SQL Server 2016 Row-level Security and SSRS a perfect match
In this blog I will explain and demonstrate how to leverage a new feature in SQL Server 2016, Row Level...
2016-02-15 (first published: 2016-02-08)
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Patrick LeBlanc
Upcoming SQL Saturday Precon Sessions (Update!!!!)
Wow, Power BI is making a tidal wave in the BI industry. New features are being released regularly and blog posts...
2016-02-08
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From the Power BI dashboard to a specific page in a Report
Recently, I was working with a customer designing Power BI reports and dashboards. Everything was going great until she asked...
2016-01-25
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Quick Tip: Why Can’t I Pin an Excel Range to a Power BI Dashboard?
So two new exciting capabilities were announced recently in Power BI. One involved Excel and the other SSRS, but they...
2015-12-17 (first published: 2015-12-14)
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Sentiment Analysis with Power BI
I was recently asked by a customer to help them do some Text analysis of course evaluation data. They wanted...
2015-12-09 (first published: 2015-12-02)
4,218 reads
Atlanta BI Edition SQL Saturday Precon
The explosion of Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities coming from Microsoft these days have left many of us in a frenzy. ...
2015-12-03
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Orlando SQL Saturday Precon – Transform and Visualize Data with Power BI
I found out a couple of weeks ago that I will speaking at the Orlando SQL Saturdayfor the first time...
2015-07-24 (first published: 2015-07-20)
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I’m Speaking at the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday
After a few years away, the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday group has finally allowed me back at their annual event...
2015-07-15
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A Full Day of Power BI with Me
Join me for a full day of Power BI in Baton Rouge, LA and Downers Grove, IL, where I will teach...
2015-04-13
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2015-04-10
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Blogs
Deployment Pipelines in Fabric – What Are They?
By HeyMo0sh
In the realm of software development and content creation, the deployment pipeline serves as...
TempDB Internals – What’s New (SQL Server 2016 to 2022)
By Vinay Thakur
I wrote about TempDB Internals and understand that Tempdb plays very important role on...
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I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers