Great white paper: Microsoft EDW Architecture, Guidance and Deployment Best Practices
A fantastic white paper just released: Microsoft EDW Architecture, Guidance and Deployment Best Practices.
It’s a must read if you are...
2011-06-06
1,103 reads
James Serra's Blog
PerformancePoint 2010 source control
While there is no way to use a source control system such as Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Subversion with PerformancePoint...
2011-06-03
914 reads
Windows 8 demo
A Windows 8 demo was just released. Looks really cool. Check it out at Previewing ‘Windows 8’ as well as Microsoft’s...
2011-06-02
670 reads
PerformancePoint wish list – change a datasource
One item on my PerformancePoint wish list is the ability to change a datasource for an Analytic Chart/Grid. There is...
2011-06-01
814 reads
How to become an expert in your field
I have been compiling a list of what things a person can do to become an expert, or guru, in...
2011-05-30
5,080 reads
Search Active Directory (AD) from your desktop
Ever see a Windows group and want to know all the users in that group without having to ask your...
2011-05-27
685 reads
ABL: Always Be Learning
If you have been in the IT field for any length of time, I’m sure you have heard the phrase...
2011-05-25
1,532 reads
Show correct totals when using SSAS role security
When using role security in SSAS, one point of confusion is when a person sees the grand total for a...
2011-05-23
864 reads
Watch out, Visual Studio 2010 does not support BI
When Visual Studio 2010 was released about a year ago, I was very excited and wanted to quickly open up...
2011-05-20
1,026 reads
New Microsoft BI Labs site
Interesting new BI site from Microsoft called “BI Labs“. This site says: “BI Labs is a collection of experimental business...
2011-05-18
1,116 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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