PowerPivot for Excel "Not loaded. The Managed Add-in Loader failed to initialize."

Error when trying to enable the PowerPivot for Excel add-in for Office 2010 reads:

"Not loaded.  The Managed Add-in Loader failed...

Speaking at SQLPASS Performance Virtual Chapter Winter 2012 Performance Palooza

I am pleased to announce that I am speaking Thursday, December 6, at the SQLPASS Performance Virtual Chapter Winter 2012...

Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysprotects

This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...

Rules of Holes #7: Some Will Look Down on You.

I've been extoling the Rules of Holes, hoping to give you both courage to get out of your Hole, and solace for having allowed yourself to get in a...

Rules of Holes #7: Some Will Look Down on You.

I've been extoling the Rules of Holes, hoping to give you both courage to get out of your Hole, and solace for having allowed yourself to get in a...

Reblog: November 23 to November 29

Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post.  The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...

Power View for Multidimensional Models – Preview Available

Microsoft introduced an interactive data exploration, visualization and presentation experience called Power View with SQL Server 2012.  Power View can only consume data...

Sharing the Love

Just a few blog posts that you ought to go and read.
First up, Tom LaRock maintains a listing of SQL...

Rules of Holes #7: Some Will Look Down on You.

I've been extoling the Rules of Holes, hoping to give you both courage to get out of your Hole, and...

Tables without a Primary Key

As well as creating the script for yesterday’s post on finding Tables without a Clustered Index I tweaked the script...