Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {AA40D1D6-CAEF-4A56-B9BB-D0D3DC976BA2} from the IClassFactory failed…

In this article, we will be discussing about the following error message in SQL Server and how to easily resolve it: Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {AA40D1D6-CAEF-4A56-B9BB-D0D3DC976BA2} from the IClassFactory failed…   About this Error Message If you ever encounter issues when trying to create, add, or edit steps for a … Read more…

Upcoming CDNUG Event – Microsoft and Openness / Clustering in SQL Server 2008

Cyprus .NET User Group (CDNUG) brings another event to you, by/for the Community! This month’s event features two sessions: Microsoft and Openness Clustering in SQL Server 2008 The first session, with speaker Andreas Hadjipanayi (Technical Account Manager at the local Microsoft Office in Cyprus) discusses how Microsoft has become more open over time. The major discussion … Read more…

CDNUG Event Review – July 15, 2010 – Windows 7 Development / SQL Server 2008 R2

A great CDNUG event took place on July 15, 2010! As it was the last event before summer holidays, it was a celebratory one of course! After having some sweets and Greek frappé coffee, the event started! Due to the nature of this event, we had two sessions. The first session, dedicated to Windows 7 … Read more…

Building Data Relationships in PowerPivot

This post is a follow-up to one of my previous posts, titled: “Using PowerPivot’s Copy-Paste Support for Importing Data from Word” and this time, we will be discussing about building data relationships in PowerPivot. To this end, in this post we will see how we can import data from Microsoft Word using PowerPivot’s copy-paste feature, … Read more…

Using PowerPivot’s Copy-Paste Support for Importing Data from Word

In this article, we will be discussing about using PowerPivot’s copy-paste support for importing data from MS Word.   Importing Data into PowerPivot One of the great features of SQL Server PowerPivot is that it supports importing data directly from the clipboard. This is quite handy in cases you want to import and analyze data … Read more…

Introduction to SQL Server PowerPivot – MS Momentum 2009 Session Review

This article, is an introduction to SQL Server PowerPivot and also a review of my session on the MS Momentum 2009 event, that took place in Cyprus.   About the MS Momentum 2009 Event in Cyprus On November 26th 2009, Microsoft-Cyprus launched Momentum 2009; a New Efficiency Community Launch event. The event took place in Nicosia, … Read more…