Data Warehouse Maturity Model
I have talked about the Business Intelligence Maturity Model (see Business Intelligence Maturity Assessment), but I wanted to dig further into...
2013-10-08
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James Serra's Blog
Does Business Intelligence equal Data Warehousing?
I have seen many times at clients where the terms business intelligence and data warehousing are used interchangeably. In reality, these...
2013-10-03
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I’m a Microsoft SQL Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP)!
I have been honored to be chosen a Microsoft SQL Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Here is a video on my...
2013-10-01
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SQL Server 2014: Partition Improvements
SQL Server 2014 has enhancements to two common database maintenance operations:Partition Switching and Online Index Rebuild. This will greatly increase...
2013-09-26
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Data Warehouse vs Master Data Managment
Sometimes I see confusion on the difference between a data warehouse (DW) and master data management (MDM). Below is a...
2013-09-24
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Power BI for Office 365 preview released
I first blogged about Power BI for Office 365 two months ago (see Power BI for Office 365) when it was...
2013-09-19
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SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – August 2013 update
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) has a new update:
VS 2010: August 2013 version: 10.3.30822.0, June 2013 version: 10.3.30618.1, December 2012 version: 10.3.21208.0,...
2013-09-17
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Microsoft Certified Master program killed
The Certified Master and Architect community was collectively notified Friday, August 30, at 10PM PST that the Certified Master (MCM/MCSM)...
2013-09-12
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Presentation Slides for Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” at the Houston Area SQL Server User Group Monthly Meeting....
2013-09-11
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SQLBits XI videos online
All the videos for this popular conference are online (69 of them). Take a look at the recorded sessions at http://sqlbits.com/content/Event11. ...
2013-09-10
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Blogs
From Couch-Potato to Triathlete – and What This Means for Your SQL Server
Do you know if your SQL Server is really running at its best? To...
Retro Data 2025 – Slidedeck
You can find the slides of my session on the €100 DWH in Azure...
The Book of Redgate: We Value Teams
By Steve Jones
This value is something that I still hear today: our best work is done...
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