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Douglas McDowell
  


Douglas McDowell is director of Business Intelligence at Solid Quality Learning, a SQL Server MVP, and a charter member of the Professional Association of SQL Server Regional Mentor program. He is an MCSE, an MCDBA, an MCT, and winner of Microsoft's Worldwide Business Intelligence Solution of the Year.
Email address: douglas@SolidQ.com

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January 25, 2008  
Master Data Management Challenges
Microsoft is rebuilding Stratature's MDM solution for release later this year, so it's smart to start talking about MDM now.
SQL Server Magazine

January 2008  
My PerformancePoint Server Wish List
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can enhance your BI and BPM capabilities. But the product could be even better—here's a wish list for new features and for how to integrate the various components of PPS in future releases.
SQL Server Magazine

November 12, 2007  
A Total BI Solution from Dell and Microsoft
SQL Server Magazine

November 2007  
Can’t Wait for SQL Server 2008!
Maybe it’s not too soon for SQL Server 2008, especially when you consider how 2008 offers strong BI enhancements in three key areas: Reporting Services, Database Services, and operational management.
SQL Server Magazine

September 25, 2007  
2007 PASS Community Summit and PerformancePoint 2007 Launch
SQL Server Magazine

October 2007  
4 Darn Good Reasons for Not Building Cubes on Transactional Systems
Don't build that cube! OLTP–based cubes are usually poorly designed for BI and contain dirty data. Still not convinced? There's more.
SQL Server Magazine

October 2007  
Reasons Why You Might Think You Should Build a Cube on a Transactional Data Model
SSAS lets developers create OLAP cubes based on relational data models that aren't designed for BI. Does this mean you should build a cube? No, but here are some reasons why you might think you should.
SQL Server Magazine

August 24, 2007  
Back-to-Back SQL Server 2008 CTPs
SQL Server Magazine

September 2007  
What's the Best Way to Carve Up a SAN?
Your SAN engineer might not know the finer points of BI database storage. To stave off trouble, you need to be involved in the SAN configuration process.
SQL Server Magazine

July 23, 2007  
Is BI Agnosticism Always Best?
SQL Server Magazine

June 22, 2007  
SQL Server 2008 CTP1: BI Is Coming, We Promise
SQL Server Magazine

June 18, 2007  
Microsoft's First-ever BI Conference Was a Success
SQL Server Magazine

April 20, 2007  
PerformancePoint Server CTP2 Introduces "Planning"
SQL Server Magazine

March 24, 2007  
Do You Know Your MVPs?
SQL Server Magazine

February 26, 2007  
Sleeper BI
SQL Server Magazine

February 5, 2007  
Microsoft BI: Not Just for SQL Server Anymore?
SQL Server Magazine

December 21, 2006  
‘Tis the season for CTPs: PerformancePoint Server 2007 CTP1
SQL Server Magazine

November 27, 2006  
One-year Anniversary for SQL Server 2005: CTP for SP2
SQL Server Magazine

November 21, 2006  
Using a Custom Data Extension to Solve a Reporting Services Problem
SQL Server Magazine

November 21, 2006  
Get Ready for BI at TechEd 2006
SQL Server Magazine



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