Category Archives: Power View/Project Crescent

SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Power View installation and requirements

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

Power View is installed when you run the SQL Server 2012 install and on the Feature Selection page choose “Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Products”.  This is a newer version of the add-in that is installed with SharePoint 2010, with … Continue reading →

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End-User Microsoft BI Tools – Clearing up the confusion

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Given two types of underlying data sources (a data warehouse and a OLAP cube built from the data warehouse) there are many different possible presentation layers (client tools) that serve different user communities with varying usage profiles.  There is a … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2012 and other PASS announcements

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Some announcements and notes from SQL PASS Summit 2011, going on this week: It was announced that the official name of the SQL Server “Denali” product is SQL Server 2012 and will be released in the first half of the year 2012.  There … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): CTP3 now available!

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

CTP3 of SQL Server Code 2012, code name “Denali”, was made available for download this morning.  You can download the 32-bit and 64-bit versions here.  Official announcement from the SQL Server team blog and the announcement from the Analysis Services … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Power View (“Project Crescent”)

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Power View (code name “Project Crescent”) is a new interactive data exploration and visual presentation experience coming in the next version of SQL Server 2012, code-named “Denali”.  It will offer a fun, visual, and powerful drag-and-drop ad hoc reporting experience.  It is an web-based end-user … Continue reading →

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