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• Upcoming conference speeches and workshops in 2016 #ssas #tabular #dax #powerpivot #powerbi

  The summer is almost over and while we are working on new content (books and other for www.sqlbi.com ), I already have the plans for this Autumn’s conferences. Microsoft Ignite 2016 – September 26-30, Atlanta, GA See what’s new in SQL Server Analysis Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2016 2:03 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, SSAS, PowePivot, Tabular, Power BI

• PASS Summit 2015 and news about on-premises BI #ssas #tabular #sqlpass

  I don’t usually blog about news, unless there is a relevant impact on future directions. Last week we have seen a huge number of announcements for Power BI ( Custom Visuals now available to anyone through a gallery online, you can import them in also Read More... Posted Monday, October 26, 2015 12:30 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 3 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, Communities, SSAS, Power BI

• A new hope. Tale from SQL Saturday 454 #sqlsat454

  This is one of the few non-technical posts of this blog. Just skip it if you want to quickly come back to 100% BI related topics. Last Saturday we run the SQL Saturday 454 in Turin . I was part of the organization, and actually I was one of the promoters Read More... Posted Sunday, October 11, 2015 9:18 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 6 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, Communities

• Learn #tabular and #dax at PASS Summit 2014

  During the last months I’ve seen an increasing adoption of Analysis Services Tabular (and I’m writing a longer article about a particular area of adoption which was probably not expected – more on that in a few weeks). This year at PASS Summit 2014 there Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2014 6:57 AM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 6 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, PASS

• Not selected as a speaker at PASS Summit 2013 #sqlpass #sqlfamily

  I received the communication from the PASS Program Committee that none of my proposals have been accepted at PASS Summit 2013 . Probably this year there was too many proposals and I made a mistake not using all the possible proposals available per speaker. Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:05 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 12 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, Communities, PASS

• Discount for PASS Business Analytics Conference 2013 #passbac #ssas #sqlpass

  One month ago I wrote about my sessions at PASS Business Analytics Conference 2013, in Chicago, IL on April 10-12, 2013. If you still have not registered, you can save $200 by using the code BAC228BL and you should hurry up, because there is another discount Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:02 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, SSAS, Analysis Services, PowerPivot, PASS

• SQLBits XI in May 2013 – many reasons to attend! #sqlbits #dax #tabular

  I and Alberto Ferrari will speak at SQLBits XI (Nottingham, UK – May 2-4, 2013) and there are many good reasons to join us there, especially if you are interested to DAX! Here are our sessions: Thursday, 02 May 2013 – Training Day - From 0 to DAX The Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013 11:33 AM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, Communities, Analysis Services, DAX, BISM, Tabular

• First spring conference: PASS Business Analytics Conference and SQL Bits #passbac #sqlbits #sqlpass

  Spring is a conferences’ season and the upcoming one is no exception. I will be speaking at PASS Business Analytics Conference 2013, which will be the first event this year, so I’d like to spend a few words about my sessions. PASS Business Analytics Conference Read More... Posted Friday, February 08, 2013 5:50 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 3 Comments Filed under: Business Intelligence, Conference Communities, Conference, SSAS, Analysis Services, Methodology, Tabular

• After #SQLBits ready for #SQLPASS

  I just returned from my second SQLBits , this time in Liverpool, and I have to say it is a really great conference. Everything can be improved, but I have to say that it’s hard to find a conference where you can have more networking opportunities than Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:50 AM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference

• Approaching events #mstc11 #ppws #sqlbits

  The spring season is always full of events and I’m just preparing for a number of them. First of all, we are getting very good interest for the PowerPivot Workshop in Copenhagen on 21-22 March 2011. Tomorrow (Friday March 4) will be the last day to take Read More... Posted Thursday, March 03, 2011 12:15 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, SQL Server, PowerPivot

• Inside DAX session at PASS

  I will be a speaker this year at PASS Summit 2010 in Seattle, and I will present two sessions. The one I’d like to talk about in this post is the Inside DAX one. I chose to do this session (instead of another one that was initially planned) because when Read More... Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 5:04 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 1 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, PowerPivot, DAX

• PowerPivot book in stock!

  My Microsoft® PowerPivot for Excel® 2010: Give Your Data Meaning book has been printed and is now in stock on many bookstores! This is another good news of the past week, who have been dense of good news. I and Alberto have been interviewed by Vidas Matelis Read More... Posted Sunday, October 10, 2010 6:28 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 2 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Book, PowerPivot, PASS

• SQLBits 2009

  This the second time in a row I will not able to attend to SQLBits - but don't lose this event if you can go to Manchester on March 28th, 2009. The conference is free, but registration is required. A training day (with a reasonable fee) is also scheduled Read More... Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 4:51 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 0 Comments Filed under: Conference Communities, Conference, Communities, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server

• Self-Service Business Intelligence

  The next Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference is coming and I just looked at sessions to include in my agenda. Every time I do this work, I find something in sessions descriptions that anticipates something that is coming out as news announcement Read More... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 11:31 PM by Marco Russo (SQLBI) | 4 Comments Filed under: Business Intelligence, Conference Communities, Conference