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My recent posts have covered the world of databases according to Azure. My focus in this post is Azure Database for MySQL in...

We all know there are lots of data sources; flat files like Excel files, CSVs that you import from another data source,...

How much do you know about the database options in Azure? Azure has many database options. My last post focused on Azure...

If you’re thinking about migrating to an open source database, then you’ll want to know about Azure database for MariaDB....

If you have been in the BI industry as long as I have, then you know of Donald Farmer. He happens to be one of my heroes as a...

At the PASS Summit 2019 in Seattle and I learned a few fantastic announcements during the opening Keynote that I wanted to...

Who doesn’t love Power BI and Power BI Visuals? There are many different types of visuals in Power BI; some that come with...

One of the top things on people’s mind is, of course, security. In today’s business world, security of your data and...

There are many benefits to having Microsoft certifications. Whether you have a career in data, business analysis, marketing or...

Now that Power BI has released dataflows and with the ability to share datasets across reports in Power BI, we’ve been asked, ...

Azure DevOps provides developer services to support teams to plan work, collaborate on code development, and build and deploy...

Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DW) has been improving its capabilities day-by-day. This relational database platform used by...

What do you know about Azure Databricks? If you’re unsure of what it is and how it’s used, I’m here today to clear that up with...

Most of us are looking for ways to optimize our Azure storage management. I’m here to tell you about a handy utility that can...

In the release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft introduced the SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) tabular model, a database that...

Are you using Azure DevOps and want to know how to use it as a code repository? A benefit to using DevOps (or any code...

Azure offers many features and services, so if you’re new to Azure and the Azure Portal there is a lot to learn. One feature in...

Are you struggling to get past certain limitations while working with Direct Query in Power BI? Today, I want to share a few...