Power BI has become an indispensable tool for businesses looking to transform raw data into actionable insights. But here’s the thing: those insights are only as good as the data they’re built on. If ...

As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward. As I've ...

# customer intent: As a Report Builder user, I want to learn how to create data strings so that I can connect Report Builder to my data sources. # Create data ...

To apply this cumulative update package, you must be running SQL Server 2019. Beginning in Microsoft SQL Server 2017, the Analysis Services build version number and SQL Server Database Engine build ...

In this blogpost, ESET researchers take a look at Spacecolon, a small toolset used to deploy variants of the Scarab ransomware to victims all over the world. It probably finds its way into victim ...

There was a time when a new release of SQL Server – and therefore a new release of SQL Server Analysis Services – was the most exciting thing in the world for me. New functionality! New things to blog ...

Microsoft offers an array of options for data analytics in its cloud that are meant to operate together as a full analytics stack. Here is an overview of the core services and where each fits. If you ...