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How It Works: FileStream (RsFx) Garbage Collection–Part (2)
In a previous post I outlined the basics of File Stream, garbage collection: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2011/06/23/how-it-works-filestream-rsfx-garbage-collection.aspxThis post continues...
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SQL Server 2014: TEMPDB Hidden Performance Gem
I ran across a change for TEMPDB BULK OPERATIONS (Select into, table valued parameters (TVP), create index with SORT IN TEMPDB, …) that you will benefit from.For example, I have a Create Index … WITH...
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RS, SharePoint and Forefront UAG Series – Part 4 (Power View - Export to...
Part 1 – IntroPart 2 – Operational Reports (Classic RDL Reports)Part 3 – Power Pivot Gallery (Silverlight)Part 4 – Export a Power View Report to PowerPoint (you are here)The last part of this...
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RS, SharePoint and Forefront UAG Series – Part 3 (Power Pivot Gallery -...
Part 1 – IntroPart 2 – Operational Reports (Classic RDL Reports)Part 3 – Power Pivot Gallery (Silverlight) (you are here) Part 4 – Export a Power View Report to PowerPoint The last post really went...
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RS, SharePoint and Forefront UAG Series – Part 2 (Operational Reports)
Part 1 – IntroPart 2 – Operational Reports (Classic RDL Reports) (you are here) Part 3 – Power Pivot Gallery (Silverlight)Part 4 – Export a Power View Report to PowerPoint This piece took the longest...
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RS, SharePoint and Forefront UAG Series – Intro
I have been working a fairly complicated case over the last year that involved running Reporting Services Reports through a Universal Access Gateway (UAG) to publish a SharePoint Site. I worked with...
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Version 9.04.0013 of the RML Utilities for x86 and x64 has been released to...
X64: http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/a/4/0a41538e-2d57-40ff-ae85-ec4459f7cdaa/RMLSetup_AMD64.msiX86:...
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SharePoint Adventures : Using Claims with Reporting Services
Back in February of 2011, I created a blog that walked through using Kerberos with Reporting Services. Since then, we have moved Reporting Services to a shared service within SharePoint. This changes...
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How to grab multiple parent/child elements from XML Data Source
We had a question come up about why an XML query wasn’t pulling a 2nd Parent/Child element from the resulting data. This was grabbing data off of a Web Service. The example I was given was a public...
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How It Works: Behavior of a 1 Trillion Row Index Build (Gather Streams from...
I ran into this behavior working on a 1 trillion row, spatial index build but the behavior can apply to any Gather Streams operator, retaining the sort order as rows pass though it. I was just...
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Capping CPU using Resource Governor – The Concurrency Mathematics
Here is what you need to know: A = πr2Okay, not really as that is the formula for the area of a circle but it does set the stage for this discussion. I have been working with the CAP_CPU_PERCENT...
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REPL_SCHEMA_ACCESS wait type
Recently we have worked with a customer on replication latency issue with transactional replication. Customer has over 30 published databases on a single server. All of them are very active....
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Using SQL Server in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine? Then you need to read this…
Over the past few months we noticed some of our customers struggling with optimizing performance when running SQL Server in a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine, specifically around the topic of I/O...
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These resources may help resolve your issue….
Some of you may have seen a list of links that pop up when opening a case through our Microsoft support site. These resources are internally referred to as solution assets and are meant to be top bets...
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Kerberos Configuration Manager updated for Analysis Services and SQL 2014
Kerberos Configuration Manager was released back in May of 2013. It initially released with only SQL Server support. This was followed up with support for Reporting Services in November 2013. You can...
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Getting Cross Domain Kerberos and Delegation working with SSIS Package
I started working on this issue started by way of a Twitter conversation between myself, Jorge Segarra (@sqlchicken) and Matt Masson (@mattmasson). I then found out that Jorge was working with a...
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Slow query using non-deterministic user defined function
Recently we worked with a customer who reported a query that used to run a few seconds in SQL Server 2000 but it never finishes in SQL Server 2008 R2 following upgrade.We went around and tried quite a...
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Read this if you have transactional replication configured and plan to...
SQL Server online documentation makes very clear that you need to 'drain' your replicated transactions before doing any upgrade if you have replicated databases. Below are requirements for...
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How It Works: XEvent Output and Visualization
Each and every day I use XEvent more and more as I uncover the powerful feature set. I am finding it helpful to understand some of the input and output capabilities in order to leverage the power of...
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The Additive Design of SSAS Role Security
SSAS security roles are additive – that is, a user gets permission to access data allowed in any role to which the user belongs, even if another role membership for the same user does not allow access...
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