Introducing FabricTools (PowerShell module)
🔍 The Challenge: DevOps for Microsoft Fabric In the world of Microsoft Fabric, DevOps is still maturing. Unlike Azure Data Factory (ADF), which has been around long enough to...
2025-06-20
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10 reasons why IT certifications are still important
As someone who has spent over 20 years in the Software/Data Engineering area and has obtained numerous certifications, I can confidently say that certifications are still a valuable asset...
2024-03-08 (first published: 2024-02-23)
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Last Weeks Reading (2024-02-11)
📰 News Power BI Project (PBIP) and Azure DevOps build pipelines for continuous integration Integrating the PBIP format with Azure DevOps lets you use Azure Pipelines to automate CI/CD...
2024-02-11
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Last Weeks Reading (2024-01-28)
📰 News Fabric end-to-end use case: Data Engineering part 2 – Pipelines If you’re new in Microsoft Fabric – check this series and build it with Sam. Set up...
2024-01-29
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Last Weeks Reading (2023-12-17)
📰 News What happened in the DAX world in 2022 New DAX functions… in 2022 The Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge Microsoft Ignite edition is back! How to build...
2023-12-18
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Last Weeks Reading (2023-11-26)
📰 News Deploy a Delta Sharing Server on Azure Want to learn how to deploy a DeltaSharing server on Azure, but don’t know where to begin? Why Structured Streaming...
2023-11-26
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Last Weeks Reading (2023-11-05)
📰 News Process Azure Event Hubs data using Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows Read how to process Azure Event Hubs data using ADF for certain use cases. Automate...
2023-11-05
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Stellar Repair for MS SQL – Product Review
If you’re experiencing delays and errors while working with SQL Server databases due to corrupt database files, you may feel frustrated and helpless. Fortunately, Stellar Repair for MS SQL...
2023-03-15
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Synapse Analytics workspace – deployment challenges
Azure Synapse Analytics is not just “another service” in the Azure. It’s very comprehensive set of tools rather than one-goal-tool (like Azure Key Vault or even Storage Account). On...
2023-03-07
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SQLPlayer is renaming
It was about time. The blog and all related services are being changed the name. From SQL Player to Azure Player. You probably noticed over several years that the...
2023-01-02 (first published: 2023-01-01)
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Blogs
What is KTLO? Keep The Lights On vs Project Work in Agile
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🔍 Demystifying KTLO: A Deep Dive into Keep The Lights On Work in IT...
The PASS Summit on Tour in Dallas
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The PASS Summit goes on tour this year, with a September stop in Dallas....
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Settings That Could Be Hurting Your Performance If you’ve ever created a new SQL...
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Question of the Day
Has the PK been used --
You're analyzing a query execution plan in SQL Server to determine whether the query optimizer chose to use a primary key index. Which Dynamic Management View (DMV) would you use to verify the usage of the primary key in the plan?
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