Bigger Fact Table for Wide World Importers
Microsoft released a new sample database a couple of months back: Wide World Importers. It’s quite great: not every (unnecessary...
2016-08-22 (first published: 2016-08-12)
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Koen Verbeeck
- Twitter: @https://twitter.com/Ko_Ver
- Website: https://sqlkover.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kverbeeck/
Webinar – What’s new in SSIS 2016
I’ll be giving a webinar on the new features of Integration Services 2016.
When? August 11, 2016
Where? On the MSSQLTips.com website. You...
2016-07-28
814 reads
An update on AutoAdjustBufferSize in SSIS 2016
This week SQL Server 2016 Cumulative Update 1 was released and it contains a lot of updates/fixes for SSIS, SSAS,...
2016-07-27
2,944 reads
Overview of Published Articles – 2016Q2
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the second quarter of 2016, which were all focused on the...
2016-07-22
483 reads
Slidedeck ITPROceed – Power BI Status Update
I uploaded my slidedeck from the ITPROceed event to Docs.com. For the abstract, see the blog post Speaking about Power...
2016-06-28
533 reads
My first SQL Server 2016 POC
Very, very recently I did my first Proof Of Concept (POC) with SQL Server 2016. At an actual client of...
2016-06-14 (first published: 2016-06-09)
4,739 reads
Conditional Formatting and Quick Calcs in Power BI Desktop
There’s a new update out of Power BI Desktop (May 2016), but at the time of writing there’s no official...
2016-06-07 (first published: 2016-05-31)
2,753 reads
Reblog: Unexpected result with the File System Task
SQLKover update: nowadays you would probably use package parameters to pass the directory value. However, they still have a default...
2016-06-03 (first published: 2016-05-24)
1,178 reads
Speaking about Power BI @ ITPROceed 2016
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be giving a session at this year’s ITPROceed. For those who don’t know this...
2016-05-19
490 reads
SSRS and MDX: Think about Cell Properties
I stumbled across a small MDX performance tuning trick when using SSRS reports (or any other client tool where you...
2016-05-04
569 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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