SQL Server 2016 and R Server
While the language has been around since 1996, the momentum in the trade press about R has been steadily increasing over the...
SQL Server 2016 Polybase Setup
Thank you to everyone who attended my webinar last week! In that session, I went through all the steps to install SQL Server to...
Patterns and Practices: Creating a Date Table
There may be a time when you will need to create a table containing a series of dates. Perhaps you want a date table for a data...
Designing Datazen Dashboards
Datazen is a reporting tool recently acquired by Microsoft that allows dashboard creation and publishing based on many data...
Azure ML, SSIS and the Modern Data Warehouse
Recently I was afforded the opportunity to speak at several different events, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed. I was able to...
What is a Modern Data Warehouse?
As I was honored enough to be selected to give a PreCon on the Internals of the Modern Data Warehouse at SQLSaturday Huntington...
Math and Azure Machine Learning
Business and predictive analytics are the pinnacle of a mature data lifecycle, and Machine Learning is an exceptional tool...
Licensing of Power BI Moves Away From Office 365
The gap between Power BI and Excel keeps on getting wider. As there is conflicting information about the Excel/Power BI...
Why You Should Attend SQLSaturday Phoenix
It can be very difficult to keep up with the increasing number of changes in technology. There are so many things changing with...
Webinar Follow-Up: Data Analytics & Distribution with Power BI
Thank you to all of the people who took the time to view my session on Data Analytics and Distribution with Power BI. I really...
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