop. It is designed to...
2014-02-25 (first published: 2014-02-18)
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Why I just became a Microsoft Employee
I have been an independent consultant (IC) for quite a while now. In an amazing number of coincidences, or just plain...
2014-02-11
1,510 reads
Power BI for Office 365 now available!
Microsoft has announced today the general availability of Power BI for Office 365!
Microsoft describes it as: Power BI for Office 365 is...
2014-02-10
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24 Hours of PASS: Business Analytics Edition videos online
On February 5, 2014 business intelligence experts took to the virtual stage for the 24 Hours of PASS: Business Analytics Edition to...
2014-02-06
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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