Microsoft has been pouring R&D resourcesinto building out its business intelligence (BI) feature set and the upcoming SQL Server 2014 (SQL2014) release will continue that trend. The new release ...

"Does SSDT for Visual Studio 2012 support BI project templates?" asked James V. Serra in a TechNet forum last September. Some six months later, the answer was yes: "Hi James, the download to add the ...

SQL Server 2008 R2, which ships this month, allows end users to tap into the powerful business intelligence features of SQL Server via tight integration with popular Microsoft applications like Excel.

In 2026, business intelligence(BI) has become a critical capability for enterprises that want to compete in data-driven markets. Organisations are no longer struggling to collect data; they are ...