Securing Data in Power BI- an Interactive Diagram
I haven’t been very good at sharing my analytics work as often I feel others are more skilled in this
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Making Technology Bulletproof
Failed Installation of MSSQL-CLI on Ubuntu
So you want to run mssql-cli on Ubuntu Linux, but you received a number of errors and even if you
Read MorePASS Summit 2nd Day Keynote
Woohoo, we’ve made it to the second day of PASS Summit! After an awesome first day running from the keynote,
Read MoreBacon, Bloggin’ and First Day Keynote at PASS Summit 2019!
After a flurry of release announcements at MSIgnite this week, it was time to talk about the technology at a
Read MoreMy PASS Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 6th Recommendations from DBAKevlar!
I thought I would share the recommendations for the next day that I’m excited about this year at PASS Summit
Read MorePASS Summit 2019 is NEXT WEEK!
I’m getting ready for SQL Saturday Oregon this weekend, (taking the train up from Eugene to Portland…) but its about
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The Complexity Defense and Other DBA Crimes
No matter how far my career and role has shifted, I will always view myself as a database administrator. I
Read MoreChanging Your Bash Shell Prompt and Colors
I enjoyed the opportunity to test out my PASS Summit shell scripting session at SQL Saturday Denver. It was the
Read MoreOctober 2nd, #SQLSatOregon in Portland and the #SQLTrain!
I’m still not sure where October went….well, actually I do- it was a flurry of travel, writing, (but not blogging!)
Read MoreOracle on Azure- Options, Options, Options
I’ve been very busy allocating 60% of my time towards Oracle on Azure migrations. The biggest challenge right now isn’t
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#24HOP and PASS Summit 2019
You know how busy I am by the amount of time I DON’T blog and yes, it’s been over a
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Azure VMs with Oracle- Next Steps
Microsoft has done a great job of documenting how to create a VM with the appropriate VM image and Oracle
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Linux Scripting, Part IV- Scripting for Longevity
We’ve learned a lot about commands, utilities and how to create a script, but we need to discuss the importance
Read MoreCreate an Oracle VM on Azure in Less than 5 Minutes
If there’s one thing I’ve been able to prove this week, it’s that even with the sweet 4G LTE, Wi-Fi
Read MoreBest Practices for Oracle Data Guard on Azure
I keep saying I’m going to start sharing what I’m doing in the Analytics space soon, but heck, there’s too
Read MoreOracle and Microsoft’s Cross-Cloud Partnership
A couple weeks back, Oracle and Microsoft announced their cross-cloud partnership. This was wonderful news to me, as I’ve been
Read MorePower BI Reporting with Oracle Essbase
This last week, I presented a few sessions at ODTUG’s KSCOPE 2019 conference in Seattle. One of these sessions was
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One Year at Microsoft
Hard to believe its been one year, but it was June, 2018 when I joined the unstoppable company known as
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