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#ukitcamp in Manchester today http://link.replaced.local feature articleChris Testa-O'NeillSenior Consultant, Coeo LtdTwitter-@ ctesta_oneill Seven Worlds willcollide… High Availability BI
is not such a Distant SunChris is a Senior Consultant for Coeo Ltd, a leading provider of SQL Server Managed Support and Consulting. He is a MVP for SQL Server, sole author of the MCTS SQL Server 2008
Microsoft E-Learning courses and technical reviewer for the SQL Server 2012 BI courses. He is heavily involved with the SQL Server community and a certified SQL Server MCDBA, MCTS and MCITP in all
tracks. Chris is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer in Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.Over the last 5 years I have observed Microsoft persevere with the
notion of Self Service BI over a series of conferences as far back as SQLBits V in Newport. The release of SQL Server 2012, improvements in Excel and the integration with SharePoint 2010 is making
this a reality.Business users are now empowered to create their own BI reports through a number of different technologies such as PowerPivot, PowerView and Report Builder. This opens up a whole new
way of working; improving staff productivity, promoting efficient decision making and delivering timely business reports.There is, however; a serious question to answer.What happens should any of
these applications become unavailable? More to the point, how would the business react should key business users be unable to fulfil reporting requests for key management meetings when they require
it? While the introduction of self-service BI will provide instant access to the creation of management information reports, it will also cause instant support calls should the access to the data
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