Blog Post: How To Make Bootable USB
Last month, in my effort to show support to Tim Ford ( Blog | Twitter ) efforts #iwanttoshare so, I wrote this article about HOW TO: Use ROBOCOPY to Move SQL Files . ( Background : asked for fellow...
View ArticleBlog Post: Row-level Security Just Got Better: Passing Report Credentials to...
A new ground-breaking feature in SQL Server 2016 allows report user context to be passed through shared data sources, enabling role-based, row-level security. This feature doesn’t require complex...
View ArticleBlog Post: SSMS Tools Pack 4.0 is out. Full support for SSMS 2016 RTM.
Full support for SSMS 2016 RTM which came out June 1st 2016. This new release brings the following feature improvements: SQL Editor Plus Renamed tabs get the custom name stored and properly restored in...
View ArticleBlog Post: PCI Compliance and SQL 2005 don’t mix anymore
If you are running a PCI compliant system on SQL Server 2005 you are going to fail your next audit. One of the audit requirements is that the vendors must support the version of your software which you...
View ArticleBlog Post: Why is creating excel sheets from SSIS so hard ?
If there is one process that should be simpler than it is out of the box, it is creating Excel spreadsheets from SSIS. Over the years i’ve tried doing it a number of ways, using the built in...
View ArticleBlog Post: Using Power BI with Enterprise, On-premises Data
I just finished posting a 4-part series demonstrating how to use Power BI with on-premises data. The running time for all four parts is about 44 minutes. I cover using the Power BI Enterprise Gateway...
View ArticleBlog Post: Discontinued Database Engine Functionality in SQL Server 2016
Major discontinued feature of the SQL Server 2016 feature is that exclusion of 32 bit of the SQL Server. So now on, you have only 64 bit version. Only other discontinued feature is, as usual dropping...
View ArticleBlog Post: Creating Tables In Power BI/Power Query M Code Using #table()
After my post earlier this week on creating current day/week/month/year reports in Power BI a few people asked me for a more detailed explanation of the way I was creating tables without using a data...
View ArticleBlog Post: Strategically Fix SQL Server Error 15118 – Password Validation Failed
Problem While working on SQL Server database sometimes users may get the following error message. Password validation failed. The password does not meet the windows policy requirements because it not...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server Service Broker – Networking
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging and queueing technology built into the SQL Server Database Engine. Previous posts: SQL Server...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server 2016 First Installation is in 2015
Would you believe that first SQL Server 2016 production installation done in 2015. Yes it is. The first customer adopted SQL Server 2016 in production a couple days after it was released CTP2. CTP2 is...
View ArticleBlog Post: Demand for SQL Server Skills in India
India’s Information Technology sector is regarded as the biggest private sector employer, with over 10 million employees across India. Talent assessment platform Youth4work has announced its findings...
View ArticleBlog Post: Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft Power BI
Get started quickly with Microsoft Power BI! Experts Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo will help you bring your data to life, transforming your company’s data into rich visuals for you to collect and...
View ArticleBlog Post: Disable Column Store Indexes for One Database
Disabling column store indexes needs to be done time to time. Following query will generate the script. SELECT 'ALTER INDEX [' + Name + + '] ON ' + OBJECT_NAME ( object_id ) + ' DISABLE' FROM sys ....
View ArticleBlog Post: What do you want to learn about SSRS 2016 at PASS Global Summit?
I’m thrilled to have been selected to deliver a session at the 2016 PASS Global Summit titled “Reporting Services 2016: The Force Awakens”. I’ve been speaking at SQL Saturdays and have done some...
View ArticleBlog Post: New age computing could make a difference at Rio 2016 Olympics
Artificial intelligence and machine learning could make the difference where winning margins are just hundredths of a second at Rio 2016. Already there are reports of Britain’s rowing team and Brazil’s...
View ArticleBlog Post: Migration Check List
As SQL Server 2005 support ends. many of the users are now thinking about migration, here is the check list for the database migration. 1.How many (and where are they located) SQL Server 2005 instances...
View ArticleBlog Post: Career Decision Time
They say that you cannot have the best of both worlds. They say that you cannot have your cake and eat it too. They say that the grass isn’t really greener on the other side. For all of you who say...
View ArticleBlog Post: Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre (MCEC)–Great Stuff
I love getting to see new technologies changing the world. The opening of the new Vancouver Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre included prominent Microsoft and Canadian leaders, including our Geek...
View ArticleBlog Post: Big Stories on Big Data
Every one talks big on big data, But has it really implemented in real world. This article tells us about real world implementation on Big Data. Read the full article at...
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