You’re sh*&ting me. No way. Man, that sucks. rocks! – Toby Lee Shavers, from XXX (2002), altered of course! And before you start, yes, I’m starting to follow the schtick of quotes from fellow PowerPivot bloggers Rob Collie (@PowerPivotPro) and Kasper de Jonge (@Kjonge). For more memorable movie quotes, check out http://www.powerpivotpro.com/ . After about [...]
Archive for the ‘Analysis Services’ Category
Analysis Services ROLAP for SQL Server Data Warehouses
Posted in Analysis Services, tagged Data Warehouse, Internals, Performance, ROLAP on August 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
PowerPivot, Analysis Services, and TechReady….and coffee!
Posted in Analysis Services, PowerPivot, tagged Internals, Miscellaneous on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re going to TechReady 11 at the Washington State Convention Center this week in warm, sunny Seattle – first of all, welcome to the Emerald City! And if you’re a coffee snob like me (to give you background, not only am a long time Seattle resident so I pretty much breathe coffee – but [...]
Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services…does it apply to SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2?
Posted in Analysis Services, tagged Performance, Scale-Out on May 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I recently received a great question concerning the whitepaper Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services: Question, does this also apply for SQL Server 2008? What are you experiences with the scale out? I’m in the process of recommending using this technology to a large customer of mine and want to make sure we are actually able [...]
Accelerating Microsoft adCenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
Posted in Analysis Services, tagged Design, Partition, Performance on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How Microsoft adCenter takes advantage of groundbreaking performance and scalability enhancements and innovative design tools available with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services For more information, please refer to the whitepaper Accelerating Microsoft adCenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. Executive Summary As an Internet platform for online advertising campaigns on Microsoft® Bing™, [...]
Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX
Posted in Analysis Services, tagged Book on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you interested in reading up on the latest and greatest for SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services, coming out in March 2009 is the Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX by Sivakumar Harinath, Robert Zare, Sethu Meenakshisundaram, Matt Carroll, Denny Guang-Yeu Lee. Yes, I am back to my usual self [...]
Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX
Posted in Analysis Services on February 19, 2009 | 100 Comments »
For those of you interested in reading up on the latest and greatest for SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services, coming out in March 2009 is the Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX by Sivakumar Harinath, Robert Zare, Sethu Meenakshisundaram, Matt Carroll, Denny Guang-Yeu Lee. Yes, I am back to my usual self [...]
Reintroducing Usage-Based Optimization in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
Posted in Analysis Services, tagged Usage-Based Optimization on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the release of the SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services, there is the new and improved version of the Usage-based Optimization algorithm. The best practices and recommendations to use this feature can be found out this recently published technical note Reintroducing Usage-Based Optimization in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. Enjoy!
Reintroducing Usage-Based Optimization in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
Posted in Analysis Services on November 18, 2008 | 70 Comments »
With the release of the SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services, there is the new and improved version of the Usage-based Optimization algorithm. The best practices and recommendations to use this feature can be found out this recently published technical note Reintroducing Usage-Based Optimization in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. Enjoy!
The Many Benefits of Money…Data Type!
Posted in Analysis Services, tagged Data Types on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the latest technical note on the the many benefits of Money data type. Admittedly, it’s one of my dorkier papers but hopefully you can enjoy it, eh?! Check it out at: http://sqlcat.com/technicalnotes/archive/2008/09/25/the-many-benefits-of-money-data-type.aspx
Great Data Mining resource
Posted in Analysis Services on June 2, 2008 | 33 Comments »
To learn more information about Data Mining, check out the Rafal Lukawiecki’s TechNet Spotlight at: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/event.aspx?id=99 Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Enterprises In this one-day seminar, Rafal Lukawiecki aims to show IT Professionals how data mining can be used in IT infrastructure to support real business scenarios demystifying the perception that Data Mining [...]

