Upcoming SQL Saturday Precon Sessions (Update!!!!)
Wow, Power BI is making a tidal wave in the BI industry. New features are being released regularly and blog posts...
2016-02-08
938 reads
SQLDownSouth
SQL Server 2016 Row-level Security and SSRS a perfect match
In this blog I will explain and demonstrate how to leverage a new feature in SQL Server 2016, Row Level...
2016-02-15 (first published: 2016-02-08)
9,048 reads
From the Power BI dashboard to a specific page in a Report
Recently, I was working with a customer designing Power BI reports and dashboards. Everything was going great until she asked...
2016-01-25
2,779 reads
Quick Tip: Why Can’t I Pin an Excel Range to a Power BI Dashboard?
So two new exciting capabilities were announced recently in Power BI. One involved Excel and the other SSRS, but they...
2015-12-17 (first published: 2015-12-14)
1,851 reads
Atlanta BI Edition SQL Saturday Precon
The explosion of Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities coming from Microsoft these days have left many of us in a frenzy. ...
2015-12-03
904 reads
Sentiment Analysis with Power BI
I was recently asked by a customer to help them do some Text analysis of course evaluation data. They wanted...
2015-12-09 (first published: 2015-12-02)
4,218 reads
Orlando SQL Saturday Precon – Transform and Visualize Data with Power BI
I found out a couple of weeks ago that I will speaking at the Orlando SQL Saturdayfor the first time...
2015-07-24 (first published: 2015-07-20)
2,108 reads
I’m Speaking at the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday
After a few years away, the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday group has finally allowed me back at their annual event...
2015-07-15
1,343 reads
A Full Day of Power BI with Me
Join me for a full day of Power BI in Baton Rouge, LA and Downers Grove, IL, where I will teach...
2015-04-13
1,402 reads
2015-04-10
1,115 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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