SQL Server 2008 R2 BI Solution Stack PowerPivot for Excel An add-in for Excel, PowerPivot is built on the SQL Server Analysis Service Engine Vertipaq.

How SQL Server fits into this solution – One of SQL Server 2012’s most significant differentiators to help enterprises handle large datasets from SQL Server 2008 is its compatibility with Hadoop.

David Galner from Microsoft's Excel team said in a blog post Thursday that the company is planning to offer a server-based version of the popular spreadsheet application. Customers have been ...

Some users are seeing an error, We’re having trouble connecting the server while accessing an Excel file from SharePoint. In this guide, we have a few solutions that can help you fix the issue.

Solution: log on to server as an admin, do 'change user /install', open Excel and check all the add-ins wanted, do 'change user /execute'. Now everybody gets those settings.

Microsoft wants to enable everyone to work with big data, using Excel, SQL Server, and current skill sets. With a solid stack, albeit one vulnerable in predictive analytics and mobility, can ...