Power BI Class in Dallas, Texas October 11, 2018 I have organized a Power BI Class with an emphasis on transportation and logistics that will take place at University of Texas Dallas (800 W Campbell road, Richardson, Texas 75080) on October 11, 2018. I’ve been able to work with one of the best Power BI Teams […]
My Article at IT Pro Today – Azure Cosmos DB vs. SQL Server
I am pleased to announce I’m writing a series of articles for IT Pro Today. Below is a excerpt from the first in the series. In this article I’m comparing Azure Cosmos DB against SQL server and how that affects or will affect DBAs and our profession as a whole. You can read the entire article […]
Restoring a SQL Backup from Azure Blob Storage
I struggled through this exercise and thought I would pass along what I have learned along the way. Basically, I have a Windows Server in Azure with SQL Server installed on it. I want to take a native SQL backup and restore it to the SQL Server in Azure. Sounds like it shouldn’t be that […]
Power BI, Twitter and the Old Settlers Music Festival
Learning by Combining Multiple Interests: Power BI, Social Media, Music and my Daughter A few weeks ago I discovered the Power BI Solution Template for Twitter Campaign/Brand Management. I’ve played with the template a bunch since then, made some discoveries, dug a little deeper and put it to use on a few occasions. I’ve used […]
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
I’ll be teaching a session on Spatial Data coming up this weekend at SQL Saturday, Washington DC. In the recent past, at the end of my presentation we have a little fun and use spatial methods to render a drawing of Hillary and Donald using only T-SQL. Honestly, I’m getting rather tired of that story, […]
Serving as an Idera ACE 2016-2017
I’m very proud to announce that I have been selected to participate in the 2016-2017 Idera ACE program. This means I’ll be able to participate and mentor others in the #sqlfamily more than ever before! My first event as an Idera ACE will be SQL Saturday, Lincoln NE. I’ll also be traveling to Washington, DC […]