Excel 2016 also has some welcome improvements, even if it is now the ‘slow track’ for self-service BI; the more users discover Power Pivot and Power Query via Excel 2013 and soon 2016, the more likely ...

Excel 2016 offers a compelling list of new features, from database enhancements to new charts and templates, even a tool for handwriting quations.

Do you often import data into Excel? Do you ever need to shape your data before you analyze it and build your reports? We’re excited to let you know that your get-data experience in Excel is about to ...

After a relatively short beta, Microsoft today announced that the Excel API -- a way for developers to programmatically use Excel for Office 365 for doing calculations, building dashboards and ...

This code presents a template to dynamically extract tables from Excels stored in Sharepoint onto SQL Server tables, using a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package. It takes a given table in ...

With R and the in-memory capabilities of SQL, data scientists can add value in the creation of models and algorithms and run these in-database, reducing time and data movement. With ScaleR built into ...

Microsoft SQL Server 2016, the latest version of Redmond's core operational database, has reached GA. This release, which has been available in public preview for just over a year, is probably one ...