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,...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-08-16)
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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,...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-08-16)
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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...
2023-09-08
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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...
2023-09-08
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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...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-09-07)
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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...
2023-09-07
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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,...
2023-09-07 (first published: 2023-09-06)
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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...
2023-09-07
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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...
2023-09-06 (first published: 2023-08-14)
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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...
2023-09-06
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Having up to date statistics is vital for getting the best performance out of your queries. Even though SQL Server automatically updates statistics in the background for you, you...
2023-09-06
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Have you ever wanted to filter a visual by selecting a range of values...
By Steve Jones
I wrote a post recently about pruning branches in git. That’s part of the...
By James Serra
I talked about Microsoft Fabric shortcuts in my blog post Microsoft Fabric – the...
Is there a specific platform or website where I can verify the compatibility between...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Truncate tables where Referential Integrity...
Hi all, We have a SSIS package that does 2 things in parallel: moves...
I backup the Resource database from my SQL Server 2022 instance. I then install CUs 1, 2, 3, and 4. I have an issue and need to restore my Resource database from backup. Is there anything I need to do after restoring this database?
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