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Ready for another SQLHangout? Here it is and it’s an interesting one! Together with Steph Locke(t|b) we talked about open sourcing database solutions. Yeap, you read that right. Listen to what Steph, who is one of the heads behind the great SQLRelay event in UK, has to share and think whether or not it is possible for you too to make some of your solutions open source! Enjoy!
Number 31 is here and yes, it was a great one(just wanted to say it from the start!)! I was joined by a friend of mine – Johan Brattås(t|b) who I met in Oslo last year at their fantastic SQLSaturday event! What we discussed and what you can learn from Johan, who has some serious experience in the Business Intelligence area, is how you can actually make your PowerPivot workbook or Tabular model faster. He shared some really practical advices on how to dramatically speed your BI solution, but didn’t stop there because I actually asked him about QlikView and Tableau too! Enjoy watching and I hope you will find that useful….
And yes, don’t forget for the webinar which Johan will deliver in February! He will talk about Azure, Tabular and PowerBI, so watch out for an invitation from PASS soon!
The absolute last, but only for 2014, SQLHangout is here and I should say it was quite an interesting one! I was joined by Kenneth Nielsen(l|b), a friend of mine from Denmark, who is a Business Intelligence consultant and has quite some experience with implementing MDS or Master Data Services – the topic of the hangout. Kenneth shared his experience on Master Data, why is it important and what are the differences between the feature inside SQL Server 2008R2 (back then when it was initially released) and the 2012 version. What’s more, he shared some of the limitations of the product and how they can be workaround – by using custom workflows – something that is not an easy task as you will learn watching. So enjoy the video! What else can I say…
The last goal for this year is accomplished! I now hold the MCSE certificates for both the Data Platform and the Business Intelligence tracks. I have to admit I expected the BI certification exams (70-466 and 70-467) to be a bit easier, but Microsoft has done incredible job in preparing those exams. I am quite impressed by the questions asked and the number of scenarios and case studies they put every candidate in. As you may know, I have stepped in another role this year and the first project I did for my new company was a BI PoC for the biggest telco in my country. This PoC was very successful and I learned tons of stuff as we actually used Teradata as a source for our data, SharePoint and Excel Services, SSAS Multidimensional, Excel and PowerView. That was also the main reason for me to push and learn even more for Microsoft’s BI stack and go for this certification…
So that’s it for now. One more HUGE blog post and update is coming on 29th of December, so stay tuned! Until then – have a great, great holidays!
SQLHangout 26 is here and I suggest we call this “The Christmas SQLHangout”! This one is special and it’s special because of one simple reason – I had not one, not two, but 4 guests with me – Cathrine Wilhemsen(t|b|h), Regis Baccaro(t|b), Rasmus Reinholdt(t|b|h) and Joao Lopez(t|b)! Some of you may have already seen the hangouts with Cathrine and Rasmus, but trust me – you have to see this one. In number 26 we discussed BIML and how it was used in a real world projects. So enjoy watching and enjoy learning about BIML – a technology that will be part of every business intelligence project very soon…