Monthly Archives: March 2011
Video recording of my SQL Azure presentation from Azure Summit
My SQL Azure presentation from Azure Summit 2010 is available on Channel 9. Here you can watch it: Note: This was a Swedish conference, so the presentation is only available in Swedish.
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SQL Azure – why use it and what makes it different from SQL Server?
I’ve so far not seen any article on why anyone should use SQL Azure so I thought it is time someone writes about that. This article is an introduction to why you might be interested in a cloud database and … Continue reading
The Swedish National SQL Server Developer Championship 2011 has started
We have now launched SQLug.se Challenge 2011, the official Swedish SQL Server developer championship. The individual winner will get a gift card certificate at liveit.se and the top 3 organizations will win license prizes from Red Gate. Visit our website (in … Continue reading
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Great SSAS monitoring tool – The ResMon Cube
Since Analysis Services (SSAS) 2008, there are Data Management Views (DMVs) that present pretty good information about the resource consumption of SSAS. These can be accessed through SQL query syntax, but now there is an easier way. Thanks to Greg Galloway … Continue reading
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Earth Green Index – the world’s ecotalk meter
If Twitter was a country, it would be the world’s 5th largest country according to population. About 90 million Twitter messages are written per day worldwide. Therefore you can follow world trends by monitoring Twitter. My latest project, Earth Green Index, … Continue reading
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I will speak at Miracle Open World 2011 in Billund, Denmark
I will again this year attend Miracle Open World 2011 on the 13th – 15th of April as a speaker. My session this year will be: Data warehouse patterns and anti-patterns. Managing a business without reliable information is like driving an airplane … Continue reading
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User Group meeting with Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari on Monday 21 March
Together with the Danish SQL Server User Group and the Excelbi.dk we are happy to welcome you to a user group meeting with Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari from SQLBI. Marco and Alberto are authors of the newly released book “PowerPivot for … Continue reading
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StreamInsight adapter for Facebook published
Interested in monitoring Facebook activity? My new input adapter for StreamInsight captures Facebook activity in near realtime. You’ll get all messages that you have permissions to read with your Facebook account. To use the application you need StreamInsight. Also you … Continue reading
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How to solve permission problems in Windows Azure Web Role
Since Windows Azure 1.3, Web Roles are by default hosted within IIS using an account with very limited permissions. If your application needs more permissions, there are two ways: Use the HWC (Hosted Web Core) instead of IIS. You can … Continue reading
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