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With the upcoming release of SQL Server 2012, the new and cooler way to connect to a PowerPivot workbook within SharePoint is to use Power View which addresses the concept of Self Service Reporting (similar to how PowerPivot addresses Self Service BI).  I even have a cool YouTube video showing how to connect Power View [...]

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The post Connecting PowerPivot to Hadoop on Azure – Self Service BI to Big Data in the Cloud provided the step-by-step details on how to connect PowerPivot to your Hadoop on Azure cluster.   And while this is really powerful, one of the great features as part of SQL Server 2012 is Power View (formerly known [...]

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There are many ways to perform disaster recovery with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Based upon customer experience and internal testing, this technical note provides guidance around best practices to design and manage robust end-to-end disaster recovery (DR). This DR method will involve both automatic and manual failover in the form of content switches, [...]

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I had been asked a number of times what is the difference between Reporting Services, Report Builder, and ReportViewer Controls, so here’s a quick recap: Reporting Services: This is the server-based reporting platform as part of the Microsoft BI stack that allows you to create reporting solutions against multiple data sources.  More information can be found at: [...]

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I had been asked a number of times what is the difference between Reporting Services, Report Builder, and ReportViewer Controls, so here’s a quick recap: Reporting Services: This is the server-based reporting platform as part of the Microsoft BI stack that allows you to create reporting solutions against multiple data sources.  More information can be found at: [...]

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The final technical note as part of the Building and Deploying Large Scale SQL Server Reporting Services Environments technical note series on Reporting Services Performance Optimization has just been published at Reporting Services Performance Optimization.   This technical note provides guidance on the reasons to use 64-bit, how to handle large workloads, Monitoring Reporting Services [...]

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The final technical note as part of the Building and Deploying Large Scale SQL Server Reporting Services Environments technical note series on Reporting Services Performance Optimization has just been published at Reporting Services Performance Optimization.   This technical note provides guidance on the reasons to use 64-bit, how to handle large workloads, Monitoring Reporting Services [...]

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An excellent blog explaining the ExecutionLog2 view within Reporting Services has been written by Robert Bruckner at: http://blogs.msdn.com/robertbruckner/archive/2009/01/05/executionlog2-view.aspx   Quoted from Robert: Before you can optimize particular reports or your entire system, you need metrics and understand what they tell you.  In this posting, I want to focus on how to effectively interpret and utilize the data [...]

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An excellent blog explaining the ExecutionLog2 view within Reporting Services has been written by Robert Bruckner at: http://blogs.msdn.com/robertbruckner/archive/2009/01/05/executionlog2-view.aspx   Quoted from Robert: Before you can optimize particular reports or your entire system, you need metrics and understand what they tell you.  In this posting, I want to focus on how to effectively interpret and utilize the data [...]

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Check out my Technet webcast on Building SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 Large-Scale Solutions.   In this webcast, you learn about successful configuration and architecture principles to maximize the scalability of your enterprise Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS) environment. Join us as we provide you details, based on real customer scenarios, on how [...]

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