Understand the business imperative for SQL Server 2005''s new OLAP capabilities as well as how to implement them.

TFS 2010 uses SQL Server Reporting Services to provide reports, but because it uses data warehouse and analysis services to store reporting information, users can roll their own. We examine how to use ...

Microsoft entered the OLAP market in early 1999 with the release of SQL Server 7.0, which rocked the market for on-line analytic processing, also known as multi-dimensional databases.

SQL Server consolidated its No. 1 position in the 2002 worldwide OLAP market, where Microsoft's presence continues to drive down the value of the average sale. But even so, Redmond is not enjoying ...