Recently we've seen an issue where some Excel 2010 workbooks containing PowerPivot models encounter errors when attempting to upgrade to Excel 2013. When opening a PowerPivot model that was created in Excel 2010 in Excel 2013 you will be prompted to...

Just wanted to update you all about the recent changes we had made to the KB article on this subject. The KB article now gives OS specific guidance on various settings that are part of 'High Speed networking features (formerly called as Scalable Networking...

If you have multiple full, differential and transaction log backups, there are chances you may end up facing the error below during the restore process. “ This differential backup cannot be restored because the database has not been restored to the correct...

I ran into a new Kerberos Scenario that I hadn’t hit before when I was working on the cases related to this blog post . It’s rare that I actually see a case related to the Named Pipes protocol.  When I do, it is usually a customer trying to get it...

I’m always amazed that issues usually come in batches.  I was looped into a few cases that had the following symptoms.   They were running SharePoint 2010 and Reporting Services 2012 SP1.  When they went to use a data source with Windows...