Hi Folks,
One of the intriguing options that’s coming as part of SQL Server 2016 is StretchDB. I’ve been spending some time working with it and learning about it, and I’ve ended up with lots of questions.
It was great to get an opportunity to speak to Joe Yong to get all my questions sorted.
Hope you’ll enjoy it too. You’ll find it here:
2016-05-01
Last week I had an opportunity to record a new podcast with Kasper DeJonge from the SQL Server Analysis Services team. Kasper has also been working on Power Pivot and many other areas.
SQL Server 2016 is lining up to be a great release for Analysis Services with significant enhancements for both tabular and multi-dimensional data models.
I hope you enjoy the show. You’ll find it here:
https://podcast.sqldownunder.com
2016-04-09
I spend a lot of my time working with ISVs (or software houses) and with individual developers. For SQL Server to have a long-term future, we need to be appealing to more and more new developers, to get them to understand that SQL Server is a great platform for building their applications above.
One of the most important aspects of this right up front, is making it really frictionless to get started with SQL Server.
2016-04-04
Hi Folks,
I recently got to record a new podcast with Riccardo Muti and Chris Finlan from the SQL Server Reporting Services team.
Over recent years, Reporting Services seemed to be in a rut without forward momentum.
2016 however promises to be a really big year for Reporting Services.
You’ll find the show here: SQL Down Under Podcast
Enjoy!
2016-03-13
In recent months, I’ve been brushing up my R skills. I’ve had a few areas of interest in this:
* R in Azure Machine Learning
* R in relation to Power BI and general analytics
* R embedded (somewhat) in SQL Server 2016
As a client tool, I’ve been using RStudio. It’s been good and very simple but it’s a completely separate environment. So I was excited when I saw there was to be a preview of new R tooling for Visual Studio.
2016-03-10
We normally run our Power BI Core Skills class as the 2nd day of the week in our 5 day BI Core Skills.
We’ve had extra demand for the Power BI day so we’ve added an extra one in Melbourne on May 10th. Details are here:
Early bird pricing ends April 26th.
2016-03-05
I love it when I get queries that are actually easy to answer.
Today, one of my developer friends asked me if it was better to use BETWEEN or to use >= and <= when filtering for a range of dates.
From a logic perspective, I like the idea that a single predicate expresses your intent rather than needing two predicates to do the same. For example, consider the following two queries:
2016-03-02
Hi Folks,
We’ve taken a fairly long break but now back into the swing for SQL Server 2016 and Power BI.
The first of the new series of shows is a show on the current state of Power BI with Jen Underwood.
You’ll find it here: SQL Down Under Podcast
Enjoy!
Regards,
Greg
2015-12-27
Hi Folks,
Couldn’t make it to Ignite? The team from Microsoft Australia recorded all the sessions and they are online now.
Here are the three sessions that I delivered:
Azure Datacamp Power Hour: NOTE: This event is now closed
Things I Wish Developers Knew About SQL Server: NOTE: This event is now closed
Working With SQL Server Spatial: NOTE: This event is now closed
Enjoy!
2015-12-11
AzureCon is the main #Azure related conference each year, and of course, it’s an online conference.
It’s coming up at the end of this month (September).
It’s time to register to see what ScottGu and the people from the Azure team have to tell us.
NOTE: This event is now closed
2015-09-10
