Well, the more time passes, the more I like it... Somehow I have figured out, subconsciously, how not to make it crash quite as often and also how to work around things that don't work very well. So, in no particular order, here are few more observations... Map - like it a lot. There is … Continue reading PowerView in Excel 2013 – Business Intelligence – Second Impression
Using AlwaysOn to offload read-only workloads
Microsoft has posted a white paper that discusses how to physically partition your hardware in order to optimize read-write vs read only workloads on your transactional system. Why is this important? Well, there are certain ERP vendors who claim that any access to their data outside of what they explicitly support (or certify) compromises their solution … Continue reading Using AlwaysOn to offload read-only workloads
SAP HANA versus Microsoft Business Intelligence and xVelocity
This will be in a long rant format as I am still trying to organize my thoughts around this subject. Before I start comparing and contrasting the two vendors, I just wanted to make a quick statement to get something off my chest: Generally speaking, HANA is a good business decision for SAP as it … Continue reading SAP HANA versus Microsoft Business Intelligence and xVelocity
No HTML5 support is now expected in the 2012 SP1
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available as a community technology preview. The two most expected features so far are the SharePoint 2013 support for the new BI features and the HTML5 support for PowerView. Well, the rumor has it that the HTML5 support is NOT going to make it in this service pack. I … Continue reading No HTML5 support is now expected in the 2012 SP1
Excel 2013 – Business Intelligence – First impressions
I have been playing with the new excel for a few weeks now and I think I have finally enough material to share. In general the first impressions can be bucketed in three distinct set of emotions: Wow - a lot of new cool stuff coming out. It is becoming painfully clear that the PerformancePoint … Continue reading Excel 2013 – Business Intelligence – First impressions
More on new features of PowerView in Excel 2013
I started the list of changes here, at some point I will consolidate everything into a single nice master list, but for now I will just keep posing all the new things that I find in individual posts. So, a few other new features: Ability to drill on not only Matrix controls but also charts … Continue reading More on new features of PowerView in Excel 2013
PowerView in Excel 2013
I have been playing around with the newly released Office 2013. I cannot seem to find that many tangible Business Intelligence features in it, other than the PowerView feature that is now available in Excel. This feature has been flaky at best; I am getting all kinds of errors trying to build some visualizations against … Continue reading PowerView in Excel 2013
How to get SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013
It seems like the demand for the two products is simply insane, lots of links do not work. I have found a couple of links that have been pretty reliable for me so I will share them here: Download SharePoint 2013 here Download Office 2013 (aka Office 365 Preview) here Download Project Professional 2013 here … Continue reading How to get SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013
New BI features for Office 2013
As I have finally managed to install the Preview version of Office 2013, I have a few things to report: Office is not implemented as a Metro app, it runs inside the desktop PowerView is now part of Excel, works pretty much the same way it does in SharePoint 2010 with Reporting Services 2012. Still … Continue reading New BI features for Office 2013
Office 15 unveiled by Steve Ballmer… Available for preview…
Steve Ballmer just unveiled the new version of Microsoft office available for preview here.. The two most salient points of his presentation are touch support and windows 8 integration. The new version of office appears a lot friendlier for content creation on a tablet. SkyDrive also becomes a more prominent feature that allows content creation … Continue reading Office 15 unveiled by Steve Ballmer… Available for preview…
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