Niko Neugebauer

Niko Neugebauer is a Data Platform professional. He is very passionate about Data Platform (with a focus on Columnstore) and Community.

He is a founder and a leader of the Portuguese SQL Server User Group, SQLPort and a co-founder of 2 more Data Platform User Groups in his home country.
His passion for community led him to organise the first SQLSaturday outside of North America – #78 Portuga. Niko presented at a number of different conferences, including PASS Summit, SQLRallys, SQLBits, and SQLSaturdays around the world.

Website: http://www.nikoport.com

Columnstore Indexes – part 78 (“Temporary Objects”)

by Niko Neugebauer

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Continuation from the previous 77 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
I have decided to spend some time...

2016-03-05

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Announcing Workshops – Columnstore Deep Dive (in German)

by Niko Neugebauer

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To support Microsoft with the upcoming release of the SQL Server 2016, OH22 have decided to open another public 2-days...

2016-02-26

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Columnstore Indexes – part 77 (“SSIS 2016 & Columnstore”)

by Niko Neugebauer

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Continuation from the previous 76 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
I have written previously about SQL Server...

2016-02-23

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Columnstore Indexes – part 76 (“Compression Delay”)

by Niko Neugebauer

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Continuation from the previous 75 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
While playing with SQL Server 2016 CTP...

2016-02-04

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CISL 1.1.0: cstore_doMaintenance (Columnstore Maintenace Solution Explained)

by Niko Neugebauer

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After the initial release of the SQL Server Maintenance Solution in CISL 1.1.0, I felt that a separate blog post...

2016-01-24

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10 Years of Blogging

by Niko Neugebauer

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Yesterday, on the 13th of January 2016, my blog has reached it’s 10th anniversary. It all started precisely 10 years...

2016-01-14

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CISL 1.1.0 is released – Columnstore Maintenance Solution for SQL Server 2014

by Niko Neugebauer

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After a very long waiting period, I have finally released the initial version of my Columnstore Maintenance solution for SQL...

2016-01-11

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Delivering workshop at SQLBits XV

by Niko Neugebauer

Niko's blog

Sometimes one receives amazing gifts at the most unexpected moment. I was beyond thrilled to find out that I was...

2015-12-30

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Presentations & Blogging of 2015 in Review

by Niko Neugebauer

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Another year is coming to an end and I am doing a review of which goals I have managed to...

2015-12-27

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Columnstore Indexes – part 75 (“Stretch DB & Columnstore”)

by Niko Neugebauer

Niko's blog

Continuation from the previous 74 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post focuses on one of...

2015-12-26

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The String Distance I

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