DataZen is Officially Dead, Customers Need to Transition to SQL 2016
Microsoft has officially killed the independent DataZen product stack with most of its features now incorporated into SQL Server 2016, SQL Server Reporting Services and … Read More
Express Route Now Supports Power BI
Microsoft Express Route is an Azure service that allows you to create private network connections between your data center and Azure to improve performance and … Read More
Power BI Embedded Pricing Now Available
Microsoft has released pricing for Microsoft Power BI Embedded. Power BI Embedded is the new version of Power BI targeted to application developers wanting to … Read More
Row Level Security Coming to Power BI
Microsoft has announced that row level security will be available as part of the Power BI service with a preview version available in March. This … Read More
New SQL Server 2016 RC1 Released with SSRS Updates
Microsoft has just released RC1 of SQL Server 2016 and with it a number of SSRS enhancements. Here are a few of the key updates … Read More
Using Power BI to Visualize WordPress Blog Posts
Microsofttrends.com runs on WordPress, and I have been working with Power BI to show some analytics on my posting behavior. Fetching the data can be … Read More
SQL Server 2016 is Coming to Linux!
Microsoft has just announced that SQL Server 2016 is coming to Linux! Microsoft will be releasing the core database platform on Linux in preview now … Read More
Power BI Custom Visuals Will be Sandboxed using IFrames
Microsoft released the ability to create custom visuals for Power BI a few months ago. These custom visuals allow developers to build new visualization widgets … Read More
Microsoft Analytics Tools Ranked as “Visionary” in latest Gartner Magic Quadrant
Gartner released its 2016 magic quadrant on analytics tools which covers machine learning, data mining, simulation and optimization. Microsoft, through tools such as Azure ML … Read More
Power BI Mobile App for IPhone Now Supports Real Time Updates
Microsoft has just released its latest updates to the Power BI service and one of the more interesting features is support for real time updates … Read More