T-SQL Tuesday #87 – Fixing Old Problems with Shiny New Toys: STRING_SPLIT

Thanks to Matt Gordon (@atsqlspeed) for hosting this T-SQL Tuesday.

Splitting Strings in SQL
A problem that has plagued SQL developers through...

Consumption Based Architecture for Modern Data Analytics

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North Texas SQL Server User Group – September 2016 Follow

Thanks for attending my presentation on window functions in TSQL during the September 15, 2016. I hope you learned something you...

Power BI Is Finally in the Azure Trust Center

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JSON in SQL Server 2016 – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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Thanks for attending my session on window functions in TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...

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...

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Thanks for attending my session on window functions in TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...

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...

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...