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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James Serra's Blog
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
22 reads
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
614 reads
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)
3,585 reads
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...
2018-06-11
440 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
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