data tools

Opening CSV files on Windows 11 can prove deceptively troublesome, especially when striving for both readability and data integrity. Although the format—Comma-Separated Values—sounds simple, users frequently encounter problems such as jumbled columns, garbled characters, or files stubbornly...

Microsoft has significantly enhanced Copilot in Excel, introducing smarter context awareness and data highlights to streamline data analysis. Previously, users needed to manually select specific cells for Copilot to function effectively. Now, Copilot can autonomously understand the context of...

Structured Query Language (SQL) remains a cornerstone in the realm of data management and analysis, underpinning numerous high-demand professions across various industries. As organizations increasingly rely on data-driven decision-making, proficiency in SQL has become a critical skill for many...

Modern enterprises face mounting pressure to make sense of vast, rapidly expanding data pools while navigating the complexities of AI adoption. The SAS Viya platform, in its latest overhaul, is positioned as a bridge between raw data potential and transformative decision-making—moving well...

For many individuals and organizations, Microsoft Excel has long stood as the undisputed leader of spreadsheet software, a staple in everything from accounting and finance to data analysis and personal budgeting. Yet, as technology evolves, so too do user needs and market expectations. In 2025...

Microsoft Copilot Studio has ushered in a new era of customizable AI agent development, and at the heart of this transformation is the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Now generally available, MCP delivers a remarkable leap forward for organizations aiming to integrate external data tools...

When Microsoft unveiled the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) alongside the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in August 2016, few outside the developer community could have anticipated how profoundly it would reshape the Windows ecosystem. Initially pitched as a way for developers to access Bash and...

In the ever-capricious world of SQL Server management, where every version number is both a badge and a potential migraine, Devart has dropped its latest update like a tactical nuke: dbForge Tools for SQL Server 7.1 is here, bringing support for SQL Server 2025, the SSMS 21 Preview, and the...

Python, R, and SQL have reached a crescendo in the modern data science landscape, not through head-to-head competition, but as critical, complementary pillars that together form the backbone of contemporary analytics workflows. Despite the temptation to pit these languages against each other in...

Report Builder provides a productive report-authoring environment for IT professionals and power users. Link Removed

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Report Authoring Extension is required to author custom Fetch-based reports for Microsoft Dynamics CRM by using Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence (BI). Link Removed

In this weeks episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes back Asad Khan, Principle PM on the HDInsight team. Today Asad shows us how easy it is to use 3rd party BI tools like Tableau to do data analysis for better insights into your data. This episode focuses on Tableau and we begin the episode by...

Windows 7 already sports some solid user data utilities, from its built-in backup tool to the greatly improved file and settings transfer wizard and System Restore. From what has been revealed in the early leaked milestone builds of Windows 8, Microsoft is clearly focused on offering even better...