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Excel 2016 BI Branding Changes
Office 2016 is on the verge of being released, and although Power BI is the cool new thing Excel 2016 has added several new BI-related features too. What is also interesting – and less well publicised...
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Learning Regular Expressions
I’m a regular watcher of the Midnight DBA Webshow and one day they mentioned regular expressions. Not a new term for me, but not something I’d ever looked at much. Well as it happens I had something...
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Checking for Excessive Permissions in SQL Server - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 2 minutesWho can do what? One of the key things that a DBA...The post Checking for Excessive Permissions in SQL Server appeared first on WaterOx Consulting.
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We can do professional SQL Server deployments using SSDT
Really excited by my first post on medium, haven't really used it before but found it to be a really nice tool:https://medium.com/@edelliott.the.agilesql.club/let-s-start-doing-profes...Tags: Sql...
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PASS Summit 2015 1st Timers Webcast is Next Week
Just a reminder, that if you are planning on attending the PASS Summit this year you’ll want to make sure to get registered for my 1st timers webcast which is scheduled for September 7th. 2015 at 1pm...
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Update - PowerShell Script for SQL Server Cluster/Stand Alone unattended...
For a long time I have been using different scripts for SQL Server install based on the various user requirements, with my latest client requirement I decided to create a master script for unattended...
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XEvent Session Supporting Cast
So far, in this series, I have discussed the means to view the metadata associated with Extended Events. I also demonstrated some quick and simple means to retrieve some metadata via the catalog views...
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018 – Learn Like A Pro! - WaterOx Consulting
Learn Like A Pro In WOxPod!, episode # 018 – “Learn Like...The post 018 – Learn Like A Pro! appeared first on WaterOx Consulting.
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Direct Connect Options in Power BI for Live Querying of a Data Source
In a recent Power BI post, I wrote about two ways to utilize Power BI: one being the "Report Only" and the other including the "Query, Model and Report" alternative. Since then I've done a Power BI POC...
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What is the Difference between an Inner and Outer Join?
Both inner and outer joins can be used to combine data from two or more tables; however, there are some key differences! Read this article to find out each command’s strengths and when to use them.To...
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Recommended reading from mrdenny for September 04, 2015
This week I’ve found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve found this week.Building High Performance, Highly Available SQL Servers on AzureFear has Replaced...
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24 hours of SQLPass is coming
24 hours of SQL Pass is happening on Sept 17 & 18th. These are short little 1-hour web casts, but may be of interest to someone. Registration is FREEEEEEEE!!! Link to sessions:...
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Populating My DBA Database for Power Bi with PowerShell – SQL Info
Following my post about using Power Bi with my DBA Database I have been asked if I would share the PowerShell scripts which I use to populate my database.In this post I will show how to create the...
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Pre-SQL PASS Webcast is Today!
Just a reminder that today is my Pre-SQL PASS Webcast (also known as the 1st timers webcast). The webcast is at 1pm Pacific Time today (Sept 7th, 2015). Get signed up, to get the conference call...
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Extended Events Packages
Today, I continue on with exploring some of the metadata concerning Extended Events. To date, I have explored various aspects of session metadata whether the session is running or stopped. Today, I...
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SQL Saturday #413 Denmark 2015
David Postlethwaite will be giving his SQL Azure “Putting your head in the clouds – Working with SQL Azure” at SQL Saturday Denmark on the 19th of SeptemberThe abstract for David’s session is“You've...
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Azure Data Catalog
Azure Data CatalogNow available in public preview is the Azure Data Catalog. The Data catalog provides an enterprise data repository to enable end users self service data discovery. The data catalog...
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What the MDX Axis() Function Actually Returns
A month or so ago, before I went on holiday, I was working on a really cool MDX idea that involved the Axis() function. Unfortunately I’ve forgotten what that idea was but while I was working on it I...
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Enterprise Strategies – A #TSQL2sDay post
This months TSQL2sDay blog post party is hosted by Jen McCown and is about Enterprise Strategy.Adam Mechanic started TSQL Tuesdays over 5 years ago and you will find many brilliant posts under that...
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Where you should start when managing an enterprise
This T-SQL Tuesday we are hosted by one of the DBA’s of the night: Jen McCown (b/t). She want’s us to talk about Strategies for managing an enterprise. Honestly, had I know she was hosting I probably...
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