Getting value out of data quickly
There are times when you need to create a “quick and dirty” solution to build a report. This blog will...
2018-05-30
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James Serra's Blog
Microsoft Build event announcements
Another Microsoft event and another bunch of exciting announcements. At the Microsoft Build event this week, the major announcements in the data...
2018-05-11
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Microsoft Build event announcements
Another Microsoft event and another bunch of exciting announcements. At the Microsoft Build event this week, the major announcements in the data...
2018-05-11
255 reads
Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2 announced
Monday was announced the general availability of the Compute Optimized Gen2 tier of Azure SQL Data Warehouse. With this performance optimized tier, Microsoft...
2018-05-02
505 reads
Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2 announced
Monday was announced the general availability of the Compute Optimized Gen2 tier of Azure SQL Data Warehouse. With this performance optimized tier, Microsoft...
2018-05-02
188 reads
Podcast: Big Data Solutions in the Cloud
In this podcast I talk with Carlos Chacon of SQL Data Partners on big data solutions in the cloud. Here is...
2018-04-16
534 reads
Podcast: Big Data Solutions in the Cloud
In this podcast I talk with Carlos Chacon of SQL Data Partners on big data solutions in the cloud. Here is...
2018-04-16
168 reads
Cost savings of the cloud
I often hear people say moving to the cloud does not save money, but frequently they don’t take into account...
2018-04-11
1,000 reads
Cost savings of the cloud
I often hear people say moving to the cloud does not save money, but frequently they don’t take into account...
2018-04-11
163 reads
Podcast: Myths of Modern Data Management
As part of the Secrets of Data Analytics Leaders by the Eckerson Group, I did a 30-minute podcast with Wayne Eckerson where I...
2018-04-02
488 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 10: The Case of the Copy-and-Paste Consultant
Every Scooby-Doo episode has one thing in common — there’s always a fake ghost....
Regression Testing: DAX User Defined Functions
User Defined Functions is a new feature in PowerBI currently in public preview. There...
The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
By ChrisJenkins
There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...
Forums
Varchar(max) to lines
I have an issue with a varchar(max) field with up to 7000 characters needing...
SQL MI Next-gen general purpose tier
Has anyone used Azure SQL MI on the next-gen general purpose tier, Microsoft documentation...
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...
Question of the Day
The Last Good DBCC Run
I want to check when DBCC CHECKDB was last run on my Baseball database. What code should I use?
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