I would like to thank Marco Russo, a renowned expert on SQL Server Analysis Services and Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) guru, for agreeing to record a series of educational videos for our site, on which he has collaborated with Alberto Ferrari. If you are interested in becoming an expert on Data Analysis Expressions, Marco would suggest you start at the very beginning, by learning the difference between calculated columns and measures. He explains it in his free, 10-minute video: DAX: Calculated Columns vs. Measures.

• 16 August 2012
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We have just updated, and published, our sample data set, HappyCars, which is useful for learning Data Mining. It has been specially formulated to help you study various data mining algorithms. This data set comes with SQL Server 2012 data tables and views, as well as a SQL Server Data Tools project, containing several data mining structures, and mining models. This set is designed as bonus material, to be used while practicing many of the demos shown in our data mining videos.

HappyCars is available to Full Access Members, and it can be found here. 

• 6 July 2012
• 789 views

We have just launched our most-asked-for online video training course: Data Mining! In this series, you will find video tutorials and articles focusing on all aspects of this powerful form of advanced analytics. Two modules are already available at the time of the launch of this course: a 20-minute Introduction to Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server, available free-of-charge, and a 50-minute Data Mining Concepts and Tools module, which discusses such fundamental topics as Cases, Mining Structures, and Mining Algorithms, available to Full Access Members.

• 28 May 2012
• 745 views