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• MCITP Business Intelligence Developer 2008 Certified! Passed 70-452 (71-452)

  Just checked my email this morning and last night I got the email results from taking the 71-452 PRO Designing a Business Intelligence Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 test and I passed! Here was the official email from Microsoft Certification Read More... Posted Friday, October 24, 2008 5:47 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• MCTS 70-448 Certified (71-448)

  Just got the email results from taking the 71-448 MCTS Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance test and I passed! Here was the official email from the Microsoft Certification program: Congratulations on earning your Read More... Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 8:08 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• MN SQL on Saturday postponed

  Unfortunately the SQL event coming up this Saturday that I blogged about a few weeks back here has been postponed until the November/December timeframe. Most likely it will be in early December. Having this event on a Saturday in MN at this time of the Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:45 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• Magenic Webinar Sept 16 – Making Better Decisions with Your Data Follow-up

  We did a second round of the Making Better Decisions with Your Data webcast today and it went pretty good. I stumbled on my thoughts a couple of times, but we got some good discussion going at the end with some questions and that was great. I definitely Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 3:11 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• North Central BI-SIG Sept 12 Follow-up

  Last Friday I co-presented at the local Business Intelligence user group with Joe Beeck and it went really well. I wasn’t sure how we were going to do on time, but I actually had to kind of skim over my demo at the end. I was able to show how to setup Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:50 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• Quick Feedback on the 71-452 (70-452) Beta Exam

  I went and took the beta exam 71-452 for the MCITP Designing a Business Intelligence Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (70-452) test this morning. I guess they decided to change up the format compared to the one for SQL Server 2005 (70-446). Read More... Posted Saturday, September 06, 2008 12:14 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• Magenic Webinar - Making Better Decisions with Your Data (Sept 16)

  Take two of the Magenic webinar that Aaron Lowe and I did early this year. We will be doing the presentation one more time for anyone that missed it the first time. This is not a technical presentation like the one on October 15 will be. We will be define Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:46 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• Magenic Webinar - Driving BI with SQL Server 2008 (Oct 15)

  I will be co-presenting a Magenic webinar with Aaron Lowe one of our SQL Aces out of Chicago on October 15. We are going to be talking about all of the awesome enhancements that are part of SQL Server 2008 such as Change Data Capture (CDC), Data Profiling, Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:32 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• MN SQL on Saturday - Sept 20

  Next month there will be a one-day event on Saturday, September 20 from 8 to 5. This is a great opportunity to network, learn, and win prizes. I will be presenting two sessions - SSIS Performance Tuning and SSAS 2008 Designer Enhancements and DMVs. Hope Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:21 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• North Central BI Special Interest User Group Meeting - Sept 12

  The next local BI Special Interest Group (BI-SIG) in MN is coming up on September 12 from 2:30 to 6:30. I will be co-presenting with Joe Beeck from GfK on 'Spreadmart to Data Mart Conversion'. Here is the topic description: Everybody probably has spreadmarts Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:15 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• SQL Server 2008 PRO Beta Exams 71-450 (70-450) and 71-452 (70-452)

  Just got this email from the SQL PASS Headquarters and wanted to share the information if you were not aware of the beta exam offer: We are happy to announce the dates for 2 upcoming Beta exams. The first is Beta Exam 71-452: Designing a Business Intelligence Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:40 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• Quick Feedback on the 71-448 (70-448) Beta Exam

  I took the beta exam 71-448 for the MCTS Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance (70-448). I would definitely check out the prep guide prior to going into the test to prepare yourself for what will be on the test Read More... Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:58 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• Magenic Technology Council (MTC) Summit 2008 Follow-up

  Last month Magenic held its first ever MTC Summit in Chicago. I helped check people in and I was able to watch some of the great presentations by Jay Schmelzer, Rocky Lohtka , Whitney Weaver , Jason Bock, Kirstin Juhl, Michael Cummings, and Anthony Handley. Read More... Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 8:59 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• Hereos Happen {Here} Hands on Lab Manuals

  If you went to one of the launches there was a hands on lab setup with some great exercises that you could take to take a look at some of the features that are available in Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008. I did some of the Read More... Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:36 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training

• TechNet BI Virtual Labs

  Just wanted to point out the Business Intelligence virtual labs that are available on the TechNet web site. There are three labs in regards to PerformancePoint server too Business Intelligence TechNet Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence- Excel 2007 PivotTables Read More... Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:29 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training