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Červencové novinky ze světa dat byly trochu prázdninové a odpočinkové, ale i tak jsme se podívali na pár zajímavých a šikovných demíček, které by se vám mohli hodit.
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Microsoft Fabric: Lakehouse vs Warehouse video

Since Microsoft Fabric became available, I blogged about it and have an introduction video on Fabric that you can view here. I wanted to follow up with a short 30-minute video...

How do I tell if a user is orphaned or actually created without a login?

One of the wonderful things about blogging is the ability to make notes for future me. Which is basically what ... Continue reading

Steps to Have a Service Principal Take Over a Dataset in Power BI When Using Data Gateways

A little background for those new to using Power BI and Data Gateways. If the data source for your Power BI dataset lives on-prem or behind a private endpoint,...

Azure DevOps: Enterprise Power BI report deployment with connections to Shared datasets

(2023-July-15) Let's say you have a collection of Power BI .pbix files stored in a git-based source control system (GitHub, Azure DevOps, or any other system). Among these files, one...

Enhancements I’d Like to See in the Power BI Treemap Visual

I recently created a treemap in Power BI for a Workout Wednesday challenge. Originally, I had set out to make a different treemap, but I ran into some limitations...

Exciting New Adventures Ahead

Some of you may know that I went to work for BlueGranite a little over four years ago. It was humbling to be part of such a talented team...

A New Word: Exulansis

exulansis – n. the tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it – whether through envy or pity or...

Azure Data Studio Schema Compare Extension

A coworker recently introduced me to the SQL Server Schema Compare extension in Azure Data Studio. It has come in handy since we don’t have any paid-for tools, so...