BREXIT…IT professionals need a plan… much like the UK government
The events that have unfolded over the last few days since the shock result that the BRExit referendum delivered, has,...
2016-06-28
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Blog Posts
Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 04 – Radar Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Radar Chart, a Power BI Custom Visual. The Radar Chart...
2016-06-28 (first published: 2016-06-21)
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Slidedeck ITPROceed – Power BI Status Update
I uploaded my slidedeck from the ITPROceed event to Docs.com. For the abstract, see the blog post Speaking about Power...
2016-06-28
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SQL Server Service Broker – Networking
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging...
2016-06-28 (first published: 2016-06-21)
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Summit Submission Feedback Response
I’m It Survival Tips for the Lone DBA – Level 100
(Not Accepted: Higher rated session selected)
Track: Professional Development
As others have done I...
2016-06-28
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Announcing Workshop for SQLSaturday Porto 2016
I am glad to share that finally today we have announced that a workshop for Sysadmins, DBAs & DevOps Engineers – called
SQL...
2016-06-27
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Azure Cortana Intelligence Suite – with Azure Data Catalog
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
I presented at our local Melbourne SQL Server User Group (SSUG) this week on Azure Cortana...
2016-06-27 (first published: 2016-06-23)
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Debuting Talks at the Summit
This is a series of posts on the PASS Summit and SQL Saturdays. I’m outlining some thoughts here, sometimes for...
2016-06-27
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IT Training: Super Duper Deal!!
In the wake of last week’s BREXIT vote and subsequent fallout, I decided to delay making this announcement until today....
2016-06-27
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Minimizing Cloud cost
The cloud can be expensive. I had this hammered home the other day by a simple mistake. I’m currently working...
2016-06-27 (first published: 2016-06-20)
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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...
Forums
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
Comments posted to this topic are about the item When SQL Server Central Went...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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