Resources from the PASS community this coming month
Even though it is December, I noticed a lot going on for FREE in the PASS Microsoft Data Technology community....
2017-11-30
605 reads
The Smiling DBA
IT Dev Connections 2017
The IT Dev Connections conference was in San Francisco, CA this week. While I did not spend any time as a tourist, I did mingle with attendees and speakers....
2017-10-25
8 reads
IT Dev Connections 2017
The IT Dev Connections conference was in San Francisco, CA this week. While I did not spend any time as...
2017-10-25
385 reads
SSAS Tabular DirectQuery–No Hierarchies in Dimensions
I recently was testing DirectQuery to see the reporting differences in a Tabular Model. After Deploying to a development server and analyzing in Excel, the hierarchies for the Date...
2017-09-29
78 reads
SSAS Tabular DirectQuery–No Hierarchies in Dimensions
I recently was testing DirectQuery to see the reporting differences in a Tabular Model. After Deploying to a development server...
2017-09-28
877 reads
Elect The Next PASS Board Members
The PASS board elections are coming up and there is a twitter chat event to ask questions to the candidates before you vote. Both tweeter events will be on...
2017-09-13
8 reads
Elect The Next PASS Board Members
The PASS board elections are coming up and there is a twitter chat event to ask questions to the candidates...
2017-09-12
504 reads
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...
2017-08-17
24 reads
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...
2017-08-16
741 reads
SQLSaturday Baton Rouge #628 2017
Come join around 500+ attendees and speakers learning and networking at the LSU College of Business – Business Education Complex on Nicholson Drive Extension in Baton Rouge on Saturday...
2017-07-21
3 reads
Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers