Category Excel Services

SQL Nexus Call for speakers is live

Nexus noun – “That which unites or binds”         After several months of work with a team of great people and companies: -Kenneth M. Nielsen (b|t) -Mark Broadbent (b|t) –ASAP design –Funky.biz –Microsoft –bloodyuseful We have the honour to launch the call for speakers for the next generation data platform conference in Copenhagen. The […]

SQL Saturday Denmark #413 post-event

This is the day after, the day after. We’ve all slept the Sunday out and are ready for our day jobs again! Thanks Thanks you for a great event to: The sponsors, who made everything possible The volunteers for giving a hand when we need it The speakers for using their weekend and money to […]

Installing SharePoint 2016 – 2

2 days ago, I ranted about installing SharePoint 2016 IT Preview and how about I was disappointed not be able to use Excel Services. A few hours later I was pointed to that article by Microsoft : What’s deprecated or removed from SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview One of the deprecated features being Excel Services. […]

Speaking at SPBiz conference

Next week I will virtually be speaking at a 2 days SharePoint virtual conference : SPBIZ. I will speak about a subject that I particularly like : Doing Business Intelligence with SharePoint. About configuring Excel services, Reporting Services and Power Pivot Service to provide SharePoint BI tools in a secure and performant way. This is a […]

SQL Saturday Denmark 2015 #413 – We Love SeQueLs

This is not an hidden add for Giro 413 (an ancient danish radio program) But the proud announcement that SQL Saturday Denmark is back on track, alive and kicking, getting ready for a blast of an event. The whole team that brought you the 2 first events is now a lot of experience richer and […]

Speaking at SQL Saturday Slovenia #356 – SharePoint as a BI platform

In only 10 days it is time for gathering of SQL Family and friends in Ljubjana, Slovenia. I will be presenting a brand new session that I’ve been working on for the last 3 years ! No kidding !! And just to make sure that I’m super fresh, I’ve been given the first morning session. […]

Attempted to access external data using the unsupported provider Provider=MSOLAP.6

A short post to celebrate that it is December 1st and I have moved to a self-hosted wordpress provider. This is the simple problem to the error “The workbook ‘http://<site name>/<workbook name>.xlsx’ attempted to access external data using the unsupported provider ‘Provider=MSOLAP.6….’” I am preparing a session for the upcoming SQL Saturday in Ljubjana where […]