How to burn down your house while frying a turkey
It’s an odd query, yes, but in preparation to write this post I actually typed the above phrase into my...
2014-11-26
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Tim Mitchell
Join me in DC for a full day of Biml
I’m excited to announce that my Linchpin People colleague Reeves Smith and I will be delivering a full day Biml...
2014-11-11
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SQL PASS 2014 Summit Diary – Day 6
Today is the last official day of the PASS Summit. The sessions will wrap up at the end of the...
2014-11-08
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SQL PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Days 3-5
The last two days have been an absolute blur. As I first posted this week, I had planned to blog...
2014-11-07
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PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Day 2
It’s another beautiful day in Seattle. And by beautiful, I mean overcast and threatening rain. Today will be mostly consumed...
2014-11-04
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PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Day 1
Today is the first day of official activities for the week. The PASS Summit hasn’t yet started, but I’ll be...
2014-11-03
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PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Day 0
This week, I’m attending two different summit events in the Seattle area. On Sunday through Tuesday, I’ll be participating in...
2014-11-02
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Five people you should meet at the PASS Summit
As I write this, I’m airborne and on my way to Seattle for the summit week (the Microsoft MVP Summit,...
2014-11-01
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It’s That Time Again
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…”
No, not the end-of-year festival of repetitive music, overeating, and trampling on other...
2014-10-31
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Resolving SSDT-BI Installation with IsVisualStudio2012ProInstalled() error
Recently I was building a new virtual machine for presentations, and loaded up my usual battery – Windows 7, SQL Server...
2014-09-24 (first published: 2014-09-22)
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Blogs
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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