Steve Jones

My background is I have been working with computers since I was about 12. My first "career" job in this industry was with network administration where I became the local DBA by default. I have also spent lots of time administering Netware and NT networks, developing software, managing smaller IT groups, making lots of coffee, ordering pizza for late nights, etc., etc.

I currently am the editor of SQL Server Central and an advocate/architect at Redgate Software. I am also the President of SQL Saturday, maintain the T-SQL Tuesday monthly party, and remember our colleagues at sqlmemorial.org.

You can find out more about me on my blog (www.voiceofthedba.com) or LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest)

Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball

Twitter: @way0utwest
Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest
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Backup to Object Storage

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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2023-01-30

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Daily Coping 30 Jan 2023

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

Today’s coping tip is to plan something fun and invite others to join you. The fun thing is actually skiing today. My wife and I wanted to get some...

2023-01-30

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Daily Coping 27 Jan 2023

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

Today’s coping tip is to try something new to get out of your comfort zone. I did two things here. First, I’ve been participating in a Jan American Cancer...

2023-01-27

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Getting Started Connecting to a Database with Flyway

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

In a previous post, I got Flyway installed as a CLI utility (command line interface). This post will look at the first connection to a database. If you need...

2023-01-27 (first published: 2023-01-11)

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Publishing a Public Power BI Report from Google Sheets

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

PowerPivot/PowerView/PowerQuery/PowerBI

Learn how you can share your Power BI report with others in the public. Steve shows how his data in Google Sheets is added to Power BI and then made public in a report.

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2023-01-27

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Speakers Are Normal People

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Uncategorized

Today Steve encourages everyone to feel welcome in the data professional community.

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2023-01-27

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Daily Coping 26 Jan 2023

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

Today’s coping tip is to focus on what’s good, even if today feels tough. Yesterday was a tough day. I got busy, distracted, had some bad news come up,...

2023-01-26

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Azure Synapse Link for SQL

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Microsoft Fabric (Azure Synapse, Data Engineering, etc.)

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2023-01-25

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Daily Coping 25 Jan 2023

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

Today’s coping tip is to be gentle with yourself when you make mistakes. I forgot about a commitment. I had agreed to do a webinar and prepare some content....

2023-01-25

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