Power BI: Dataflows
Dataflows, previously called Common Data Service for Analytics as well as Datapools, will be in preview soon and I wanted to explain in this blog what it is and...
2018-08-03
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James Serra's Blog
Power BI new feature: Composite models
There are two really great features just added to Power BI that I wanted to blog about: Composite models and...
2018-07-27
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The need for having both a DW and cubes
I have heard some people say if you have a data warehouse, there is no need for cubes (when I...
2018-07-31 (first published: 2018-07-20)
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The need for having both a DW and cubes
I have heard some people say if you have a data warehouse, there is no need for cubes (when I say “cubes” I am referring to tabular and multidimensional OLAP...
2018-07-20
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Monitoring Azure SQL Database
There are a number of options to monitor Azure SQL Database. In this post I will briefly cover the built-in...
2018-07-23 (first published: 2018-07-06)
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Azure Data Lake Store Gen2
Big news! The next generation of Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) has arrived. See the official announcement.
In short, ADLS Gen2 is...
2018-07-10 (first published: 2018-06-28)
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Azure Data Lake Store Gen2
Big news! The next generation of Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) has arrived. See the official announcement. In short, ADLS Gen2 is the combination of the current ADLS (now called...
2018-06-28
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Analytics Platform System (APS) AU7 released
The Analytics Platform System (APS), which is a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), has just released an appliance update (AU7), which is...
2018-06-18
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Analytics Platform System (APS) AU7 released
The Analytics Platform System (APS), which is a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), has just released an appliance update (AU7), which is...
2018-06-18
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Understanding Cosmos DB
Cosmos DB is an awesome product that is mainly used for large-scale OLTP solutions. Any web, mobile, gaming, and IoT application that...
2018-06-20 (first published: 2018-06-11)
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers