SQL Server – How to Download and Install the ‘right’ AdventureWorks Sample Database
One of the first things I did when I began my journey with SQL Server was installing a sample database....
2013-07-31
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Blog Posts
24 Hours Of PASS: 2013 Summit Preview Starts In Less Than 24 Hours!
If you like free SQL Server training you're in luck – starting at 12:00 PM GMT/8:00 AM EDT, July 31 (that's...
2013-07-30
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24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview Edition
The latest 24 Hours of PASS (24HOP) event will start at 12:00 GMT on July 31, with 24 back-to-back one...
2013-07-30
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Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #10: The Data Bar
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2013-07-30
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How secure is your IT career? Really?
I was reading some articles from my favorite influencers in LinkedIn and I came across this one. I was enlightened...
2013-07-30
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Miscellaneous Reading for July 2013
Must read blog: Sacha Chua. Lots of info on going solo, being productive, sketch noting.Related, if you’re trying to manage...
2013-07-30
1,124 reads
Partitioning Deck, Demos, and Recording Live!
Hello Dear Reader! This week finds me up in Jacksonville at Pragmatic Works HQ. I'm a little behind in getting...
2013-07-30
1,721 reads
SQL Server 2014: Columnstore Index improvements
In SQL Server 2012, a new feature was added called Columnstore Indexes that resulted in huge query performance improvements. In SQL...
2013-07-30
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Thank you, Mr. Solomon
On one of the newsgroups I follow, I received a message that David Solomon will no longer be teaching seminars...
2013-07-30
1,421 reads
Using Google Charts With AngularJs
I recently rewrote a small webpage in AngularJs and it was amazing how much lighter and cleaner it made the...
2013-07-30
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Microsoft Fabric Data Agents: Bringing Structured and Unstructured Data Together
By James Serra
Most enterprise questions do not live neatly in one place. The numbers may be...
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
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Hyperscale Replicas I
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