ARM vs Classic Deployment in Azure
When Azure Resource Manager (ARM) was created back in 2014, I (like many) thought, “What does that mean?” Up until...
2018-08-30
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DataOnWheels
How Azure Storage Kick Starts Your Big Data Projects
So, your boss says, ‘Let’s do big data!’ And you think: ‘I don’t even know what that means or what...
2018-08-29
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How Do Azure Accounts and Subscriptions Work Together?
Azure accounts vs. Azure subscriptions – often a topic that brings some confusion to Azure newbies. Are they the same? What’s...
2018-08-28
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Advantages of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Deployment Model
Are you just starting out with Azure and wonder: What is Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Deployment Model? Or what’s the...
2018-08-27
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Azure Every Day, Azure Data Week, and More Azure
As you likely know, I am a Principal Consultant at Pragmatic Works. This year we have been doing some great...
2018-08-25
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Power BI Data Security – Power BI Report Server
Power BI Report Server was released as a way to host reports on premises. It was one of the highest...
2018-05-31
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Power BI and Data Security – Audit Logs, Powershell, Power BI and @AngryAnalytics
The following has been reposted with permission from Steve Howard a.k.a. @AngryAnalytics. I have made some formatting changes but the...
2018-05-24
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SQL Saturday – Dallas – May 2018
I was able to present at SQL Saturday Dallas this year. Thanks to those of you who were able to...
2018-05-22
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Cosmos DB for the Data Professional
Cosmos DB is one of the fastest growing Azure services in 2018. As its popularity grows, data professionals are faced...
2018-05-24 (first published: 2018-05-16)
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Power BI Data Security – Sharing in Email
Microsoft has expanded sharing by allowing users to share Power BI content via email. In a previous post, I discussed...
2018-04-02 (first published: 2018-03-22)
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Blogs
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...
A New Word: La Guadière
By Steve Jones
la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you...
Forums
non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...
PolyBase Trace Flags
Are there any good articles on all the trace flags that are enabled on...
The Data Model Matters
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD I
I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:
lcmd -S localhost -EI then type this (the 1> is the prompt):
1> select @@version goIf I hit enter, what happens? See possible answers