Preparing a Technical Session Part 2: Coming up with a Title
Earlier this month I began a blog series on preparing to do a technical talk. In that first post I...
2014-12-31
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Devin Knight
Getting Started with the Power BI Dashboards Public Preview
If you’re currently an Office 365 customer that is using Power BI sites then you probably found an early Christmas...
2014-12-19
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Preparing a Technical Session Part 1: Picking a Topic
So you’ve decided or perhaps were told to do a technical presentation. If this is something that’s new for you...
2014-12-12 (first published: 2014-12-02)
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Preparing a Technical Session Part 1: Picking a Topic
So you’ve decided or perhaps were told to do a technical presentation. If this is something that’s new for you...
2014-12-02
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PASS Summit 2014 in Review
I’m finally completely recovered from a great week in Seattle last week for PASS Summit. Now that it’s back to...
2014-11-11
1,190 reads
PASS Summit 2014 in Review
I’m finally completely recovered from a great week in Seattle last week for PASS Summit. Now that it’s back to...
2014-11-11
938 reads
Creating a Reporting Services Subscription
Subscriptions are a great feature in Reporting Services that will run a report unattended and deliver it to users either...
2014-10-20 (first published: 2014-10-13)
8,081 reads
Creating a Reporting Services Subscription
Subscriptions are a great feature in Reporting Services that will run a report unattended and deliver it to users either...
2014-10-13
1,073 reads
Optimizing Power BI Q&A with Synonyms and Phrasing using Cloud Modeling
If you’ve have used or even just seen a demo of Power BI Q&A you’ve likely seen there’s great potential...
2014-10-08 (first published: 2014-10-01)
7,557 reads
Optimizing Power BI Q&A with Synonyms and Phrasing using Cloud Modeling
If you’ve have used or even just seen a demo of Power BI Q&A you’ve likely seen there’s great potential...
2014-10-01
868 reads
Blogs
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
Forums
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SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
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