Power BI – Checking Query Folding With View Native Query
A really great feature that was silently added into June update of the Power BI Desktop is a feature called...
2016-07-03
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Blog Posts
Security VC Webinar: TLS 1.2 and SQL Server
The PASS Security virtual chapter hosted a great webinar on Thursday. Amit Banerjee from Microsoft’s SQL Server Tiger Team (b|t)...
2016-07-02
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Azure SQL Database scripts
I thought that this would be useful for others – couple of scripts that I have been using in Azure for...
2016-07-01
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BimlScript – Get to Know Your Control Nuggets
This is post #2 of my BimlScript – Get to Know Your Code Nuggets series. To learn about text nuggets, see my...
2016-07-01
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Glasswire: (Giveaway Included) Networking Monitoring even a caveman could use
Giveaway details at the bottom for those interested
Dealing with development & sql servers, I like to know what type of network...
2016-07-01
1,433 reads
Hello World on .NET Core
The developments over the last few months in the data community had brought us to an interesting place. We’re going...
2016-07-01
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Hello World on .NET Core
The developments over the last few months in the data community had brought us to an interesting place. We’re going to have SQL on Linux and now we also...
2016-07-01
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I am a Microsoft Data Platform MVP
My First Microsoft SQL Server MVP Award
Today, I have achieved an SQL Someday moment. I am excited to share some exciting...
2016-07-01
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I’m a Data Platform MVP for the third year in a row
I’m extremely honored to be named Microsoft Data Platform MVP for the third year in a row! I thank the...
2016-07-01
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June 2016 Release of Power BI Desktop is Here!
Last night at approximately 9:28 PM EST the June 2016 release of Power BI Desktop dropped, which you can download...
2016-07-01
677 reads
Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers