Late last year, I wrote a series of articles about Predictive Modeling using R and SQL Server Machine Learning Services. At the time, I thought MLS was an underutilized...
2019-05-28
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Many people who read my Cosmos DB articles are looking for an effective way to export data to SQL, either on-demand or in real-time. After performing a search term...
2019-05-17 (first published: 2019-05-05)
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The Gartner Magic Quadrant for 2019, announced earlier this month, names Microsoft the leader in Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms....
2019-03-12 (first published: 2019-02-23)
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The Gartner Magic Quadrant for 2019, announced earlier this month, names Microsoft the leader in Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms. Microsoft also coincidentally announced the public preview release of...
2019-02-23
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Microsoft’s Azure Databricks is an advanced Apache Spark platform that brings data and business teams together. In this introductory article,...
2019-02-17
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Microsoft’s Azure Databricks is an advanced Apache Spark platform that brings data and business teams together. In this introductory article, we will look at what the use cases for...
2019-02-17
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Global AI Bootcamp, Brisbane 2018
Yesterday, I attended the Global AI Bootcamp Brisbane (at the Precinct, Valley) along with nearly 100 other...
2018-12-16
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Global AI Bootcamp, Brisbane 2018 Yesterday, I attended the Global AI Bootcamp Brisbane (at the Precinct, Valley) along with nearly 100 other technology enthusiasts. The event was well organized by...
2018-12-16
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Recap!
Part 1 of Predictive Modeling using R and SQL Server Machine Learning Services covered an overview of Predictive Modeling and the...
2018-11-27 (first published: 2018-11-18)
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Deploy Machine Learning code with SQL Server
2018-11-18
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A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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