Fast-Track Data Warehouse for Windows Azure
Microsoft has introduced an image into the Windows Azure Virtual Machine Gallery that is pre-optimized for a Fast Track Data...
2013-11-05
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James Serra's Blog
Windows Azure SQL Reporting discontinued
Windows Azure SQL Reporting was the new name of the reporting services component (which was formerly known as SQL Azure...
2013-11-01
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SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2014 CTP2 now available
From Microsoft, SSDT is now available for SQL Server 2014:
We’d like to announce the availability of SSDT that supports SQL...
2013-10-31
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PASS Summit 2013
Not much news came out of the PASS Summit 2013 from last week, but boy did I have a blast! I...
2013-10-29
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Microsoft releases SQL Server 2014 CTP2
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2014 CTP2 (download):
What’s new in SQL Server 2014 CTP2?
New Mission Critical Capabilities and Enhancements
Enhanced In-Memory...
2013-10-24
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Recording Audio of Meetings
As a consultant I am often starting from the ground floor on a new data warehouse/business intelligence project, and usually...
2013-10-22
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Presentation Slides for Transitioning to a BI role
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Transitioning to a BI role” at the PASS SQL Saturday Charlotte. The abstract is below. Another...
2013-10-21
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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 PASS Summit 2013. The abstract is below. It...
2013-10-21
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PASS Summit 2013
The PASS Summit 2013 is almost here! Check out all the great sessions and speakers. I feel very fortunate to be able to speak...
2013-10-10
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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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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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