December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1872 pages
153h 31m
English
book
Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
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Analysis Services Enhancements
SQL Server 2012 provides enhancements to almost every component of SSAS, along with the addition of major scale-out and in-memory capabilities. The following are some of the top new features and enhancements in SSAS:
A new architecture for SQL Server 2012 SP1 PowerPivot that supports a PowerPivot server outside of a SharePoint 2013 farm that leverages Excel Services for querying, loading, refreshing, and saving data.
PowerPivot (in Microsoft Excel 2013) supports deeper integration with data exploration workflows. ...