Power BI Architecture Diagram v2 is Now Available
I finally finished putting together version 2 of my Power BI architecture diagram. I previously put together an architecture diagram...
2016-06-18
986 reads
SQL with Dustin Ryan
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...
2016-06-21 (first published: 2016-06-14)
5,425 reads
Power BI Desktop May 2016 Update Info: Conditional Formatting and Quick Calc
*Update: The Power BI team has finally published a blog post with all the new features and its glorious! Read...
2016-05-31
1,327 reads
10 SQL Server Data Warehouse Design Best Practices to Follow (Part 1 )
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of speaking at SQL Saturday #552 here in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida. My good...
2016-05-24 (first published: 2016-05-16)
6,897 reads
Power BI and the Bing Maps API
This week I was working on a project for a school up North. This customer wanted to use Power BI...
2016-05-10 (first published: 2016-04-26)
4,292 reads
How to Use Data to Improve Student Outcomes with Microsoft Power BI
Almost fives months ago I joined Microsoft as a Data Platform Solutions Architect. As a DPSA for Microsoft, I am...
2016-04-01
669 reads
What’s New in Power BI Webinar Recording is Available
Thank you to everyone that attended my webinar with the PASS Excel BI Virtual Chapter today! I’d also like to...
2016-03-25
571 reads
View Getting Started with Power BI and Time Calculations with Dustin Ryan is Now Available!
Earlier today I had the pleasure of speaking with the PASS Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter on getting started with Power...
2016-02-09
926 reads
Power BI Publish to Web for Anonymous Access is Here
Earlier this week on Wednesday the Microsoft Power BI made an incredibly exciting announcement and released Power BI “publish to web”...
2016-02-05
1,947 reads
Microsoft & R Programming Session Materials & Resources Available
Last Thursday night I had the pleasure of speaking with Gregory Kramer and his friends at the Madison, WI Power...
2016-01-26
1,041 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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Question of the Day
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers