November 2010 - Posts

• Analysis Services Roadmap for SQL Server “Denali” and Beyond

  Last week Microsoft announced the “BI Semantic Model” (BISM). I wrote a blog post about this and now the Analysis Services team wrote an article named: Analysis Services – Roadmap for SQL Server “Denali” and Beyond . Read More... Posted Monday, November 15, 2010 2:03 PM by jorg | 0 Comments Filed under: SSAS

• Will SSAS, Cubes and MDX be abandoned because of the BI Semantic Model?

  At the PASS Summit that is happening in Seattle at the moment Microsoft announced the “BI Semantic Model” (BISM). It looks like BISM is something like the UDM that we now know from SSAS. While the UDM was the bridge between relational data to multidimensional Read More... Posted Friday, November 12, 2010 4:51 PM by jorg | 1 Comments Filed under: SSAS

• SQL Server code-named 'Denali' - Community Technology Preview 1 (CTP1)

  SQL Server Denali (SQL Server 2011) CTP1 has been released! Download it here SQL 2011 is expected to be ready in the third quarter in 2011! I’ve already blogged about a few new SSIS features here I will keep you posted! Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:12 PM by jorg | 0 Comments

• SQL Azure Reporting is announced!

  With SQL Azure Reporting Services you can use SSRS as a service on the Azure platform with all the benefits of Azure and the most features and capabilities of premise. It’s also possible to embed your reports in your Windows or Azure applications. Benefits Read More... Posted Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:54 PM by jorg | 2 Comments Filed under: SSRS, Azure

• MCITP – I passed the 70-455 “Upgrade: Transition Your MCITP SQL Server 2005 BI Developer to MCITP SQL Server 2008 BI Developer” exam!

  Recently I passed the 70-455 exam. This exam upgrades your SQL 2005 MCTS and MCITP certifications to SQL 2008. The exam contains 2 sections(basically separate exams), each with 25 questions: - A part which covers exam 70-448 : TS: Microsoft SQL Server Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 02, 2010 11:37 AM by jorg | 7 Comments Filed under: MS BI Exams