Book review – Extending SSIS with .NET Scripting

Recently I got my hands on a copy of Extending SSIS with .NET Scripting, written by SQL Server MVP Joost...

T-SQL Tuesday #74: Be the Change

It’s the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that means! T-SQL Tuesday time! If you don’t know...

Happy Holidays

It’s the time of the year again: the obligatory “how was the past year” blog post, combined with “what do...

Performance Tuning with sp_BlitzIndex

Just a small blog post about how I used sp_BlitzIndex for the first and how awesome that was. sp_BlitzIndex is one...

Master Data Services Configuration Woes

Installing and configuring SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re...

Reporting Services redesign – it’s the little things

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is getting quite the overhaul in SQL Server 2016. Lot’s of things are changing:
new look...

Reblog: Data Visualization – Book Review

To prepare myself for my session Data Visualization Tips & Tricks, I read a few books. In this blog post, I’ll...

Webinar – What’s New for Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2016

I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com on Thursday 29th October 2015.

The title is What’s New for Business Intelligence in SQL Server...

Presentation Design – Before and After

Recently I gave a session on the SQL Server Days about the new features for business intelligence in SQL Server...

Overview of Published Articles – 2015Q3

Here is an overview of the articles I published in the third quarter of 2015.
Retrieve file sizes from the file system...