Analysis Services Team Blog
Information, tips, news and announcements about Azure Analysis Services (Azure AS) and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) directly from the product team.
The Analysis Services Team Blog has served as the medium for many historic announcements and updates...
Date: 04/26/2019
We are excited to announce the public CTP 2.4 of SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services. This public...
Date: 03/26/2019
We find great pleasure in announcing the public CTP 2.3 of SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services. New...
Date: 03/01/2019
This is a guest post from Daniel Rubiolo of the Power BI Customer Advisory Team (PBI CAT). To scale...
Date: 08/08/2018
We’re happy to introduce some new memory settings for Azure Analysis Services and SQL Server...
Date: 06/08/2018
We are pleased to announce that the Analysis Services Management Objects (AMO) and ADOMD client...
Date: 02/10/2018
We are pleased to introduce the REST API for Azure Analysis Services. Using any programming language...
Date: 12/20/2017
The modern Get Data experience in Tabular 1400 brings interesting new data discovery and...
Date: 09/12/2017
The latest release of SSDT Tabular adds support for Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) to the modern Get...
Date: 09/05/2017
In the context of this blog article, advanced data access scenarios refers to situations where data...
Date: 08/28/2017
(Co-authored by Mike Mallit) SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) adds four different project types to...
Date: 08/23/2017
Check out the excellent, new online course by Peter Myers and Chris Randall for Microsoft Learning...
Date: 07/21/2017
Relational-database schema comparison and merging is a well-established market. Leading products...
Date: 07/19/2017
The RC1 public preview of SQL Server 2017 is available here! It includes Dynamic Management View...
Date: 07/17/2017
A new version of the whitepaper and code sample of automated partition management (see here for more...
Date: 05/30/2017
The first part in this series covering Azure Analysis Services models on top of Azure Blob Storage...
Date: 05/30/2017
The public CTP 2.1 of SQL Server 2017 is available here! This public preview includes the following...
Date: 05/18/2017
In a comment to a recent blog article, Bill Anton raised a question about the target scenarios for...
Date: 05/15/2017
We are excited to announce the public preview of the 1400 compatibility level for tabular models in...
Date: 05/04/2017
Join Alberto Cairo at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit to Explore the Different Dimensions of Data Visualization
Known for his award-winning global achievements in infographics and multimedia as a professor,...
Date: 05/02/2017
The April 2017 Release of SSMS for Analysis Services is the first release with support for the...
Date: 04/26/2017
The public CTP 2.0 of SQL Server 2017 on Windows is available here! This public preview includes the...
Date: 04/19/2017
The April 2017 release of SSDT Tabular for Visual Studio 2015 and 2017 comes with a DAX editor tool...
Date: 04/19/2017
With the General Availability (GA) release of SSDT 17.0, the modern Get Data experience in Analysis...
Date: 04/19/2017
With the production release of SSDT 17.0, Tabular projects now support DirectQuery mode at the 1400...
Date: 04/19/2017
Come meet the Analysis Services team in person as they answer your questions on Analysis Services in...
Date: 04/19/2017
I am excited to announce the availability of a new whitepaper called "DirectQuery in SQL Server 2016...
Date: 04/06/2017
We’re excited to participate in the Microsoft Data Insights Summit June 12 – 13, 2017 in Seattle,...
Date: 03/22/2017
Check out the excellent, new online course by Peter Myers and Chris Randall for Microsoft Learning...
Date: 03/22/2017
It should be obvious, and it is — at least at the Tabular 1200 compatibility level: A data source...
Date: 03/15/2017
We are excited to announce the SQL Server Management Studio DAX Query Editor! Have you ever authored...
Date: 03/14/2017
Visual Studio 2017 brings improvements to performance, navigation, IntelliSense, Azure development,...
Date: 03/09/2017
The public CTP 1.3 of SQL Server vNext on Windows is available here! The corresponding versions of...
Date: 02/17/2017
SQL Server Data Tools 17.0 Release Candidate 2 (RC 2) has just been published. You can download and...
Date: 02/03/2017
Analysis Services tabular models can store data in a highly-compressed, in-memory cache for...
Date: 01/17/2017
The ASTrace utility provides the ability to capture an Analysis Services trace and log it into a SQL...
Date: 01/17/2017
In our December blog post; Introducing a Modern Get Data Experience for SQL Server vNext on Windows...
Date: 12/30/2016
The public CTP 1.1 of SQL Server vNext on Windows is available here! This public preview includes...
Date: 12/16/2016
Introducing a Modern Get Data Experience for SQL Server vNext on Windows CTP 1.1 for Analysis Services
Starting with SQL Server vNext on Windows CTP 1.1, Analysis Services features a modern connectivity...
Date: 12/16/2016
Here’s a great case study about Mediterranean Shipping Company optimizing their business processes...
Date: 12/09/2016
SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services delivered numerous performance improvements over previous...
Date: 11/17/2016
As the name implies, the measure grid is an SSDT Tabular feature to define and manage measures, as...
Date: 10/27/2016
We are pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft Azure Analysis Services preview. With Azure...
Date: 10/25/2016
Introducing Integrated Workspace Mode for SQL Server Data Tools for Analysis Services Tabular Projects (SSDT Tabular)
When you work with the model designer in SSDT Tabular, you are working with a temporary Analysis...
Date: 09/20/2016
Introducing Tabular Model Explorer for SQL Server Data Tools for Analysis Services Tabular Projects (SSDT Tabular)
If you download and install the August 2016 release of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for Visual...
Date: 08/16/2016
Bidirectional cross-filtering is a new feature for SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services and Power BI...
Date: 06/24/2016
This week I did a live webinar on what is new in SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services: Everything you...
Date: 03/25/2016
With the release of SQL Server 2016 RC0, we’ve added more capability for modeling and managing...
Date: 03/07/2016