James Serra

James works at Microsoft as a big data and data warehousing solution architect where he has been for most of the last nine years. He is a thought leader in the use and application of Big Data and advanced analytics, including data architectures such as the modern data warehouse, data lakehouse, data fabric, and data mesh. Previously he was an independent consultant working as a Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence architect and developer. He is a prior SQL Server MVP with over 35 years of IT experience. He is a popular blogger (JamesSerra.com) and speaker, having presented at dozens of major events including SQLBits, PASS Summit, Data Summit and the Enterprise Data World conference. He is the author of the book “Deciphering Data Architectures: Choosing Between a Modern Data Warehouse, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, and Data Mesh”.

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A New Word: Feresy

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Mastering the ORDER BY Clause in SQL Window Functions

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This article provides a comprehensive overview of the ORDER BY clause within SQL window...

SQL Data Pipelines: The Ultimate Guide to Streamlining Your Data Flow

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The Cloud Security Problem

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Iterative query to sum a colum relating to dates.

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Hi, I have a simple table with 5 columns as follows with about 80,000...

how to force SS to run certain SP in parallel?

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hi everyone I have a SP that is run in SSIS.  That particular SP...

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No Renames

Which of these can't be renamed with sp_rename?

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