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SQL Server 2016 Stretch Database

August 17, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

SQL Server 2016 Stretch Database One of the features in SQL Server 2016 that you will want to explore is the ability to store your historical data in the Azure cloud. By leveraging the Stretch Database feature your applications can silently migrate data to the cloud without having to change your existing code. Stretch Database … [Read more…]

SQL Server Polybase (2016)

July 20, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

What is SQL Server Polybase? Coming in SQL Server 2016 is the ability to query relational tables as well as data stored in Hadoop or Azure Blob storage. This technology will allow you to continue to leverage SQL Server for your data warehousing and access data stored in different formats and technologies to combine data … [Read more…]

Tabular Modeling with SQL Server Analysis Services Cookbook – Context
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Power BI Key Influencers Analytics Example
What is Power BI Key Influencers Visualization? The Power BI Key Influencers visualization is designed to help you understand what data impacts the metric you are interested in. For example, I used the Titanic dataset to see what data was influencing the survival of a passenger. In this example, I want to see what factors […]
5 Keys to Get Employees Using Your Dashboards
Get Employees Using Your Dashboards I frequently work with companies that have existing reports and dashboards in place from legacy platforms. Often I hear that they invested in the product and built a solution and then were unhappy with the adoption by their employees. This is more common than it should be and has left […]