SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – January 2014 update
The SSDT January 2014 release has been updated to support both SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance Update 1...
2014-01-28
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James Serra
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Power BI for Office 365 pricing announced
Pricing for Power BI for Office 365 has been announced (see pricing).
It’s all very confusing to me but Melissa Coates does a...
2014-01-21
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PASS Business Analytics Conference discount code
I have previously blogged that I am presenting at the PASS Business Analytics Conference. If you are looking to learn more about...
2014-01-16
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Independent consultant: How to find work
When I talk to people about switching from being a salaried employee to an independent consultant (see my presentation How to...
2014-01-14
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Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Assessment
When I am tasked to do a business intelligence or data warehouse assessment, the steps I take to do that...
2014-01-09
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SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton) Limitations
One of the biggest new features in SQL Server 2014 is SQL Server In-Memory OLTP, known mostly by its code...
2014-01-07
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Power BI Q&A Preview now works on your data
As I mentioned in Power BI first impressions, Power BI Q&A is an instantaneous search experience that uses a natural language query....
2014-01-02
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Entity Data Modeling with Visual Studio
While there are a lot of tools out there for data modeling, there is one option that is free if...
2013-12-30 (first published: 2013-12-26)
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Power Query load settings
One point of confusion I see with Power Query is some people believe Power Query adheres to the Excel limit...
2013-12-23
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I’m presenting at the PASS Business Analytics Conference
I am fortunate enough to have been selected to give a presentation at the PASS Business Analytics Conference in San Jose, CA...
2013-12-19
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Blogs
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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Question of the Day
OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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