November 2012 - Posts

• CTP for Power View and SSAS Multidimensional Cubes

  When Power View appeared, one of the big outcries was "but what about connecting to existing cubes!". Great to see that the SQL Server team have addressed that. A CTP that allows connecting Power View to SSAS Multidimensional cubes is now available: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/archive/2012/11/29/power-view-for-multidimensional-models-preview.aspx Read More... Posted Friday, November 30, 2012 8:36 AM by Greg Low | 1 Comments

• Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 now available for download

  Good to see the Visual Studio 2012 team get update 1 out the door. I'm using it now and am pretty happy with it. I like the way that the tools are now being updated out of band. Hopefully, the SQL BI folk will get their templates updated to VS2012 soon Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:59 PM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• An update on using Rosetta Stone: Studio now isn't very useful and is not great value as an add-on option

  I had a surprisingly large number of responses from my previous posting about learning Chinese. An update for those considering Rosetta Stone ( www.rosettastone.com ) for Chinese, Spanish or any other language that they offer: I had to renew my "Studio" Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:20 PM by Greg Low | 5 Comments

• Skype support and dead parrot sketches

  We as an industry have a lot to answer for. One thing is the level of support provided for users. Here's the conversation I'm having with Skype right now. It feels like being in a Monty Python skit . I was really hoping that when Microsoft purchased Skype Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:56 PM by Greg Low | 6 Comments

• Experiences with learning Chinese

  I've had a few friends asking me about learning Chinese and what I've found works and doesn't work. I was answering a question on a mailing list today and I thought I should post this info where it might be useful to many. The question that was initially Read More... Posted Thursday, November 08, 2012 10:20 AM by Greg Low | 10 Comments

• Azure Conference announced - Free, Online, and Soon

  ScottGu announced the Azure Conference today at BUILD. Have to say that I'm looking forward to it. If you want a bunch of Azure content, online and free, you can register for more info here: http://www.windowsazureconf.net/ Read More... Posted Thursday, November 01, 2012 1:05 PM by Greg Low | 0 Comments