שלום לכולם, ברצוני להזמין אתכם למפגש קהילת ה - BI. המפגש הקרוב יתקיים ב - 27.1 במשרדי מיקרוסופט רעננה, אולם דקל. מצורף לו"ז לקראת המפגש. לו"ז ל Bi User Group Meeting #10 (27.1.2010) 17:30 התכנסות 18:00 Personal BI בעוד שגרסאות 2005 ו - 2008 התמקדו בפתרונות BI לארגונים גדולים (Enterprise) , וצוותים (Team Level), מביאה עימה גרסת 2008R2 את בשורת ה - Personal BI. במצגת זו נתמקד בגורמים שהובילו לגיבוש התפיסה, הרכיבים הטכנולוגיים עליה היא מתבססת וכיצד היא תשולב בגרסה הקרובה. 18:30 P ower Pivot...

Just in case you haven’t heard of them till now, SQL Server Worldwide Users Group (or SSWUG ) hosts a great deal of information about all sorts of platforms – be it SQL Server, Oracle systems, MySQL etc. They also have a forum for your questions and a script library for your use. So why have I been talking on SSWUG? Because though they are hosting an event on PowerPivot (which I’ll talk about shortly), I think you should also consider them for additional information. And now – to PowerPivot ! You...

Microsoft just released SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP. The November CTP is "feature complete" so this should be close to the real thing, before they ship SQL Server 2008 R2 in 2010. I guess you could tell from the news coming from PASS that this would be in the wings. First of all, there was word that the next CTP would be delivered during November (which translates to: now!) and secondly, projects that before would be code named - now have their formal name. Madison is now Parallel Data...

Hello, I'd like to invite you to our next Israeli BI Group meeting (#7). When: OCT 28th, Wednesday 17:30. Where: Microsoft Offices, Ra'anana, 2 Hapnina Street, floor 0, DEKEL meeting room near the reception. Program: 17:30 - 17:45 Gathering 17:45 - 19: Yossi Elkayam & Franck Sidi – Microsoft Israel . The BI Quest . Comprehensive review on the platform and the future. 19:15 - 19:30 Break 19:30 - 20:30 The BI Quest Cont… 20:30- 21:00 Q&A I’d like to encourage you to propose a session...

Microsoft announced the formal name for the "Gemini Project". The Power Pivot is almost here. If you are curios and would like to know more, you can visit the Power Pivot Web site . I would like the opportunity to invite you all to our Israel BI user group meeting, the following meeting would reveal the upcoming future fo MS BI. So if you can't wait and would like to see for yourself. Join us for at Oct 28th at 17:30 At Microsoft Raanana for the "BI quest" a short journey...

שלום לכולם, עבר זמן רב מאז הפוסט האחרון, אני לא אתחבא מאחורי תירוצים כמו עבודה,משפחה וכו' אולי פשוט חיכתי לרגע מתאים לצאת בפוסט והרגע נדמה שהגיע. במהלך השבועיים האחרונים שוחררו על ידי מיקרוסופט גרסאות של קו המוצרים העתידי. את הימים האחרונים אני מבלה במאבק עיקש בגרסאות התקנה רבות, אני מקווה שלאחר סיום התהליך וקבלת ההרשאה המתאימה ממיקרוסופט (מישהו אמר NDA ?) אוכל סוף סוף לשתף אתכם במ שמסתמן כגל השקה גדול שעתיד לעבור עלינו, אבל למי שלא יכול להתאפק, להלן ריכוז קצר של העתיד לבוא: 1. Office 2010 :...

You know how they say “time just flies by you”? I think the year 2010 is coming quicker than I thought, and with it the new SQL Server 2010 , code named Madison. Microsoft has announced that it is planning a Technology Preview for Madison in early July, so if you have a petabyte size DW then you might be one of the lucky customers invited to take project Madison for a test drive. Other announcements (coinciding with TechEd 2009), are of new features available in SQL Server 2008 R2 such as Master...

Well apparently, you can miss out on a lot of things during a two weeks vacation. Luckily I came back in time to see SP3 Beta for SQL Server 2005 get released! But I'll talk about that in a bit... The announcement of Project Gemini in SQL Server 2010 sparked a very heated debate in the BI Community, over how much it might be abused by users as an alternative to an organized DW \ OLAP solution. The discussion did not go unnoticed by Microsoft . I guess I can only sum up by saying that we'll...

The Microsoft BI Conference 2008 has been the source for quite a few announcements. First of all, now that DATAllegro was purchased by Microsoft, the talk is about SQL Server handling bigger amounts of data. There have been posts not just about terabyte projects, but also petabyte projects. The full integration of DATAllegro's technology into SQL Server is planned for the first half of calendar year 2010 and is code named Project Madison. SQL Server 2010 itself is code named Project Kilimanjaro...