2025 Wrapped for Steve

I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I had a series of posts (health, music, reading,  speaking, travel). This year, I took last...

Flyway Tips: Automation Assistance in Flyway Desktop

I was chatting with the product managers at Flyway and one asked me whether I’d seen the new tab for Automation in Flyway Desktop. I hadn’t and decided to...

T-SQL Tuesday #193 - Notes to Self

T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. This month, Mike Walsh
(blog) asks us:

Write two short notes to yourself. One to the...

A Note and a Message: T-SQL Tuesday #193

This month Mike Walsh hosts T-SQL Tuesday. It’s been quite some time since he hosted (back at #4), but he answered my call for hosts and I appreciate that....

Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!

I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive and access it from Power BI nearly live! We can officially short cut files to...

The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world

This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia I miss Brad. I enjoyed traveling around and working with him. I’d forgotten about Bob...

Merry Christmas

Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading today, here it is nonetheless. I wish you and your family as many blessing as...

Fabric Cost Analysis (FCA)

Monitoring costs in Microsoft Fabric can be trickier than it first appears. You might assume it’s just a flat fee per capacity (easy, right?), but real-world usage tends to...

T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to my past self and from my future self

It has been a while since my last T-SQL Tuesday blog. When I saw Mike Walsh’s topic for T-SQL Tuesday #193, I was intrigued and inspired – “Notes to...

T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to past and future me

The last T-SQL Tuesday of the year is hosted by my good friend Mike Walsh. Mike’s call for us is to end the year on a poignant note –...