Comments on: Donald Farmer #SQLBits keynote on PowerPivot http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/donald-farmer-sqlbits-keynote-on-powerpivot/ Your technology pain-relief experts. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SQLBits V – Conference & Session Recap (Part 1) | Luke Hayler - SQL Server Developer http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/donald-farmer-sqlbits-keynote-on-powerpivot/comment-page-1/#comment-30326 SQLBits V – Conference & Session Recap (Part 1) | Luke Hayler - SQL Server Developer Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:00:11 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6127#comment-30326 [...] I arrived at the Celtic Manor, having shared a taxi, just in time for registration and a quick bacon bap before the welcome started. The keynote was given by Donald Farmer (Blog | Twitter). He gave us a great preview of the simply awesome PowerPivot and a few features in SQL Server 2008 R2. See this recap by Brent Ozar. [...] [...] I arrived at the Celtic Manor, having shared a taxi, just in time for registration and a quick bacon bap before the welcome started. The keynote was given by Donald Farmer (Blog | Twitter). He gave us a great preview of the simply awesome PowerPivot and a few features in SQL Server 2008 R2. See this recap by Brent Ozar. [...]

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/donald-farmer-sqlbits-keynote-on-powerpivot/comment-page-1/#comment-21264 Brent Ozar Tue, 25 May 2010 21:52:09 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6127#comment-21264 Sure, go to http://sqlbits.com/ and scroll to the bottom. The presentation videos are on the home page. Sure, go to http://sqlbits.com/ and scroll to the bottom. The presentation videos are on the home page.

]]> By: Mark Anderson http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/donald-farmer-sqlbits-keynote-on-powerpivot/comment-page-1/#comment-21263 Mark Anderson Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:02 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6127#comment-21263 Can someone tell me where the link is to this keynote video? I watched it once and then lost the link... uhggg. Can someone tell me where the link is to this keynote video? I watched it once and then lost the link… uhggg.

]]> By: Brett Flippin http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/donald-farmer-sqlbits-keynote-on-powerpivot/comment-page-1/#comment-14810 Brett Flippin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:32:56 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6127#comment-14810 I'm glad to hear some of my concerns have been addressed. I haven't had the opportunity to sit through a demo yet but I'll be building my own with the betas shortly. User eduction will always be a bottleneck. Hopefully by using Excel that barrier to learning will be easier to break through. I’m glad to hear some of my concerns have been addressed. I haven’t had the opportunity to sit through a demo yet but I’ll be building my own with the betas shortly.

User eduction will always be a bottleneck. Hopefully by using Excel that barrier to learning will be easier to break through.

]]>