A New Word: Vulture Shock

vulture shock – n. the nagging sense that no matter how many days you spend in a foreign country, you never quite manage to step foot in it –...

Focusing on a Different S Curve

At the beginning of the year, I took a step back and looked at how far my career had grown. In large part because of the incredible data community,...

I don’t blog anymore, but not because I work at Microsoft

Last year I had a health scare that got my blood pressure at 200-and-something over 100-and-something, soon to be wired up to an IV drip, put through a CT...

Raiders of the Lost ADX – dataminds connect 2023

I’m very excited for this year’s edition of dataminds connect. It’s the first time I’m going to co-present a live session. My fellow explorer is the amazing bearded Johan...

Speaking at the Future Data Driven Summit 2023

I’m going to give a lightning talk at the online (free) Future Data Driven Summit. The subject is How I saved 80% on my Azure Data Factory Costs. The...

Future Data Driven is Coming Sept 27 for FREE

The Future Data Driven 2023 virtual conference is coming on September 27. Register today and save a note in your calendar. I have been honored to speak at this...

Power BI VertiPaq Engine: Optimizing Column Encoding

Power BI encoding is a powerful optimizing option that is often overlooked because it’s not visible in neither the Power BI Desktop tool nor in Power BI Service. Natively,...

Smooth Transition from Azure Synapse to Microsoft Fabric

The buzz around Microsoft Fabric has been growing steadily since its announcement. This game-changing platform unifies several critical Azure services, including Data Factory, Synapse, and Power BI, all under...

How to check if powershell is running as administrator with elevated privileges

How to check if powershell is running as administrator with elevated privileges

In case it's not clear from the title, I am referring to...

IRL #8: SQL Server Down

Problem: My PocketDBA® client called in with a non-responsive SQL Server. Application errors, timeout, alerts firing. SQL Server box is up, and the services are running. Background: This is...