November 2010 - Posts

• Programming Microsoft LINQ in .NET 4

  30 months after the LINQ book based on .NET 3.5, it is now available the Programming Microsoft LINQ in Microsoft .NET Framework 4 ! I wrote this book with Paolo Pialorsi and we updated existing content adding several chapters. This is the list of chapters: Read More... Posted Monday, November 29, 2010 6:05 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 5 Comments Filed under: LINQ, LINQ to SQL

• Monitor SSAS performance counters using a cube!

  This is a tool I would have mentioned in the Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services book I wrote last year. Unfortunately, the ResMon sample cube has been published just a few days before PASS Summit 2010 on CodePlex. Read More... Posted Friday, November 26, 2010 8:23 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: Analysis Services

• Varigence Vivid and Bonavista Dimensions

  Yesterday Chris blogged about Varigence Vivid and Bonavista Dimensions . His post remembered me that I might share my comments about Vivid and I had to take a tour around Bonavista Dimensions, and here we are. Varigence Vivid is simply something that Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:35 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: Analysis Services, PivotTable, SSAS

• PowerPivot Workshop – last days to register

  There is less than one week (and only a few seats) available to register to the first PowerPivot Workshop that will be held in the Netherlands on December 1-2, 2010. I and Alberto spent the last days to refine the last slides and demo. Despite the workshop Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:14 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments

• PowerPivot Sessions from TechEd OnLine

  If you have not been at Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference this year, which was co-located with TechEd 2010, you probably missed the sessions I and Alberto made there. Well, now you can watch them online on Microsoft TechEd Online site: DAX Patterns Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7:52 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: DAX, PowePivot

• The Microsoft BI Roadmap: BISM, UDM and Beyond

  Microsoft recently announced a new roadmap for its BI architecture. The next version of SQL Server, codenamed “Denali”, is going to introduce a new semantic model named BISM (Business Intelligence Semantic Model). Analysis Services will host it and it Read More... Posted Monday, November 15, 2010 3:05 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 6 Comments Filed under: Analysis Services, BIDS, BISM, Business Intelligence, Conference, DAX, Excel, MDX, PASS, PowerPivot, Reporting Services, SSAS, UDM

• PowerPivot ebook - 50% discount offer of the day

  Yesterday I delivered my Inside DAX session at PASS 2010. Someone might have missed the link to buy the PowerPivot for Excel 2010 book with a 50% discount that is valid just today. The link is http://oreil.ly/sqlpass2010 ! Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:59 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 5 Comments Filed under: Book, Excel, PowePivot

• SQL Server Monitoring

  I’m not a DBA, but I’ve been impressed about how much intuitive and easy to use is the online demo of SQL Monitor from Red Gate . This is what I would really call a useful Dashboard. It could be a good demo for a CFO too! Read More... Posted Saturday, November 06, 2010 9:00 AM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments

• PASS Summit 2010 approaching

  PASS Summit 2010 is approaching and I'm facing the dilemma of choosing concurrent sessions in certain timeslots. I'm not alone in this situation and discussing it with other people only enhance my doubts because I see only more reasons to look also other Read More... Posted Friday, November 05, 2010 1:41 AM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: PASS, PowePivot, PowerPivot