My Ignite 2018 SQL PowerShell Scripts now available in GitHub
It appears that I forgot to post my SQL PowerShell Scripts from my talk at Ignite 2018 (video here). Big thanks to Tony Green ( t ) for bringing...
2019-04-27
71 reads
SQLvariant
My Ignite 2018 SQL PowerShell Scripts now available in GitHub
It appears that I forgot to post my SQL PowerShell Scripts from my talk at Ignite 2018 (video here). Big thanks to Tony Green ( t ) for bringing...
2019-04-27
26 reads
My Ignite 2018 SQL PowerShell Scripts now available in GitHub
It appears that I forgot to post my SQL PowerShell Scripts from my talk at Ignite 2018 (video here). Big thanks to Tony Green ( t ) for bringing...
2019-04-27
4 reads
What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?
I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! Problem: I have a lot of meetings next week,...
2019-04-18 (first published: 2019-04-05)
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What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?
I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! ?? I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! ?? Problem: I have a lot of meetings...
2019-04-05
26 reads
What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?
I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! ?? I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! ?? Problem: I have a lot of meetings...
2019-04-05
13 reads
Group By Conference is Back April 11th!
I have joined forces with Blyther Morrow & Daniel Hutmacher to keep the GroupBy Virtual Conference going. We’re aiming to host the conference at least twice this year, and...
2019-04-02
114 reads
Group By Conference is Back April 11th!
I have joined forces with Blyther Morrow & Daniel Hutmacher to keep the GroupBy Virtual Conference going. We’re aiming to host the conference at least twice this year, and...
2019-04-02
7 reads
Group By Conference is Back April 11th!
I have joined forces with Blyther Morrow & Daniel Hutmacher to keep the GroupBy Virtual Conference going. We’re aiming to host the conference at least twice this year, and...
2019-04-02
10 reads
Export AdventureWorksDW2017 to Excel for a Power BI Demo with Export-Excel
Have you ever wanted to export an entire SQL Server database to Excel file? Yeah, me neither. Until yesterday, when...
2019-03-28 (first published: 2019-03-14)
641 reads
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