Performance Tuning with sp_BlitzIndex

Just a small blog post about how I used sp_BlitzIndex for the first and how awesome that was. sp_BlitzIndex is one...

Master Data Services Configuration Woes

Installing and configuring SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re...

Reporting Services redesign – it’s the little things

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is getting quite the overhaul in SQL Server 2016. Lot’s of things are changing:
new look...

Reblog: Data Visualization – Book Review

To prepare myself for my session Data Visualization Tips & Tricks, I read a few books. In this blog post, I’ll...

Webinar – What’s New for Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2016

I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com on Thursday 29th October 2015.

The title is What’s New for Business Intelligence in SQL Server...

Presentation Design – Before and After

Recently I gave a session on the SQL Server Days about the new features for business intelligence in SQL Server...

Overview of Published Articles – 2015Q3

Here is an overview of the articles I published in the third quarter of 2015.
Retrieve file sizes from the file system...

What’s new for BI in SQL 2016 – Session materials

SQL Server Days 2015 is over and it was a blast. Met a lot of people from the #sqlfamily, too...

New SSRS features in SQL 2016 CTP 2.4

SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.4 hasn’t been released yet (any day now I guess), but someone was apparently very eager...

Why I hate Pie Charts

The pie chart should be avoided at all costs. Why?
you can only display a limited number of slices (although that...