Category Archives: Business Intelligence

SSAS Maestro Program (or SQL BI MCM)

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

There is a very interesting new Microsoft program that started back in January, called the SSAS Maestro Program.  It is a five-day, deep-dive course on Analysis Services 2008 R2 that gives architects and consultants the education and hands-on experience needed to deliver the … Continue reading →

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Free SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

If you are new to Business Intelligence (BI) and learn best by watching videos and “playing”, then this course is perfect for you.  The SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course (SQLInsights) will help you build your first Microsoft Business … Continue reading →

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Colleges starting to offer business intelligence degrees

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Interesting video on eWeek.com called Business Intelligence Takes Higher Education Students to the Head of the Class that talks about how colleges are noticing that there is a high demand for employees with business intelligence and analytics expertise, and are now … Continue reading →

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How to become an expert in your field

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

I have been compiling a list of what things a person can do to become an expert, or guru, in his chosen field, whether that be in specific fields like SQL Server, BI, .Net, or in a broad field like career … Continue reading →

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Watch out, Visual Studio 2010 does not support BI

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

When Visual Studio 2010 was released about a year ago, I was very excited and wanted to quickly open up a SSAS project created in VS 2008 to see the new features that were available in VS 2010.  So I copied … Continue reading →

Posted in Business Intelligence, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010 | 2 Comments

New Microsoft BI Labs site

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Interesting new BI site from Microsoft called “BI Labs“.  This site says: “BI Labs is a collection of experimental business intelligence projects and useful applications made available from internal sources across Microsoft. These projects are prototypes and concepts, and there are … Continue reading →

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DBA’s, want to earn the big bucks? Learn BI

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

While there are many DBA’s who do business intelligence, or BI, I believe there are even more who do not.  After all, there is enough tasks for DBA’s to keep them plenty busy without dealing with BI.  But if you … Continue reading →

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