Presenter: Craig Utley craig@solidq.com DB –> SSIS –> Relational Data Warehouse –> SSAS (Cubes) –> SSRS Data Sources SSAS Projects have one or more data sources that point to data in some physical format Data sources should impersonate a domain use with least privileges for the purpose of accessing data

Agile Business Intelligence – Proven Techniques that move BI Development into the Agile World Presenter: Ted Malone http://portal.sqltrainer.com Gotta love Ted. He’s been with SQL Server since Beta v1.0 on OS/2. Ted’s presentation is about Agile development method using Visual Studio Team System. Hoping some methodologies can apply using other tools

Presenter: Craig Utley, Mentor with Solid Quality Mentors craig@solidq.com http://learnmicrosoftbi.com General Design SSAS 2005 and 2008 are extremely different from SSAS 2000 Upgrading from 200 might work on small simple cubes. Not recommended In almost all cases, expect to redesign the AS db to take advantage of new features For larger project, plan to have

Below I am posting some of my notes from the various sessions, along with comments, observations and occasional odd humor. The Accidental Business Intelligence Administrator This session is designed for SQL Server DBAs who find themselves having to support SQL Server Business Intelligence projects using Reporting Services, Integration Services or Analysis Services. We’ll talk about

Happy Earth Day everyone! I write to you from the lobby of the SSWUG Business Intelligence Virtual Conference, my home office. hehe.. Yup, that’s right, no travel, no hassle, no shoes required

Sorry to Get You All A-Twitter, but Google Is Not in “Late-Stage Talks” to Acquire the Hot Microblogging Service | Kara Swisher Too funny.  As is so true and can be so terrible with rumor mills, we have the converse of the earlier post. According to both Scobleizer and Kara Swisher, Google is not trying

Google to Buy Twitter? Report Says Deal is in the Works – PC World. According to a report in PCWorld (and others), Google is working on a deal to purchase Twitter.  As it usually goes with the “rumor mill” many different reports along these lines are emerging. Regardless of how it might happen or why

Google to Buy Twitter? Report Says Deal is in the Works – PC World. According to a report in PCWorld (and others), Google is working on a deal to purchase Twitter.  As it usual goes with the “rumor mill” many different rumors along these lines are emerging. Regardless of how it might happen or why