Master Data Services: Changing a model with a subscription view
I have been working heavily with Microsoft Data Services (MDS) in SQL Server 2012 over the past few months, and...
2012-09-10
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James Serra's Blog
The MERGE statement in SQL Server
The SQL MERGE statement was introduced in SQL Server 2008 and allows you to modify data in a target table based...
2012-09-06 (first published: 2012-09-05)
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SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2013: Installing on a Virtual Machine
With the preview of SharePoint 2013 now available, I have updated my post SQL Server 2012: Installing on a Virtual Machine to...
2012-08-31 (first published: 2012-08-27)
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Excel 2013 and BI
On July 16, 2012, Office 2013 Preview was released to the public (download). Excel 2013 now includes a lot of the...
2012-08-15
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PerformancePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2013
PerformancePoint is an important BI Tool in the Microsoft world and it will continue to be Microsoft’s solution for creating interactive,...
2012-08-13
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Prevent wiping out of SSAS partitions
There have been a few times when I have created SSAS partitions outside of BIDS using script code in an...
2012-08-01
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Syncing your contacts
In the same vein as my blog post about Syncing your calendars, I wanted to post how to sync your contacts...
2012-07-30
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Visual Studio 2012 does not support BI
In the same vein as my post Watch out, Visual Studio 2010 does not support BI, Visual Studio 2012 does not...
2012-07-25
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TechEd Europe 2012 videos online
Microsoft has posted ALL the session videos for TechEd Europe 2012 and they are available for free! What a great...
2012-07-23
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SSRS does not require IIS
Starting with SQL Server Reporting 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS) was the removal of the Internet Information Services (IIS) dependency, so you do...
2012-07-18
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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