JSON in SQL Server 2016 – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Microsoft introduced support for JSON data in SQL Server 2016 and in Azure SQL Database. I was excited to see...
2016-04-20
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DataOnWheels
SQL Saturday #492 Follow Up – A Window into Your Data
Thanks for attending my session on window functions in TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...
2016-04-16
467 reads
VS Live 2016 – Las Vegas Follow Up
I spoke at Visual Studio Live in Vegas on two topics. While the presentations have been uploaded to the site and were...
2016-04-11
421 reads
SQL Saturday #486 Richmond – A Window Into Your Data
Thanks for attending my session on window functions in TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...
2016-03-19
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Excel Tip #30: Excel Services Visual Limitations – Displaying Images
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2016-03-14 (first published: 2016-03-04)
1,712 reads
Minnesota BI User Group – Powering Up HDInsight with Power BI (December 2015)
On Wednesday, December 16, I presented on this topic at the Minnesota BI User Group. This session is based on...
2016-02-04
559 reads
Five Years, A Quiet Quarter, A Look Ahead to 2016
Five Years of Blogging
From to My blogging story started on December 7, 2010. I have now had a blog for...
2016-01-18
518 reads
Boston BI User Group Meeting–Dashboard Design with Microsoft: Power BI vs Datazen (10/13/15)
Thanks for joining Anthony Martin (@SQLMartini) and I at the Boston BI User Group Meeting in October. During the session,...
2015-10-28 (first published: 2015-10-20)
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SQL Saturday #437–Boston BI Edition 2015–You Can Still Analyze Data with T-SQL
Thanks for attending my session on analyzing data with TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...
2015-10-17
525 reads
SQL Saturday #453–Minnesota 2015–A Window Into Your Data
Thanks for attending my session on window functions in TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...
2015-10-10
458 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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