Slidedeck ITPROceed – Power BI Status Update
I uploaded my slidedeck from the ITPROceed event to Docs.com. For the abstract, see the blog post Speaking about Power...
2016-06-28
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Koen Verbeeck
My first SQL Server 2016 POC
Very, very recently I did my first Proof Of Concept (POC) with SQL Server 2016. At an actual client of...
2016-06-14 (first published: 2016-06-09)
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Conditional Formatting and Quick Calcs in Power BI Desktop
There’s a new update out of Power BI Desktop (May 2016), but at the time of writing there’s no official...
2016-06-07 (first published: 2016-05-31)
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Reblog: Unexpected result with the File System Task
SQLKover update: nowadays you would probably use package parameters to pass the directory value. However, they still have a default...
2016-06-03 (first published: 2016-05-24)
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Speaking about Power BI @ ITPROceed 2016
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be giving a session at this year’s ITPROceed. For those who don’t know this...
2016-05-19
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SSRS and MDX: Think about Cell Properties
I stumbled across a small MDX performance tuning trick when using SSRS reports (or any other client tool where you...
2016-05-04
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Dynamic Security in Power BI
UPDATE: the feature has changed since its introduction. For more information, see the update at the bottom of the post.
In...
2016-04-28
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Power BI Service error: “This visual has unrecognized fields”
Recently I stumbled across a quite annoying error in the Power BI service. I uploaded two working reports from Power...
2016-05-03 (first published: 2016-04-22)
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Loading Data into Clustered Columnstore Index with SSIS
I’m using a clustered columnstore index (CCI) on one of my fact tables at a client. The row size is...
2016-04-21
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Overview of Published Articles – 2016Q1
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the first quarter of 2016.
R Services series:
SQL Server 2016 R Services:...
2016-04-19
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Blogs
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
By Steve Jones
Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs...
Back at Small Data SF in 2025
By Steve Jones
Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
Forums
Distributed Availability Group Issue / Misunderstanding.
Not sure if this is a tech mistake I've made or a lack of...
Large posts full of code not allowed anymore?
Several times now, I've seen a post asking for a solution. I've replied, and...
Data > Hype
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Question of the Day
Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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