Book Review – Power Pivot and Power BI
Since Power BI is all the rage right now, I was in need of some material to spice up my...
2016-11-21 (first published: 2016-11-15)
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Koen Verbeeck
Master Data Services – Database Error has Occured when Publishing Business Rule
I was preparing a demo for a session about the new features of Master Data Services in SQL Server 2016....
2016-11-04 (first published: 2016-10-31)
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First thoughts on Power BI on premises
The wait is over, the Reporting Services team finally released a preview for Power BI Desktop reports hosted on premises...
2016-11-01 (first published: 2016-10-27)
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Master Data Services error – Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions
In preparation of my upcoming webinar on the new features of Master Data Services 2016, I installed MDS on my...
2016-10-23
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What’s new in SSRS 2016 – Session Contents
The 2016 edition of the Belgian SQL Server Days is over. It was a blast – as usual – and it was...
2016-10-14
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My thoughts on Recertifying your MCSE through Microsoft Virtual Academy
A couple of years back I achieved the Microsoft certification MCSE – Business Intelligence. You can read all about that process in...
2016-10-13
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Overview of Published Articles – 2016Q3
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the third quarter of 2016.
What’s New in SQL Server Integration Services...
2016-10-05
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Upcoming Webinars: What’s New in SSRS and MDS 2016
I’ll be delivering two webinars for MSSQLTips.com in the coming months. The first one is about the – amazing – new features...
2016-10-04
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Power BI Desktop hosted on premises with SSRS 2016
UPDATE 2016-10-27: the preview is available as a VM in the Azure Marketplace. More information can be found on the...
2016-10-12 (first published: 2016-09-28)
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SSRS Mobile Reports – JSON error
Just a quick blog post about an error I recently encountered when trying to create a mobile report for SSRS...
2016-09-14
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Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Do the Experts Become...
Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments...
Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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