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Reading Time: 6 minutes With Power BI from Microsoft, you can deploy meaningful visualizations for a variety of audiences. As I have grown to know the product, I have deployed it as a consultant as well as used it for…
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Exploring SQL Server R Services
Reading Time: 5 minutes With the launch of the latest preview of SQL Server 2016 (CTP 3), the long-awaited fruit of Microsoft’s acquisition of Revolution Analytics has become public. It is now possible to install what has been named R…
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Installing and Configuring SQL Server R Services
Reading Time: 3 minutes NOTE: as of April 2016, this article no longer accurately reflects the installation experience with SQL 2016 RC2. How do you get started with R Services in SQL Server 2016? If you are like most people,…
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Power BI — 3 Data Preparation Tips to Enhance your Word Cloud
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Microsoft Power BI team recently unveiled a new Word Cloud custom visual for the Gallery. Read the formal announcement and see the short video by Amir Netz. As Amir mentions, word clouds can be used to…
Read MoreGeocoding in a Pinch: Power Query and the Google Maps API
Reading Time: 4 minutes A colleague of mine recently asked if I knew of an easy way to get latitude and longitude coordinates from city and state information. Of course I do! There are plenty of ways, and many of…
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