Comments on: Office in the web + BI in Excel != SSAS DBA jobs http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/10/office-in-the-web-bi-in-excel-ssas-dba-jobs/ SQL Server database administration, performance tuning, consulting, training, and community building. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:23:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/10/office-in-the-web-bi-in-excel-ssas-dba-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-6109 Jason Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:13:12 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=1542#comment-6109 I dunno. After watching the PDC news, I am hoping that the type of apps with a Developer\DBA are going to be the ones to hit the cloud. Possibly some single DBA shops. But then again why make your own electricity when you can plug into the grid. I dunno. After watching the PDC news, I am hoping that the type of apps with a Developer\DBA are going to be the ones to hit the cloud. Possibly some single DBA shops.

But then again why make your own electricity when you can plug into the grid.

]]> By: David Stein http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/10/office-in-the-web-bi-in-excel-ssas-dba-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-6099 David Stein Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:31:32 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=1542#comment-6099 The article mentions that M$ will be offering "lightweight" versions of its office products. I have my doubts that database queries will be included in the feature set, at least for the foreseeable future. Couple that with M$'s inability to produce a quality product until it's third revision and I don't see this as a threat to SSAS DBAs. The article mentions that M$ will be offering “lightweight” versions of its office products. I have my doubts that database queries will be included in the feature set, at least for the foreseeable future. Couple that with M$’s inability to produce a quality product until it’s third revision and I don’t see this as a threat to SSAS DBAs.

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