Welcome to 3Cloud …
A little over a month ago, Pragmatic Works Consulting was a part of a merger that included 3Cloud and Applied Cloud Services over a period of a few months....
2020-10-30 (first published: 2020-10-23)
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DataOnWheels
Welcome to 3Cloud …
A little over a month ago, Pragmatic Works Consulting was a part of a merger that included 3Cloud and Applied Cloud Services over a period of a few months....
2020-10-23
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Azure SQL Database Elasticity – Presentation Notes
This blog covers the content and points to the code used to create the demos in my Azure SQL Database Elasticity presentations. As of today, I have presented this...
2020-10-27 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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New Logo, More Family Contributions
Kristyna and I were looking for an update to our logo prior our sponsorship and speaking at the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (PASSMN) in September 2020. I had...
2020-09-03
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Your First Databricks Notebook
On August 4, 2020, I presented this on the weekly Pragmatic Works webinar series. You can view that presentation here. As part of that presentation, I committed to give...
2020-08-26 (first published: 2020-08-13)
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Congratulations to Pragmatic Works – Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalists, Again
Pragmatic Works has done it again. Microsoft has recognized us for our work this year with two finalist awards — Power BI and PowerApps and Power Automate. This recognizes...
2020-07-14
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PASSMN June 2020 – Data Classification with SQL Server and Azure
I presented at the virtual Minnesota SQL Server User Group meeting on June 16, 2020. The topic was data classification with SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database. Data...
2020-06-17
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Power BI DAX Dynamic Measures
Dynamic measures are an effective way to avoid crowding your report with different versions of the same visual without using bookmarks. No disrespect to the versatility of bookmarks, but...
2020-06-29 (first published: 2020-06-16)
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Data On Wheels – Merging Two Great Minds
I am very excited to announce that my daughter, Kristyna Hughes, will be joining the Data On Wheels team. Our fates and paths to this point seem parallel though...
2020-06-08
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Starting and Stopping SQL Server with PowerShell
Have you ever had this issue? You are trying to explore new features of SQL Server or you want to install the latest version for some testing, but SQL...
2020-02-17 (first published: 2020-02-10)
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Blogs
A New Word: Foilsick
By Steve Jones
foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to...
Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025
Accelerated database recovery was introduced in SQL Server 2019 and provides fast recovery, instantaneous...
Measuring What Matters: Operationalizing Data Trust for CDOs
By Chris Yates
Trust is the currency of the data economy. Without it, even the most advanced...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
What is a Shaker Door and their Design Features You Need to Know
When exploring interior doors for your home renovation or new build, you’ve probably come...
ETL Framework In Production
Hello, I am leveraging Python within SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages, primarily through...