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SSWUG vConf – Agile Business Development

Posted by Tom On April - 22 - 2009

2513682441_b2beea0d6bAgile 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. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 4% [?]

SSWUG vConf – Best Practices SSAS 2005 and 2008

Posted by Tom On April - 22 - 2009

OCGD Drawing exercise 1.jpgPresenter: 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 a hardware expert available who understands SAN, load balancing, etc… Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 8% [?]

sswugvconfHappy 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. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 3% [?]