Session Resources for: Visual Design Tips for Power BI & SSRS 2016+

Yesterday I did a session for Idera’s Geek Sync series called “Visual Design Tips for Power BI & SSRS 2016+”. In the session, I called out a bunch of...

Session Resources for: Visual Design Tips for Power BI & SSRS 2016+

Yesterday I did a session for Idera’s Geek Sync series called “Visual Design Tips for Power BI & SSRS 2016+”. In...

Countdown to Denver SQL Saturday: Register and Attend

My First Presentation was on Database Security. Those slides are still available for nostalgia sake 66 to 673 in N...

Analysis Services Series on SQLShack

Please visit SQLShack.com for new articles on many facets of SQL Server. I have been trying my best to document how to create SQL Server Analysis Service databases with...

Stashing Data for dbatools

While working on an enhancement to dbatools, I had a need to stash a local copy of a file downloaded from the internet, but in a safe place that...

I’m speaking: SQL Saturday Orlando (Oct 7th 17)

It’s been a while since I’ve done a SQL Saturday and I’m happy to be joining the folks in Orlando...

Analysis Services Series on SQLShack

Please visit SQLShack.com for new articles on many facets of SQL Server. I have been trying my best to document...

Working with the registry from within SQL Server

There is a lot of information within the Windows registry. Sometimes, it would sure be nice to work with the...

Microsoft presents: MySQL and PostgreSQL?

For the longest time, MySQL has been the recommended database platform for blogs and other websites. It’s free. It’s available...

SQL Server – So you like to shrink do you?

If you do – shame on you and shame on me because I do.

Moving on, I found strange behaviour within SQL...