The Master Data Services book I was technically reviewing has finally been published and is available for purchase, congratulations to the authors and publishers.   Sample Chapter 1) Where to buy this book     You can buy Microsoft...

Link for downloading CTP 3 of Denali: http://www.microsoft.com/denali The long awaited wait for CTP3 is over. You can now get access to the upcoming release of SQL Server code named Denali. CTP3 highlights: This preview is packed with additional functionality...

Summary: This white paper explores how the Kimball approach to architecting and building a data warehouse/business intelligence (DW/BI) system works with Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse, and how you would incorporate this new product as the cornerstone...

You are reading right, sqlman is talking about SharePoint . The reason for this is that by applying SP1 to your SharePoint 2010 environment, you can improve the performance of PowerPivot based and Excel Services based BI solutions. You can download SharePoint...