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Find out how dynamic arrays in Excel will change your (working) life!
Posted by Andy Brown on 14 February 2020
Dynamic arrays are a new feature being rolled out in Excel 365. This blog explains how they work, and why they will make so many things in Excel easier.
Posted by Karen Webber on 14 February 2020
Matthew Thirlwell joined Wise Owl as a Microsoft computer trainer in November. Find out more about this newest addition to our team!
Our series of Simple Talk tutorials on using DAX within Power BI is now complete
Posted by Andy Brown on 13 February 2020
Simple Talk provide excellent how-to guides on any aspect of Microsoft software. We are proud to have contributed a series of articles explaining how to create DAX calculated columns and measures within Power BI.
Microsoft have rewritten their Edge browser to be based on the Chromium platform
Posted by Andy Brown on 06 February 2020
Microsoft have completely rewritten their Edge browser. The result is (by design) very similar to Chrome - you can even use Chrome extensions -but is probably even easier to use than Google's browser.
Office 365 ProPlus users will soon be using Bing as their default search engine
Posted by Andy Brown on 06 February 2020
Whether you like it or not, if you're running Office 365 ProPlus you will soon have your default search engine set to Bing. This article explains why this is happening, and how to get round it.
Answers to and the winner of our January newsletter competition
Posted by Andy Brown on 06 February 2020
There were only 6 correct answers to our January 2020 newsletter competition - this blog shows the completed phrases, and reveals the name of our competition winner!
February 2020 newsletter competition - spot the VBA errors
Posted by Andy Brown on 06 February 2020
Wally Owl is at it again, this time managing to make no less than 10 coding mistakes in a simple Excel VBA macro. See how many you can find (if you can spot all 10, you may win a prize!).
Our a-maze-ing Christmas day out
Posted by Karen Webber on 17 January 2020
We ended 2019 with a fun day out in Manchester. Here's what we got up to!
A placeholder for the January 2020 Power BI Update
Posted by Andy Brown on 16 January 2020
The January 2020 Power BI update isn't out yet, but we will blog about it here as soon as it is announced.
Good news for geeks the world over - you no longer need to eject USB sticks!
Posted by Andy Brown on 16 January 2020
Microsoft have changed the default Windows policy for writing to USB sticks, which means that you no longer have to worry about safely ejecting them.
Azure Data Studio versus SQL Server Management Studio
Posted by Andy Brown on 16 January 2020
Microsoft have brought out a new SQL editor called Azure Data Studio, to act as a substitute for SQL Server Management Studio, but this owl cannot see any justification for its existence!
Introducing the new CREATE OR ALTER command in SQL
Posted by Andy Brown on 10 January 2020
From SQL Server 2016 onwards you can choose to CREATE OR ALTER a procedure, trigger, view or function, as this blog explains.
Revelations about Power BI - hiding preview and left-click drill-through
Posted by Andy Brown on 10 January 2020
When we find new features which we didn't know about, we try to share them! Did you know that you can turn preview off when getting data? Or that you could left-click to drill-through? We didn't!
How to enter the 2020 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship
Posted by Andy Brown on 10 January 2020
Think you know Excel (or Word/PowerPoint)? Put your skills to the test in the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championships, held in California.
Announcing the first Wise Owl online training course (Excel VBA)
Posted by Andy Brown on 10 January 2020
After a huge investment of time and expertise, we're proud to announce that our first full online training course is now live on our website! The course shows you how to program in VBA in Excel, and is completely free (you don't even have to log in to follow it).
Our January 2020 newsletter competition asks you to complete the missing letters
Posted by Andy Brown on 10 January 2020
Somebody has missed out some of the letters in a series of phrases. Fill in the letters to spell out a hidden instruction!
The December 2019 Wise Owl Christmas Quiz - Analysis of Results
Posted by Andy Brown on 07 January 2020
Which were the hardest and easiest questions in our Quiz of the Year? And more importantly, who won the prize?
A summary of the main changes introduced in the December 2019 Power BI update
Posted by Andy Brown on 23 December 2019
The December 2019 update allows you to customise your visuals pane and format KPIs better, but that's almost it!
A preview of what the feature to customise themes within Power BI will look like
Posted by Andy Brown on 23 December 2019
Power BI is getting a built-in facility to edit themes, although it is currently still in preview. This blog shows what you can expect.
Wise Owl 2019 highlights in numbers
Posted by Karen Webber on 19 December 2019
It's been a busy year at the Owlery, and we've taken a look back at some of our highlights.