I am speaking at SQL Saturday Louisville 2016!

That’s right.  My way of giving back to the SQL Server community, I am presenting my first SQLSaturday session at...

What’s New in Reporting Services 2016

Today I had the pleasure of presenting to the Higher Ed Data Warehousing and BI Group. We discussed the long...

Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 03 – Hexbin Scatterplot)

In this module you will learn how to use the Hexbin Scatterplot Power BI Custom Visual.  The Hexbin Scatterplot is...

Because

Because there’s nothing else I can do at the moment.
 
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OmniCompare: A free tool to compare SQL Instances

comparing instances
When working with a variety of instances, you can often deal with variances in configuration that might impact the...

It’s 2016 RLS for T-SQL Tuesday #79

It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again. I missed last month, being busy with travel, though I should go ahead and write...

Comparing two query plans

This month my friend Michael J Swart(b/t) would like us to talk about the new 2016 version of SQL Server....

TSQL Tuesday #79 -SQL Server 2016 Launch Discovery Day (aka Hackathon)

The host for T-SQL Tuesday #79 is Michael J. Swart (b|t), and his topic of choice is to write about...

Two new authentication options in SSMS 2016

Until SSMS 2014 there were the two standard authentication options for connecting to a SQL Server instance: Windows Authentication and...

We Must Wait for SP1 before Upgrading to SQL Server 2016

This post is for T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by Michael Swart (blog | twitter). This month’s topic is all about SQL Server 2016

I’ve been...