Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed

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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. ...

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