Emergency! Are You Ready for Disaster to Strike?
Prepare for data center disasters and ransomware attacks through regular practice of recovery processes. Learn strategies to ensure business continuity in critical situations.
No-Code Custom Visuals! Can You Say Charticulator? - I Knew You Could
Explore Charticulator, an open-source tool for creating stunning Power BI custom visuals without coding. Learn to enhance your data visualization capabilities and unlock new possibilities in data presentation.
The Emerging Role of BI in Your Organization
Explore strategies for integrating Business Intelligence into your organization, including infrastructure configuration, leveraging Power Platform, and addressing key challenges and opportunities.
PowerApps and AI - A Flow of Location Events
Explore PowerApps and AI integration for location tracking, using Bing maps, Azure SQL, and Cognitive Services. Learn to create mobile apps with real-time alerts and location-aware web searches.
Text Mining & Sentiment Analysis Made Easy
Learn to analyze text data using Azure Cognitive Services and Power BI. Extract key phrases, derive sentiment scores, and create effective visual dashboards without needing advanced data science skills.
Azure Arc - Bring Azure Data Services to On-Premises, Multi-Cloud and Edge
Learn to deploy Azure data services on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments using Azure Arc. Gain cloud benefits, automation, elastic scaling, and unified management across hybrid infrastructures.
SQL and MongoDB - When Two Worlds Collide
Explore hybrid SQL-NoSQL solutions, focusing on integrating MongoDB with SQL Server. Learn scenarios, implementation techniques, and performance considerations for leveraging strengths of both database types.
Creating Success as a Data Entrepreneur
Comprehensive guide for aspiring data entrepreneurs: goal-setting, business planning, customer acquisition, brand building, and sustainable growth strategies in the data industry.
SQL Server and Azure SQL Database Intelligent Query Performance
Explore groundbreaking enhancements in Intelligent Query Processing for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database, improving critical parallel workloads at scale while adapting to evolving data landscapes.
Managing Your Data Platform Lifecycle
Learn strategies to proactively manage SQL Server and data platform lifecycles, avoiding painful end-of-life events and creating a roadmap for a solid, future-proof data infrastructure.
Empowering the SQL Server Professional with Linux Scripting
Enhance SQL Server skills with Linux scripting: learn shell scripting techniques, tips, and tricks to complement PowerShell expertise for Azure environments. Includes practical demos and a cheat sheet.
Successfully Communicating with Peers and Colleagues
Learn effective communication skills for IT professionals, including self-awareness, listening techniques, and handling difficult conversations to boost credibility, trust, and influence within your team.
AI to the Masses! But How? Pixie Dust?
Explore Azure's AI options for data science, weighing considerations and practical applications to make informed decisions about implementing AI in your organization.
SQL Managed Instance - A Fully Managed SQL Server in the Cloud
Explore Azure SQL Managed Instance's features, benefits, and migration best practices. Learn about architecture, pricing, and disaster recovery for efficient cloud-based SQL Server workloads.
AI for Analysts
Discover how AI enhances the analyst role, learn techniques to leverage AI in your work, and optimize collaboration with data science teams for better decision-making and career growth.
SSRS and Paginated Reports in Power BI
Explore SSRS 2019 and Paginated Reports in Power BI, covering new features, report authoring, subscriptions, and management. Learn about pixel-perfect reporting alongside interactive Power BI reports.
True SQL Server Detective
Explore real-world SQL Server performance issues through engaging detective stories. Learn to diagnose and solve complex problems in performance tuning, blocking, and server management.
Data for Good - Machine Learning to Improve Water Access in Developing Nations
Leveraging machine learning to analyze global water point data, providing insights for governments to improve water access in developing nations through an accessible web-based tool.
What's New in Security for Azure SQL - MI
Explore cutting-edge Azure SQL security innovations, including network security, authentication, data encryption, and management. Gain insights into new customer scenarios and opportunities unlocked by these technologies.
Journey to the Cloud - Planning the First Steps
Comprehensive guide to initiating cloud migration, covering key considerations, stakeholder involvement, region selection, timelines, and costs. Equips you with essential knowledge for a successful transition.
Why the Database is at the Heart of DevOps Success
Discover how to integrate database changes into Agile practices, optimize development workflows, and bridge silos between teams for faster, more reliable software delivery in DevOps environments.