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Disable Reporting Services Data Cache in Development

David Leibowitz — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:35:41 +0000

Turn of data caching when designing Reporting Services reports in BIDS / Visual Studio.

Free Azure Tools For Development

David Leibowitz — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:09:30 +0000

A list of free tools, application and SDKs to get started with Microsoft Azure.

Five Things SSRS Should Drop

David Leibowitz — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:38:03 +0000

SQL Reporting Services is great...but some things just *have* to go!

AdWords Tracking with Google Analytics

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:42:04 +0000

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Azure Queue Naming Syntax, Limitations & Validation

Tech Support — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:34:39 +0000

Windows Azure has some specific naming criteria for queue names, and scant error messages to tell you when you've tried to create a queue that hasn't followed syntax. In this post is a VB.NET function to validate your Azure queue name.

How To: BCC in SharePoint Workflow Email

Tech Support — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:23:45 +0000

So say you have a Workflow, nicely designed in SharePoint Designer. One of the steps includes sending an email which is simple enough. But the challenge with the design wizard is that it only includes a placeholder for your To: and CC: fields. This is an annoyance in larger environments or extranet buildouts.

SQL Reporting Services, SharePoint, FBA = No Subscription Joy?

Tech Support — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:18:56 +0000

Get the following error "ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.AccessDeniedException: The permissions granted to user 'fba:user@domain.com' are insufficient for performing this operation." with a Reporting Services Subscription in Sharepoint / FBA mode? Read on for the fix.

Puzzling Situations: Using MultiValue Parameters with Stored Procedures in SSRS

David Leibowitz — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:40:49 +0000

Why developers go WTF? with SSRS MultiValue Parameters + SQL Stored Procedures, and how to fix that. A T-SQL Tuesday joint. This months theme: Puzzling Situations.

HOW TO: Force Users To Select a Perspective From a Report Model in Report Builder

Tech Support — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:57:40 +0000

In SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services you can Increase your Model reusability and development productivity by creating Perspectives. You then limit the usage of a Model only to those Perspectives, rather than the huge monster views.

FIX: Cannot Install SQL Server 2008 – Fails with Error Reboot Required

Tech Support — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Having a problem installing SQL Server 2008 and keep failing the pre-install check that tells you a reboot is required? Read the fix.