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Microsoft Fabric: Lakehouse vs Warehouse video

Since Microsoft Fabric became available, I blogged about it and have an introduction video on Fabric that you can view here. I wanted to follow up with a short 30-minute video...

How do I tell if a user is orphaned or actually created without a login?

One of the wonderful things about blogging is the ability to make notes for future me. Which is basically what ... Continue reading

Steps to Have a Service Principal Take Over a Dataset in Power BI When Using Data Gateways

A little background for those new to using Power BI and Data Gateways. If the data source for your Power BI dataset lives on-prem or behind a private endpoint,...

Azure DevOps: Enterprise Power BI report deployment with connections to Shared datasets

(2023-July-15) Let's say you have a collection of Power BI .pbix files stored in a git-based source control system (GitHub, Azure DevOps, or any other system). Among these files, one...

Enhancements I’d Like to See in the Power BI Treemap Visual

I recently created a treemap in Power BI for a Workout Wednesday challenge. Originally, I had set out to make a different treemap, but I ran into some limitations...

Exciting New Adventures Ahead

Some of you may know that I went to work for BlueGranite a little over four years ago. It was humbling to be part of such a talented team...

A New Word: Exulansis

exulansis – n. the tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it – whether through envy or pity or...

Azure Data Studio Schema Compare Extension

A coworker recently introduced me to the SQL Server Schema Compare extension in Azure Data Studio. It has come in handy since we don’t have any paid-for tools, so...

Creating a Speaking Failures Support Group

Earlier this week the emails went out to speakers who submitted to the PASS Data Community Summit 2023 conference. These were acceptances and rejections, letting people know the results...