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I recently had a unique challenge with SSRS which was the utilization of a Custom Font on an SSRS Report. Normally, I do not think about fonts other than what get installed as system fonts in Windows so this was a fairly new experience. I know a few people...
If you have worked with Performance Point Server before this change in strategy is not all that surprising. The product is ( at least the Monitoring and Analytics) is very focused on delivering items via SharePoint. In moving Performance Point Monitoring...
Have you ever thought, "Gee, I would really like to play with some of the cool BI technologies, but I really would rather not go out and install everything". "Plus, I would really not have to try and come up with a bunch of sample data...
In the past I have tried setting up Reporting Services on Windows Vista with no success and always reverted to Windows XP. Well I finally had to get this working and, of course, found some help on the web. So I had to install both 2005 and 2008 so I got...
For all my Orange County readers you might be excited to know that you now have another great option for getting your SQL content. Reza Madani is starting a new Orange County SQL Server Users Group and their first meeting is this Thursday, August 14th...
I am honored to have been chosen as a SQL Server MVP for the upcoming year for my work in the SQL Server Community. When I look at the list of MVPs I am truly humbled to be joining their company. I am looking forward to joining them in a couple weeks...
I know that Visual Studio 2008 is getting most of the press today for releasing, but there was also a big CTP release from the SQL Server Team as well. The November CTP was released today in all its glory. This is a big release and there are a bunch of...
Coming up next week I will be giving a presentation to the San Diego SQL Server Users Group on Thursday, November 15th, giving an overview of some of the new features coming in SQL Server 2008. I will talk a lot about the vision of SQL Server 2008 as...
I had a great time at the Silicon Valley Code Camp giving my presentations and getting to meet all the awesome attendees. I got to meet a lot of the great people up there that organized the event such as Peter Kellner and Anand Iyer . I am sure there...
If you are in the San Francisco/San Jose area this weekend and have not registered for the Silicon Valley Code Camp you are missing out. There are almost 800 people registered and 78 sessions packed with great information. There is an awesome variety...
I had a great time in San Luis Obispo for the Central Coast Code Camp. Hopefully, they will be able to make it an annual event. All the attendees in my sessions were great and had great questions. I also enjoyed the Geek Dinner on Saturday and meeting...
The first Central Coast Code Camp is happening this weekend up in San Luis Obispo, CA. I hear there are over 150 people registered for the event which is AWESOME. I will be giving two presentations at the event, one on New T-SQL Statements in SQL Server...
So I just had to get SQL Server 2008 installed and get it up and running. I had a Windows XP SP2 Base Image so I figured I would start with that since I am going to be doing mostly development with it. At some point I will probably install a version in...
For all you Database lovers out there like myself Monday was a big day as the covers were pulled back on SQL Server 2008 and the first public CTP was made available. If you are looking for some of the links here are a bunch CTP Downloads including Documentation...
I So this post is a little long in coming, but better late than never I guess. I had a great time going up to Portland to speak and attend the Portland Code Camp. There was a bunch of great things about the Code Camp, but I wanted to highlight some of...
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