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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
In this post I want to cover big UI updates for two Azure Data Platform services that have been introduced recently. Since I think they are worth pointing out. To help with some jargon, when I say UI, I mean user interface. You can also think of a UI as a front-end or a portal. … Read more
For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I want to cover when I had fun with T-SQL by querying a delta table. Reitse Eskens hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. Reitse invites us to blog about having fun with T-SQL. Which I definitely had making the video for last years Festive Tech Calendar. You can read the … Read more
Since this is my first post of the year, I want to cover some recommended certifications for Azure Databricks enthusiasts. In my last post I provided some advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution. I thought I better do a follow-up that provided some recommended certifications for Azure Databricks along with some other … 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 a Data Platform area I recently recommended to a colleague. Since the answer surprised me. A while back a colleague who is studying for Azure Data Platform certifications mentioned that there were a lot of areas they could focus on after their exams. They then asked me if … Read more
In this post I want to cover the results of some interesting tests I did with the allow list for Databricks Repos. In short, Databricks Repos is a reasonably new feature in Azure Databricks which allows you to work on a complete set of files that are stored in a Git repository. To find out … Read more
In this post I want to cover my first impressions of the web terminal in Azure Databricks. Because I had a legitimate use for it recently and I found it so interesting that I wanted to share my thoughts about it. In reality, this post is also another first. Because it is my first ever … Read more
This post accompanies a video called ‘A fast and festive introduction to Azure Data Engineering services’. Which is available to watch from the day this post is published. I made the video for this years Festive Tech Calendar. So, I thought I would write this post to accompany it so that you have an overview … Read more
In this post I want to cover some thoughts about the increase in demand for Azure Data Engineering roles. Because I have noticed some interesting things happening recently. One of the main reasons I am sharing this is because I am very keen to know other people’s thoughts on this. Especially since I have taken … Read more