Tagged: SQL Server

2019.04.05

What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?

I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! 😃 I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! 👍 Problem: I have a lot of meetings next week, and I don’t...

Training Event

2019.04.02

Group By Conference is Back April 11th!

I have joined forces with Blyther Morrow & Daniel Hutmacher to keep the GroupBy Virtual Conference going. We’re aiming to host the conference at least twice this year, and the next one is just...

Power BI

2019.03.14

Export AdventureWorksDW2017 to Excel for a Power BI Demo with Export-Excel

Have you ever wanted to export an entire SQL Server database to Excel file? Yeah, me neither. Until yesterday, when I was trying to build a Power BI demo with sample data (that needed...

SQL Server

2017.08.23

I’m Speaking at Ignite in Orlando!

I’m excited to say that I will be speaking at Ignite this year in Orlando! I was at Ignite in Atlanta last year and it was an excellent experience. I’m really looking forward to...

SQL Server

2017.08.20

[Quick Blog] SQL Server Cross-Platform Command Line Tools

Recently while I was on a conference call with some of the engineers from the SQL Server product team at Microsoft, the topic of their new multi-platform scripting tool came up. I told them...

PowerShell

2017.06.13

DevOps or DataOps Either Way It’s Coming to SQL Server

For T-SQL Tuesday #91 the topic is databases and devops. Grant Fritchey asks us: How do we approach DevOps as developers, DBAs, report writers, analysts and database developers? How do we deal with data...

PowerShell

2017.06.07

SQL PowerShell Pre Con at SQL Saturday Chattanooga

I happy to be doing a PreCon at SQL Saturday Chattanooga on Friday June 23rd. A lot has changed in the SQL PowerShell world in the last 15 months and this full-day session is...