Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” at the Houston Area SQL Server User Group...
2013-02-13
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James Serra's Blog
“DBA: Transitioning to a BI Role” Presentation
Tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb 13th) at Noon CST I will be presenting the session “DBA: Transitioning to a BI Role” at...
2013-02-12
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Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation
Tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb 12th) at 11:30am CST, I will be presenting the session “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” at...
2013-02-11
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24 Hours of PASS: Business Analytics Edition videos online
On January 30, BA and BI experts took to the virtual stage for the 24 Hours of PASS: Business Analytics Edition to...
2013-02-07
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Installing Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012
My experience installing Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 to house my business intelligence projects built in Visual Studio 2010:
I am installing...
2013-02-05
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SSIS 2012: Empty toolbox?
This is an annoying problem I have had a few times: I open a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) project...
2013-01-29
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Missing Data Quality Service (DQS) buttons in Excel
The Master Data Services add-in for Excel has Data Quality Services functionality to help you match data before publishing it...
2013-01-24
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PASS Business Analytics Conference Presentation
I am fortunate enough to have been selected to give a presentation at the PASS Business Analytics Conference in Chicago...
2013-01-23
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SQL Server 2012 SP1 Causes MsiInstaller Application Log Entries
After installing SP1 to SQL Server 2012 (11.0.3000) on one of our servers, I noticed higher than normal CPU loads due to...
2013-01-17
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SSAS: One giant cube or many small ones?
When using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) to build a cube, you may start out with one fact table, but...
2013-01-15
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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
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