I recently took and passed the DP-700 exam, which is required for the Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate certification. It’s the second Fabric certification, and it focuses more...
2025-03-17 (first published: 2025-03-05)
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As a Consultant, I would typically answer with – it depends! Then a typical conversation starts with an expression of personal preferences based on experience, the organization’s history, and...
2025-03-14 (first published: 2025-03-05)
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The Never-Ending Question in IT: Which Approach to Take? As a Consultant, I would typically answer with = it depends! Then a typical conversation starts with an expression of...
2025-03-05
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Hello data friends! Had a blast at my first ever M365 Community Day this past weekend! Thank you to all the amazing organizers and sponsors who made it happen,...
2025-03-04
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One interesting concept in SQL Server is Deferred Name Resolution. This is something many developers struggle with understanding how this works and where it works. In the Microsoft docs,...
2025-03-10 (first published: 2025-03-03)
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Common Reasons for Emergency SQL calls If you are a production DBA (or Accidental prod DBA) you’ve gotten that frantic call in the middle of the night. Or maybe...
2025-03-12 (first published: 2025-02-28)
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I grabbed this book over the 2024 holiday season as it was on sale and recommended by the DevOps practitioners over at ITRevolution. A Radical Enterprise looks at a...
2025-03-14 (first published: 2025-02-28)
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Investing small amounts of money over a long time works miracles, but no one wants to get rich slow. – from Excellent Advice for Living This is incredible advice,...
2025-02-28
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In a week I’m heading to London for the Redgate Summit. I enjoyed these last year and had some very interesting conversations with customers, prospects, and a few Redgate...
2025-02-28
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SQL Server performance issues often stem from easy fix bottle necks that can be fixed with the right tuning strategies. This short blog will focus on the DELETE statement....
2025-03-12 (first published: 2025-02-28)
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By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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