This week, the Reporting Services (SSRS) Technical Preview gets released for download. Not only does this allow you to embed Power BI Reports inside a Reporting Services Native Mode Report Server, but you can embed them inside SharePoint 2016 web part pages too. And this goes for Reporting Services […]
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Bathurst 1000 – It’s Go for Girls and Nissans
The Bathurst 1000 is a 1,000 kilometre touring car race held every year on the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst New South Wales, Australia, Oi, Oi, Oi. During the off season, the circuit, is actually open to the public, driven daily by locals and tourists alike. It is currently run as […]
Read MoreLet the Good Times Flow in SharePoint Online
Flow has been available for some time now as a beta program wthin Office365 offering Cloud orchestrated business workflows. What does this actually mean to a business user? These workflows offer businesses the opportunity to automate, improve operational efficiency, reduce room for error and encourage repeatable experience by automating […]
Read MoreWhy Power BI Needs to Run on Android Tablets
Broken Hill, Australia… was the backbone of the country during two world wars producing ingredients for materials, employment, memories and lifetimes for many… Now a stark but beautiful place to visit, the best steak in the country, and home of Priscilla Queen of the Desert… and NOT where you want your […]
Read MorePower View is Dead… So Why Won’t Power BI let it Die ???
Read an official Microsoft Power View page and you will see that “Power View is an interactive data exploration, visualisation, and presentation experience that encourages intuitive ad-hoc reporting”. Power View reports actually look pretty sweet too… there a bunch of things that Power BI does that Power View doesn’t, but all in all […]
Read MorePower BI Desktop on Mac OS X
Possibly my favourite Macbook ever is the trusty mid 2012 edition model. This portable and powerful unit is still very current, supporting Thunderbolt and USB 3, powerful processors, decent battery life, popular 13 inch size and upgradeable to 16Gb of memory, ideal for running Power BI Desktop…. except Power […]
Read MoreSharePoint Online – Raise the Bar on Your Team’s Performance – Two Ways to Get Email Notifications when Documents get Added Changed or Deleted
This is an era when sales of the iPhone are declining… and the variety, velocity and veracity of data is growing at record rates. Those of you utilising SharePoint online for your business documents might find it useful to keep tabs on changes to your document libraries. Alerts are a ray of sunshine […]
Read MoreMaking Power BI Mobile Your Default Report Delivery
Your business is agile, up and coming, and thrives on real time decision making. Forget about everything you know about traditional reporting for a minute, and imagine having at your fingertips, a unified mobile app to deliver insights any way, anywhere and from any device, even your watch! Whether using SQL […]
Read MoreEmbracing the Changing Skies of Power BI
Power BI is at the top of the hype curve right now, and everyone is taking about it from operational decision makers through to the CEO as a one size fix-all. Power BI has a few coloured skies: Power BI Desktop, Power BI Cloud and the lovely Power BI Mobile […]
Read MoreGetting the Scent of Reporting Services Mobile Reports
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to date has focused on paginated printable pixel perfect reports and offers class-leading capabilities for that format. Reporting Services reports really havn’t changed that much since the beginning, but that’s a strength too, with Reporting Services developers enjoying a current skillset for the last 10+ […]
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