Is Self-service BI Threatening IT Professionals’ Livelihoods?
(this is another follow-up to Chris Webb’s post on “Why Corporate BI and Self-Service BI Are Both Necessary”) There is...
2012-12-09
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SQL Server BI Blog
Debugging Parameter Dependencies in Reporting Services
Creating a report with two datasets that reference the same pair of parameters, I’m seeing the following error: The Value...
2012-12-07
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Power View and Reporting Services
There has been an active discussion thread on Chris Webb’s blog about the similarities & differences between various Microsoft BI & reporting...
2012-12-03
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Is PowerPivot the Next Access?
I’m impressed with the current generation of semantic modeling technology from Microsoft. I’ve had the opportunity to use both PowerPivot...
2012-10-31 (first published: 2012-10-28)
4,374 reads
Office 2013 BI and Mobility
I had a really good experience presenting a session at the SQL Saturday BI Edition in Dallas this weekend about...
2012-10-15
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The State of Microsoft Self-Service Reporting
(article published on the MVP Award Program Blog) I really enjoy this topic. One of the reasons, I suppose, it’s...
2012-09-27 (first published: 2012-09-25)
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2012 Fall & Winter Conference Sessions
Fall is a busy time for speaking engagements which include user groups, SQL Saturdays and the PASS Global Summit. I'm...
2012-09-22
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SQL Server BI & SharePoint eBooks, Guides and Resources
There are many free eBooks & resources available from Microsoft and members of the MVP community. This is a collection of...
2012-08-10
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PASS 2012 Summit: November 6-9
I just received an email message from the PASS Global Summit 2012 organizers after submitting session abstracts a few weeks...
2012-06-10
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On my way to DevTeach in Vancouver
Just stepping out the door on on my way to the DevTeach / SQL Teach conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The...
2012-05-28
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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