In this second level of the Stairway to Synapse, we learn how to create external tables and query data that is stored in our data storage using the serverless pool.
2025-06-06 (first published: 2024-08-14)
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This next level of the Stairway to TDE shows how to upgrade your EKM cryptographic provider.
2026-04-15 (first published: 2024-07-17)
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In this first level of the Stairway to Synapse Analytics, we learn how to set up a new workspace and add data files.
2025-06-06 (first published: 2024-07-03)
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Business Intelligence Architect, “Analysis Services Maestro, and author Bill Pearson introduces two somewhat similar DAX Time Intelligence functions related to “parallel” Date periods: PARALLELPERIOD() and SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(). He discusses the syntax, uses and operation of each function, and then provides hands-on exposure to it in Power BI.
2026-04-15 (first published: 2024-01-24)
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In this level you will learn about the SQLServer PowerShell module that ships with modern versions of SSMS.
2024-01-20 (first published: 2024-01-17)
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In the fourth level of this series, we will examine how you can use the scripting classes to create the code to manage your SQL Server instances and databases.
2024-01-20 (first published: 2023-12-13)
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The first three levels of this series have been the lead-up to this level, automating the database deployment with Azure Pipelines. First, we started with an introduction to Azure DevOps and the Git client. Next, SQL Source Control was introduced to manage a database’s schema and manually deploy changes from the database to source control […]
2023-12-06
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In this level of the Stairway to Database DevOps, you'll get an introduction to branching and merging. Learn how to create a branch for making your changes to the codebase, submitting these in a code review, and then merging the changes into those made by other developers.
2023-12-01
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In this second level of the Stairway to Database DevOps, we learn to use Redgate's SQL Source Control to save and updates changes to objects, as well as tracking data in certain tables.
2023-10-18
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Business Intelligence Architect, Analysis Services Maestro, and author Bill Pearson introduces three similar DAX Time Intelligence functions related to Date: TOTALMTD(), TOTALQTD(), and TOTALMYD(). He discusses the syntax, uses and operation of each function, and then provides hands-on exposure to it in Power BI.
2026-04-15 (first published: 2023-09-27)
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