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The place where I page to when my brain is full up of stuff about the Microsoft platform
Windows 7 is the Business for the User
My post Windows 7 x64 is fun might seem to echo quite a few comments on various forms and...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/24/2010
BI Masters Degree at Dundee University
Although I am a huge fan of Microsoft BI (which is why I work for Microsoft not because I work...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/23/2010
Using Hyper-V to make a demo sandbox
I like to make my demos myself and to try and make them as near real world as possible however I...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/19/2010
Multi Server Management in SQL Server 2008 R2
There have been tools to manage multiple instances of SQL server pretty much since it came out. If...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/17/2010
Getting Started with Multi-Server Management
In SQL Server 2008 R2 multi server management is expanded by the use of a Utility Control Point....
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/17/2010
Data Tier Applications
I have a confession to make; I have been doing a little bit of development! I wanted to check out...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/15/2010
It’s official, 64 bit Windows is fun
Although I have an Xbox, I still find flying and adventures are often better on the PC and I am not...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/10/2010
Cloudy with a chance of redundancies
Whether you want your cloud solution from a search provider, a bookstore or a software house there...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/09/2010
Zip It Block It Flag It
Although today is European safer internet day, I did my training yesterday to 650 secondary school...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/08/2010
PowerPivot Installation
I hope my PowerPivot posts and videos are proving useful, and continuing this them I want to cover...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/05/2010
SQL Server edition sprawl
One of the confusing things about SQL Server is all the editions it comes in and one of the great...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/02/2010
What am I doing here?
I often get asked about what I do in Microsoft, especially if my title of evangelist comes up in...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 02/02/2010
Safer Internet Day 9th Feb
If I was writing a bill of rights for the internet my main focus would be to make the web a safe and...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/28/2010
StreamInsight in SQL Server 2008 R2
In my recent post on the license changes in SQL Server 2008 R2, I deliberately didn’t cover the way...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/26/2010
PowerPivot Cookery
I am a pretty good cook (not as good as our chef in residence Marc) but I don’t practice enough so I...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/25/2010
PowerPivot is Analysis Services, sort of
PowerPivot is essentially a way of making an analysis services cube using excel as the design tool....
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/21/2010
Education education education at BETT 2010
I have spent the last four days on the Microsoft stand at a huge education show (BETT 2010) to field...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/18/2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 licensing
A while I go I did a post on licensing SQL Server in a virtual world, and there some changes you...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/11/2010
Take a closer look at the Microsoft Application Platform
I like technology but it’s what you do with it that matters. Having said that if you don’t know what...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/07/2010
Putting SQL Server data on the Map
Storing and manipulating spatial data into SQL Server 2008 is fairly straightforward, thanks to its...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/04/2010
Happy Christmas
Hopefully you have got where you need to be in this awful weather and are going to have a great...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/24/2009
EcoCamp – Working from Home
I took along a Microsoft RoundTable to the EcoCamp I was at over the weekend which sparked off a...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/16/2009
PowerPivot 101 – an Introduction
If you showed a business analyst or finance guy how to manipulate a whole year’s worth of data in...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/10/2009
Brown IT
Green IT is about saving power in offices and data centres, so my definition of brown IT is about...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/08/2009
Report Builder 3.0 SparkLines
As a graphic designer and geek with a masters around cognitive psychology I am intrigued at how...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/27/2009
Getting Started with SparkLines in ReportBuilder 3
First you’re going to need the download and install SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP. My step by step...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/27/2009
Using SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Builder 3 with Bing Maps
This article shows you how to get started with Report Builder 3 (RB3) and Bing Maps. I could use...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/26/2009
SQL Server 2008 R2 image preparation
With the rise of the virtual machine, the quick creation of a sandbox in which developers and...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/25/2009
SQL Server 2008 R2 Prepare Image Cook Book
This article walks you through the steps to prepare and complete an image installation of SQL Server...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/24/2009
SQL Server MVPs
The best thing about working with SQL Server is working with the other people that use it. The...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/18/2009
A small problem with Managed Service Accounts
I am very fortunate to always have the latest versions of Microsoft stuff to play with such as SQL...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/16/2009
SQL Bits Friday session
I promise this is the last time I mention SQL Bits this week, but I wanted to let you know I have...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/16/2009
TechEd 09 Ask the Experts
I have been at TechEd Berlin last week and when I wasn’t speaking I spent most of the time in the...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/16/2009
Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn
James and I are on our way to TechEd Berlin, but we’re driving because we’re both a little bit...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/07/2009
An Interesting VDI case, Holmes.
Last June I didi a series of interviews with Alun Rodgers of Risual about the cool stuff in Windows...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/06/2009
IIS 7.5 and Windows Server Core
There is so much stuff on Windows7 & 2008 R2 features out there, but not so much on IIS...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/04/2009
Server Core in Windows Server 2008 R2 – part 3
If I have convinced you to look at server core there some things you need to know to get...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/03/2009
Server Core in Windows Server 2008 R2 – part 2
Server Core is lean and mean but what can it be used for aside from sitting behind your...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 10/29/2009