SQL Server Analysis Services, one of the key features of Microsoft’s relational database enterprise offering, is going to the cloud. The company announced Tuesday that it’s launching the public beta ...

Excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed by Irina Gorbach, Alexander Berger, Edward Melomed Chapter 1: Introduction to OLAP and Its Role in Business Intelligence Excerpt from ...

Note – This book abbreviates SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services as SSRS and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services as SSRS2K5. New features available in SSRS and not in SSRS2K5 are labeled with “New in ...

Microsoft complements its relational database engine, SQL Server, with several add-on services that manage different aspects of enterprise business intelligence and information processing such as data ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new CTP of SQL Server 2016, along with a preview of Azure Data Lake Store and Analytics services and a preview of Azure SQL Database In-Memory OLTP and Operational ...

Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and Data Mining are now fully integrated and mature. DTS (Data Transformation Services) has been rewritten from the ground up, emerging as the more powerful and ...

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 12, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to extend its SQL Server (TM) business intelligence (BI) platform to include reporting capabilities. Microsoft expects to release ...

SQL Server (TM) 2005, the next version of its flagship data management and analysis software, business intelligence (BI) and performance management application vendors are developing solutions to help ...

On Tuesday Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing for SQL Server 2012 as well as an "evaluation version" for download, with general availability coming April 1. With this release, Microsoft ...