Use cloud data from “Dallas” with “PowerPivot” addin for excel

利用PowerPivot for excel 可以方便的在excel中分析使用很多来源的数据。

PowerPivot下载地址：

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e081c894-e4ab-42df-8c87-4b99c1f3c49b&displaylang=zh-cn

32bit:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/E/7/1E7DF842-4142-4B3C-BCE5-1B8AF543CD32/SQL2008R2/2052/x86/PowerPivot_for_Excel_x86.MSI

什么是 “Dallas”??

官方地址：

https://www.sqlazureservices.com/Account.aspx

现在是 CTP3 都没有收费使用windows live id注册即可使用。

来自官方的解释：

Microsoft Project Codename “Dallas” changes the way information is exchanged by offering a wide range of content from authoritative commercial & public sources in a single marketplace, making it easier to find and purchase the data that you need to power your applications and analytics.

Use Codename “Dallas” to find premium content to power next-generation killer apps for consumer and business scenarios, to discover and license valuable data to improve existing applications or reports, or to bring disparate data sets together in innovative ways to gain new insight into business performance and processes.

在Excel中使用 “Dallas” 的数据