I have met a couple of partners and they keep asking where I can get the RDL deifinition and the schema's. Here are the links that will give you ample information: RDL 2008 Schema RDL Specificaiton documentation
Sorry, folks have not been able to update specifically on the SQL Track that I was handling at the VTD. Actually, we had 2 full track around SQL Server - a Dev track and completely an ITPro Track. We will have the recordings on the site in about 10 days, but keep a tap on the site . The Dev Track was...
More often than not it is difficult to explain BI concepts to even developers and decision makers. Now here is a overview for DBA;s from Derek's blog . A good read to understand some of the basics ...
At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) on Nov 6th this announcement was made but for the next version :). Yup, Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server - Kilimanjaro (As announced at the BI Conference earlier) will start to remove the limit of 64 logical processors to 256 logical processors...
SQLCAT Team is back with their good old wonderful articles and this time it is around the Scale-out of SSRS and these field notes are like goldmines. Anyways, read the article here .
On October 17th, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 was released as part of the SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack. The download provides a stand-alone installer for Report Builder 2.0. If you have used Report Builder 1.0 in SQL Server 2005, you may have already experienced significant productivity...
I wish we can talk more on this project, but the MS BI Conference attendees did get an glimpse of this. Catch this MSDN Blog that gives you some information on the roadmap of SQL BI & DW planned. BTW, if you are wondering what Project Gemini is - It is the Self Service Analysis Services and by the...
In the recently concluded Virtual TechDays in Sep we had a track for SQL Server and we did 4 sessions. There were a number of questions that we were not able to answer during the session. I just compiled the Part I of the responses for "Top 10 DMV's" session by Praveen at our TechNetIndia...
Here are a set of links that will bridge the gap between SQL Server 2008 datatypes and Virtual Earth seamless integration. Virtual Earth & SQL Server 2008 - Part 1: Introduction (1/2) Virtual Earth & SQL Server 2008 - Part 1: Introduction (2/2) Virtual Earth & SQL Server 2008 - Part 2: Spatial...
Two new SSIS connectors have been released to the web: Microsoft Connector to Oracle by Attunity 1.0 : The Oracle source and destination components are written to achieve optimal performance when loading data into Oracle or unloading data from Oracle in the context of Microsoft SSIS. Microsoft Connector...