Leading without Managing
Learning to lead is a valued skill to have, and you can do this no matter what your role. You don't need to be a manager to become a leader.
How Does Microservices Architecture Change Database Deployment?
Grant Fritchey discusses the relationship between microservices architecture and database deployment and how these two important pieces of the DevOps puzzle, can work together, or against each other in the future.
How to query blob storage with SQL using Azure Synapse
How do you include blob storage in reports? In this article Dennes Torres explains how to query blob storage with SQL using Azure Synapse.
Do You Have ALL the YAML?
There are lots of data exchange formats, and one of them that has become popular is YAML. However, are you sure you have the entire file?
Why Power Query as an Activity in Azure Data Factory and SSIS?
There is a Power Query activity in SSIS and Azure Data Factory, which can be more useful than other tasks in some situations.
How to Compare Two SQL Prompt Styles
A PowerShell function that will compare two SQL formatting styles, saved in JSON, and produce a report showing the differences between the options they use to lay out your SQL code.
Much Ado about nothing: missing data
Joe Celko explains how missing data is handled from the printing press to databases.
Define All The Steps Up Front
After 23 years in one place, I'm pulling up stakes and moving. We're selling our house in one state in the US and we're buying a house in another state about half a continent away. To say it's a stressful and exhausting process is an understatement. The worst part is that no one has defined […]
How Often Do You Patch?
Patching is a chore that any system administrator needs to deal with. As SQL Server 2016 moves out of mainstream support, Steve asks if you have a plan and how often you ensure systems are patched.
Upsert Operation in Cosmos DB using Azure Data Factory
This article covers the basics of upserting data in CosmosDB using Azure Data Factory.
Blogs
Ethics in Modern Data this Saturday with the South Florida Data Geeks
By Will Assaf
This Saturday Aug 7, Christine and I will present our joint presentation on Ethics...
3 Reasons Why Focusing on Tech Is The Worst Way To Deploy a HA/DR Solution
By kleegeek
This past Thursday, Edwin Sarmiento presented a session for our Microsoft Data Platform Continuity...
The PowerBI Volleyball Report – Organizing Data To Start
By Steve Jones
One of my goals this year was to build a report that I can...
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Minimun Role Permissions Needed
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Need counts of payment amounts per week grouped by week
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Import CSV Data Into Existing Tables
Hi Guys, I am having issues trying to import data from CSV files into...
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