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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DataOnWheels
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)
2,850 reads
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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Power BI Data Security – Sharing
Microsoft recently added more sharing capabilities that may change my view on sharing within the enterprise. As with all things...
2018-02-06 (first published: 2018-01-29)
1,643 reads
Power BI and Data Security – App Workspaces and Power BI Apps
Shortly after I published the Power BI Security Sharing Data post in April, Power BI Premium, Power BI Apps, and...
2017-08-07
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Power BI and Data Security – Free User’s Cannot Share, Read Only in Premium
As part of the Power BI Premium release, Microsoft changed how the “free users” in Power BI work within the...
2017-08-04
512 reads
Thoughts about the Microsoft Data Amp Announcements
Microsoft conducted a live event called Microsoft Data Amp to announce a number of key features and releases for SQL...
2017-04-27 (first published: 2017-04-20)
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Blogs
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers