SQL Server 2008 R2 BI Solution Stack PowerPivot for Excel An add-in for Excel, PowerPivot is built on the SQL Server Analysis Service Engine Vertipaq.

Importing data from Excel to SQL Server requires going back in time, so to speak. Yes, back to 32-bits at runtime. As much as it can be a pain, a lot of projects still require that you import data ...

How SQL Server fits into this solution – One of SQL Server 2012’s most significant differentiators to help enterprises handle large datasets from SQL Server 2008 is its compatibility with Hadoop.

David Galner from Microsoft's Excel team said in a blog post Thursday that the company is planning to offer a server-based version of the popular spreadsheet application. Customers have been ...