Speaking at #DataWeekender 6.5
Super excited to share that I have been selected to speak at Data Weekender 6.5 on Saturday, November 4, 2023. I will be presenting my session, Can Microsoft Purview...
2023-10-23
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SQL Swimmer
How to Create a Time Table in Power BI Using DAX
Lately, I’ve been having to create items in Power BI, that I haven’t had to do for a while, this week it was a Time table. Of course, I...
2023-08-28 (first published: 2023-08-11)
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Options for Data Source Credentials When A Service Principle Owns A Power BI Dataset
In today’s world of wanting to automate everything, specifically, automating your CI/CD process for your Power BI datasets and dataset refreshes, you need to understand your options when it...
2023-08-09 (first published: 2023-07-24)
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..And The New Adventure Has Begun
I am so happy to announce that I have joined the team at Fortified Data. I have just completed my first week (well, four days) and I feel like...
2023-07-23
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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,...
2023-08-02 (first published: 2023-07-17)
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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...
2023-07-14
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Speaking for Future Data Driven Summit 2023
I am excited to announce that I have been selected to speak for the Future Data Driven Summit 2023. This is a free online conference, on Wednesday, 27-September-2023, for...
2023-07-03
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Speaking at Live! 360
I am super excited to announce that I have been selected to speak at SQL Server Live! in Orlando in November. I have selected to present two sessions, which...
2023-07-03
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No In-Person SQLBits For Me
I am saddened to report that I will not be able to attend SQLBits in person this year as originally planned. I was involved in a terrible car accident...
2023-02-24
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SQLBits 2023
Super excited that I was selected to speak at SQLBits 2023. The conference is taking place 14-18 March 2023 in Wales. I have never been to Wales and am...
2023-01-06 (first published: 2022-12-23)
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Blogs
Attacking the Weakest Link
By Brian Kelley
When I look at a system and think about its security model, the first...
Webinar – Microsoft Fabric for Dummies
On Wednesday May 15th 2024 I will give a free webinar on MSSQLTips.com about...
Migrate datetime data to datetimeoffset with AT TIME ZONE
By Will Assaf
I recently reviewed, worked on, and added a similar example to the DATETIMEOFFSET Microsoft...
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Looking for a Recommended Azure SQL Managed Instance Book
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timeout in vs for ssas tabular deploy is 0 but i still timeout deploying
hi we run 2019 std but i'm testing this on 2016. following some old...
Table variable declared within cursor persists across loop iterations
If you run this code it creates a 2 row cursor loop. Within the...
Question of the Day
The Backup File Extension
I run this command in SQL Server 2022. What is the extension of the backup file?
BACKUP DATABASE HerdofTwo TO DISK = 'HerdOfTwo_20240501'See possible answers