Practical guides and insights for modern data practitioners
In this post I cover my personal thoughts about the journey from Power View to Microsoft Fabric over the last ten years. I have been thinking about this recently due to a retro session at the Data Toboggan conference over the weekend. Which was called “Delivering Power View with SQL Server 2014 and SharePoint 2013 … Read more
In this post I cover that fact that it has been a very Microsoft Fabric themed 2023 for me. Plus, some other topics relating to this year as well. To manage expectations, this post is more of a personal summary of this year and is reasonably Microsoft Fabric themed. It does not include a comprehensive … Read more
My Festive Tech Calendar 2022 contribution was released this week. It is a video available on YouTube called “Viewing a list of Christmas presents from Azure Data Engineering services“. Which shows how can query Christmas presents which are stored in csv or parquet files using Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse Analytics. Plus, I cover Delta … Read more
In this post I want to cover reasons to learn GitHub if using Azure DevOps. Because I think it is an important topic to cover. I want to give people food for thought in this post. However, I do have other reasons as well. One of which I will cover later in this post. Those … Read more
Recently I have taken part in various discussions about why there is an increase in demand for Data Platform automation. Mostly linked to CI/CD deployments and working in a DevOps related way. In this post I want to share my personal thoughts about this, as well as some advice. Towards the end I mention a … Read more
In this post I want to cover how to make the most out of certification pages for Azure exams. Because I think it will be useful. By the end of this post, you will know how to take advantage of additional information in the certification pages for Azure exams. To set realistic expectations here, this … Read more
I think we can all agree that 2020 is definitely a year to remember. Like others mine have been for a number of reasons. We all know that the COVID-19 outbreak has had a huge impact. Obviously, that’s something most of us will remember this year for. However, I want to highlight some positives as … Read more
In this post I want to discuss the fact that everybody has different levels of stress in certain situations. Because I feel it is very relevant at the moment. We are living in times which are very stressful for a lot of people. With this in mind, I am hoping that this post will help … Read more
In this post I want to cover the recent certification announcement by Microsoft and the Coronavirus outbreak. Because both are relevant topics at the moment. Now, for the benefit of those who missed the announcement. Last week Microsoft announced that the MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications will be retired at the end of June. From … Read more
To try something new, I thought for a few blog posts I would write a fictional tale about lessons learned by a time travelling SQL Server DBA. Because at the start of a new year people tend to look into the past and the future. I decided it would be a good idea to cover … Read more