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In this post I share my personal insights into the DP-800 exam and the Microsoft Fabric connection. Plus, some recommended resources. I recently passed the DP-800 exam and wanted to share my insights and some recent updates to study material that can help others. To clarify, the DP-800 exam is the new one that you … Read more
This post covers how you can spread your SQL Server wings with Microsoft Fabric in 2026. As part of a long-running series of posts about spreading your SQL Server wings with the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform. Just after Microsoft Fabric was publicly announced during Microsoft Build 2023, I published a post that covered spreading your … Read more
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday contribution delves into the Fabric multiverse. Focusing on four different possible outcomes for the future of Microsoft Fabric. Based on the thoughts that came to my mind after reading the invite. Before I get going, I just want to make it clear that this post is both fictional and hypothetical. Apart … Read more
This months T-SQL Tuesday contribution highlights a couple of points about developing metadata-driven frameworks for Microsoft Fabric to cater for change detection. Since this months T-SQL Tuesday invitation invites us to cover change detection I decided to put my own unique spin on it. By sharing some advice about how to develop metadata-driven frameworks efficiently … Read more
This months T-SQL Tuesday invites us to cover an impactful session or two from a conference. Before I go any further I just want to say a big thanks to both Kristyna Ferris and Steve Hughes for hosting this months T-SQL Tuesday. An impactful session To be honest, it was tough to choose one in … Read more
For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover how AI is changing my career. Before I go any further, I want to thank Taiob Ali who hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. By my own admission it has been a while since I last contributed to T-SQL Tuesday. However, this seems like a fitting topic to … Read more
For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover how you can improve your Data Platform integrity with CI/CD practices. Before I go any further, I want to thank Rob Farley who hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. Rob invites us all to cover the topic of integrity. You can read the original invitation by clicking on … Read more
For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover why I believe in the premise of Microsoft Fabric and why it made me go “wow” when it was introduced. Before I go any further, I must point out that I am hosting this months T-SQL Tuesday. Which is the first ever T-SQL Tuesday and Festive Tech … Read more
This month I have the pleasure of hosting the invite for T-SQL Tuesday, which is the first ever T-SQL Tuesday and Festive Tech Calendar crossover. So that people from different communities can unite in their contributions and get introduced to each other. Especially those who are part of the Azure and/or Microsoft Data Platform communities. … Read more
In this post I cover spreading your SQL Server wings with SQL database in Fabric. As part of a series of posts about spreading your SQL Server wings with the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform. It has been some time since a published in this series of posts. In fact, my last post in this series … Read more