True story: Encryption in progress stuck

Working with a couple of databases that needed TDE I noticed when I enabled one of them that it was...

Updates to the Power BI course

Recently I published an open-source course/workshop to learn Power BI Desktop. Fellow MVP Dan English (blog | twitter) gave me the...

Azure Advisor Recommendations

Logging into the Azure portal is a daily task of mine and my eyes light up when I see features...

Columnstore Indexes – part 98 (“Null Expressions & String Aggregates”)

Continuation from the previous 97 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
Continuing with the spirit of the previous...

DBA 101: What you may be missing with “Missing indexes”

If you’ve read my blog, I’m sure by now you know that I have no love for GUI tools. I...

Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 37 – Gap Analysis)

In this module you will learn how to use the Gap Analysis Power BI Custom Visual.  The Gap Analysis visual...

PowerShell Virtual Group of PASS February Newsletter

We had a schedule conflict so today’s meeting will be pushed until next Wednesday.  However, we have a last-minute meeting...

PowerShell Virtual Group of PASS February Newsletter

We had a schedule conflict so today’s meeting will be pushed until next Wednesday.  However, we have a last-minute meeting tonight (this afternoon, tomorrow, whichever time zone you’re in)....

PowerShell Virtual Group of PASS February Newsletter

We had a schedule conflict so today’s meeting will be pushed until next Wednesday.  However, we have a last-minute meeting tonight (this afternoon, tomorrow, whichever time zone you’re in)....

Upcoming list of webinars

SQL folks, upcoming list of webinars from SQL PASS. 

Webinar title / Registration link / more infoSpeakerDate / Time"Why Your Data Type Choices Matter" https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4226815545680860675Andy...