Back with a new focus
First let me say wow can’t believe that it has been almost 3 years since I have blogged. The last few years my career have been focused on transitioning...
2019-05-19
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Another SQL Geek
SQL 2016 SSIS new feature AutoAdjustBufferSize
If you have not already seen in the What’s New in Integration Services list there is a new property for...
2016-07-21
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Use PowerShell to automate your Azure DB creation
Why create your databases manually if you don’t have to? If there is one thing that I hate to do...
2016-07-20
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Update to Date and Time Dimensions
Wanted to just post my latest versions of my Date and Time Dimension scripts. It has been a couple years...
2016-05-09
394 reads
Power BI Embedded is here
The announcement of Power BI Embedded came last week during Microsoft’s Build Conference and now enables software vendors or anyone...
2016-04-05
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SQL Developer Edition is now free!!!
Announced on 3/31/2016 SQL Server Developer Edition is now free and available as a download to all who have signed...
2016-04-01
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Power BI and Google Analytics
One of the more underused features of Power BI is the Google Analytics data source. Working closely with marketers and...
2016-01-20
1,306 reads
Power BI Export Data
If you missed it last week, Microsoft released a Service Update for Power BI , and a long awaited feature is...
2016-01-22 (first published: 2016-01-13)
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Viewpoints from CES 2016
While I never really enjoy a cross country flight back home my feet are very happy that I am finally...
2016-01-11
329 reads
Be an Expert not an Ehhpert!!!
As we embark on a new year I decided to take a look back at my career within I.T. trying...
2016-01-12 (first published: 2016-01-06)
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
Forums
cons for a dev machine in a different version of sql from our prod server
hi, im not a dba. For a couple of years our dev sql server...
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Calculating Geometric Mean in Power...
Question of the Day
TempDB Facts I
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