Faster Cloud Warehouses
Azure SQL Data Warehouse gets some improvements, and Steve has a few comments.
SQL Server Reporting Services Report Builder with DAX Query Support
In this tip we look at how you can use DAX formulas within your SQL Server Reporting Services Report Builder reports.
Customizing the Default Azure Data Studio Dashboards
Explore the Azure Data Studio dashboards and see how to customize one of these dashboards to include a new widget.
The SQL Server LAG Function
The LAG function can really improve performance over the old double JOIN.
Versatile or Jack of all trades
Do you consider multi-skills useful; or just one with mastery in it?
Creating Measures Using DAX
In the first article in this series, Andy Brown demonstrated how to create calculated columns in Power BI using the DAX language. This second article in the series explains what measures are, and how you can use DAX to create measures within Power BI. The formulae in the article apply equally well to PowerPivot and Analysis Services Tabular Model.
Manipulating Filetable Files Programatically
Learn how you can work with FileTable files from T-SQL as an alternative to the drag and drop methods of using Windows Explorer
Do Functions Stop You From Using Indexes?
If you have a function in the WHERE clause, you might have heard you can't use indexes. That's not entirely correct.
Blogs
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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