September 2010
Beginner to intermediate
424 pages
12h 17m
English
book
Knight's Microsoft® Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer: Leveraging Microsoft SQL Server® Integration, Analysis, and Reporting Services with Excel® and SharePoint®
by Brian Knight, Devin Knight, Adam Jorgensen, Patrick LeBlanc, Mike Davis
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
BRIAN KNIGHT, SQL Server MVP, MCITP, MCSE, MCDBA, is the owner and founder
of Pragmatic Works. He is also the co-founder of BIDN.com, SQLServerCentral.com,
and SQLShare.com. He runs the local SQL Server users group in Jacksonville, Florida
(JSSUG). Brian is a contributing columnist at several technical magazines and does
regular webcasts at Jumpstart TV. He is the author of a dozen SQL Server books. Brian
has spoken at conferences like PASS, SQL Connections, and TechEd, SQL Saturdays, Code Camps,
and many pyramid scheme motivational sessions. His blog can be found at
http://www.bidn.com.
Brian lives in Jacksonville, Florida, where he has been baking at 350 degrees for the past 34 years.
DEVIN KNIGHT, MCP, MCITP, is a Senior BI consultant at Pragmatic Works Consulting.
Previously, he has tech edited the book Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Integration Services and was a co-author for the book Knight’s 24-Hour Trainer:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. Devin has spoken at past confer-
ences like PASS and at several SQL Saturday events. He is a contributing member to
the Business Intelligence Special Interest Group (SIG) for PASS as a leader in the SSIS Focus Group.
Making his home in Jacksonville, Florida, Devin is the Vice President of the local users’ group
(JSSUG).
ADAM JORGENSEN, MBA, MCITP: BI, is the President of Pragmatic Works Consult ...
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