Power BI Hands-On Workshop at PASS Global Summit
Please join me at the PASS Global Summit in Seattle for a half-day, 3-hour hands-on Power BI mini workshop. Bring...
2015-07-02
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SQL Server BI Blog
Animated Graphics Depict The Fallen of World War II
In an amazing application of visualization techniques, this production is a depiction of the casualties and affects of war. Starting...
2015-06-07
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Animated Graphics Depict The Fallen of World War II
In an amazing application of visualization techniques, this production is a depiction of the casualties and affects of war. Starting...
2015-06-07
198 reads
Maintaining Parallel Power Pivot and SSAS Tabular Models–Tales from the Trenches
This post is really a collection of field notes and some lessons learned from recent project experience. I’ve done plenty...
2015-05-27
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Maintaining Parallel Power Pivot and SSAS Tabular Models–Tales from the Trenches
This post is really a collection of field notes and some lessons learned from recent project experience. I’ve done plenty...
2015-05-27
272 reads
New Articles About Datazen, Microsoft’s Mobile Dashboard Platform
I’m pleased to share the first two articles in a series for SQL Server Pro Magazine. Here’s a short excerpt...
2015-05-26
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New Articles About Datazen, Microsoft’s Mobile Dashboard Platform
I’m pleased to share the first two articles in a series for SQL Server Pro Magazine. Here’s a short excerpt...
2015-05-26
217 reads
Microsoft DataZen Mobile Platform Available to SQL Server Enterprise Customers for Free
Last month Microsoft announced that they had acquired the DataZen mobile BI platform and were adding it to their enterprise...
2015-05-05
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Microsoft DataZen Mobile Platform Available to SQL Server Enterprise Customers for Free
Last month Microsoft announced that they had acquired the DataZen mobile BI platform and were adding it to their enterprise...
2015-05-05
208 reads
DataZen Dashboards Update
I’ve spend a good three days on and off working with the new “Microsoft” DataZen dashboard tool and I think...
2015-04-29
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Blogs
Can I Change a Primary Key Value? #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I heard someone say recently that you can’t change a primary key value in...
SQL Server Index Primer
By Kevin3NF
Indexes 101: What, Why, and When? “What Is an Index?” I get this question...
Secure Azure SQL Server Backups Using Managed Identities
By Arun Sirpal
I do believe most people know about the ability to backup your SQL server...
Forums
Update particular record in a table
I need to update greatherthan8 (category) record to Missing (status) if the same member...
Internationalisation
Quick one I hope in case I'm heading off in entirely the wrong direction!...
Size of DB on physical disk doesn't match Disk Usage by Table report
Hi everyone I am looking at the size of my db on disk (ie...
Question of the Day
Getting the TEXTSIZE
How can I check what value I used for TEXTSIZE? I ran this code:
SET TEXTSIZE 8096But then deleted the code and couldn't remember. Is there a way to check this? See possible answers