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
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DataOnWheels
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
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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
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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
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Excel Tip #29: Forcing Slicers to Filter Each Other when Using CUBE Functions
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2015-10-09
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TechFuse Minnesota Follow Up
My Session: Using Azure SQL Database for Enterprise Needs
On 10/6/2015, I presented on Azure SQL Database at TechFuse Minnesota. Some...
2015-10-06
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Powering Up HDInsight with Power BI–
On Tuesday, September 15, I presented on this topic for Pragmatic Works. You can find that session here. This session...
2015-09-15
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Using Power BI with HDInsight Part 2: Power BI Desktop and Hive
With the rise of HDInsight and other Hadoop based tools, it is valuable to understand how Power BI can help...
2015-08-28
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Using Power BI with HDInsight Part 1: Power Query and Files
With the rise of HDInsight and other Hadoop based tools, it is valuable to understand how Power BI can help...
2015-08-27
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
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