All things Data Related....
On this site I will be posting entries related to Data platform and analytics that I learn and believe could be valuable learning to others who want insight from their data
Microsoft Big Data Platform (HDInsight) in action
Big Data and BI working together Date/Time: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 6:30 PM Location: The City...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 11/04/2012
Briefing: Mission Critical Confidence in the Enterprise
High availability, manageability, performance, scalability, security and compliance – a...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 11/04/2012
Windows Azure Cloud Platform Poster
They say pictures tell you a 1000 words and helps you to understand things clearly. Well certainly...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 11/02/2012
Virtualise and Consolidate SQL Server with confidence on Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
The study by ESG Labs, demonstrates performance, scalability, and low overhead of Hyper-V can...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 10/29/2012
New Public Previews of Hadoop for Windows and Windows Azure
Public previews of Windows Azure HDInsight Service and Microsoft HDInsight Server for Windows,...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 10/24/2012
Technical Case Study: Klout implementation of Analysis Services over Hive (Big Data)
Klout (www.klout.com) measures influence across the social web by analyzing social network user...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 09/27/2012
SQL Server Technical Bootcamps for Service Providers
This is an invite-only, technical boot camp for Hosting Service Providers that offers 300...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 09/17/2012
Windows Server 2012 has released
Today marks the General Availability of Windows Server 2012. Windows Server 2012 is a cornerstone of...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 09/05/2012
Selecting the right Self-Service BI Tool
Self service BI is getting lot of attention, and there are lot of tools out there in the market from...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/22/2012
Big Data in my little head
I recently attended internal training on Microsoft Big Data presented by our partner in this space...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/08/2012
Teched Australia 2012: Session Catalog is live
Thank you to those for submitting some great sessions this year. It was always going to be a...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/08/2012
Free Ebooks from MS Press
In case you missed this announcement, I am including the link s below to free ebooks from...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/08/2012
Step by Step: Setting up Linux ODBC driver for SQL Server
After setting up Redhat Linux 6.3 in Hyper V image follow the instructions outlined on TechNet -...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/02/2012
Detailed SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Technical Guide Now Available
This document takes you through the essential technical details for planning and testing an upgrade...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 05/21/2012
Optimizing SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint for Private Cloud - Business Intelligence White Paper
The managed self-service business intelligence (BI) capabilities of SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 04/30/2012
My SQL Saturday Presentation on the HP Database Consolidation Appliance (DBCA)
Thank you to those who attended my SQL Saturday presentation last Saturday at Epping Boys High...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 04/23/2012
What? You still think RAC is the answer for your high end database platform requirements even with SQL Server 2012 & SQL Azure now released! Time to think again
If you really have a requirement for scaling out your database workload today then an option that is...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 04/11/2012
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is launching today, with evaluations available and general availability starting April 1.
Exciting news! SQL Server 2012 has released to manufacturing. You can download an evaluation of the...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 03/06/2012
Reference Architecture for High Performance SQL Server
HP and Microsoft engineering teams have worked together to create a reference architecture to...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 02/15/2012
Excite your CxOs and Senior management by providing Microsoft BI on thier iPads
With the December update to SharePoint 2010, you can now view your existing BI solutions in your...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 01/11/2012
Try out Power View in the comfort of your PC
Just in case you missed it over the holiday period, Pej from the SQL Server product team made...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 01/04/2012
Thinking about moving your database to the cloud
To help you evaluate your SQL Server database(s) readiness to move onto our public offering – SQL...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 01/04/2012
BigData! Hype or Reality?
I have recently had the opportunity to present on the topic of BigData at several forums including...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 12/27/2011
Upgrade Assistant for SQL Server 2012 now available
The new Upgrade Assistant for SQL Server 2012 from our partner Scalability Experts is now available...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 12/24/2011
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support & custom during 2011...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 12/22/2011
SQL Server 2012 RC0 Available Now
The SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC) is available now. It is the first release which is...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 11/17/2011
Have you registered for the Big Picture Event?
Experience the future. NOW. Driven by the thought “Don’t tell me, SHOW ME!”, Microsoft brings...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 11/03/2011
Want to know more of our cool SQL Appliances??
The product team has just put together the following Linked In discussion groups, so be sure...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 10/11/2011
BI: Excel Services Data Refresh Flowchart
Use this flowchart to better understand how Excel Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 10/03/2011
Did someone say Pizza, Beer & some Denali Demos!!!
I should have added one more thing and its FREE . If this is music to your ears then lock down the...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 09/10/2011
See you at Teched Australia 2011
Just finishing off the final touches to my two presentations and hope to catch you either in my...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/27/2011
Tips & Tricks: SharePoint 2010 Performance Point Services–Reporting Services report settings
I see this occur quite often and even I keep on repeating this mistake – when it comes to setting up...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/21/2011
SQL Server Denali AlwaysOn–Q&A
Since the release of SQL Server Denali CTP3 I have been talking more and more to customers and...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/14/2011
SQL Server “Denali” CTP3 Product Guide
So you have downloaded Denali CTP3 from -...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 08/12/2011
SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 available
Link for downloading CTP 3 of Denali: https://www.microsoft.com/denali The long awaited wait for CTP3...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 07/12/2011
Whitepaper: Implementing SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse using Kimball Approach
Summary: This white paper explores how the Kimball approach to architecting and building a data...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 07/12/2011
SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 Now Available
You are reading right, sqlman is talking about SharePoint . The reason for this is that by applying...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 07/11/2011
Analysis Services Report actions and SharePoint Integrated Mode Reports
This is one of those things that you can easily get wrong from time to time, (I have ), so thought I...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 06/14/2011
Tips & Tricks: YOU HAVE LOST ACCESS TO SQL SERVER. NOW WHAT?
A Principal Data Engineer at Microsoft (Saleem Hakani) had authored the below SQL Server Tips &...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 06/14/2011
Whitepaper: SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Operations Guide
A comprehensive (108 pages) whitepaper has recently been released that describes describes how...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 06/13/2011
PowerPivot in Action
Microsoft partners Extended Results have done it again. They have released another great PowerPivot...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 06/11/2011
DW infrastructure made easier
Earlier this week we announced the availability of another DW appliance from HP called the HP...
Author: Shashank Pawar Date: 06/09/2011