Author:Andy Leonard

Christian, husband, dad, grandpa, Data Philosopher, Data Engineer; Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, and SSIS guy; and farmer. I was cloud before cloud was cool. :{> Twenty years of watching SSIS catalog drift, environment mismatches, and deployment chaos finally has a name: Data Integration Lifecycle Management. I build tools for it at DILM Suite. Start with SSIS Catalog Compare.

Building Custom Tasks for SSIS Second Edition Errata, Chapters 13-14

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As I wrote in Building Custom Tasks for SSIS Second Edition Errata, Chapters 1-9: Things change. Things change in software. Things change regularly in software. If you take nothing else away from this post, please take those nuggets of wisdom. Last month, as I prepared to return to full-time consulting, I started feeling “better.” Prior to that …
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Join Me for LIVE Online SSIS and ADF Training 29 Nov – 1 Dec

Posted on Updated on by Andy LeonardCategories:ADF Design Patterns, ADF Integration Runtime, Azure Data Factory, ETL, Lift and Shift, SSIS, SSIS, SSIS Administration, SSIS Best Practices, SSIS Catalog, SSIS Design Patterns, Training

It’s been a while since I delivered training live and online. Let’s fix that! Join me for Master the Fundamentals of ADF and Expert SSIS 29 Nov – 1 Dec.

Addressing Software Development Estimation

Posted on by Andy LeonardCategories:Productivity, Software Development, Software Estimation

I recently blogged about punching developers in the brain when a software deliverable deadline is slipping. The title of the post is The Question Unasked. In this post, I would like to address software development estimation. In the past, I have stated “Either all software developers are pathological liars or software development is inherently inestimable.” …
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The Question Unasked

Posted on Updated on by Andy LeonardCategories:Productivity, Project Management

In the past, I’ve blogged about my experiences with project managers. If you’ve read my thoughts, there will likely be little new content here (with the exception of the Obi-wan clip at the very end…). Most of my thinking is included in a post titled IT Coaching – Software Done Well, Part 1, written almost …
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Install and Configure SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition

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This post is for people interested in setting up an instance of SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition for personal use. I caution those interested in configuring an instance of SQL Server 2019 for production purposes: You should not use Developer Edition because it’s not for production workloads, by design (and according to the EULA). In …
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Download SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition

Posted on Updated on by Andy LeonardCategories:Development, SQL Server

This post is for people interested in setting up an instance of SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition for personal use. If you are interested in configuring an instance of SQL Server 2019 for production purposes, you should not use Developer Edition – it’s not for production workloads, by design (and according to the EULA). SQL …
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One Way to Install SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition

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In this series, I walk through one way to install and configure SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition. This series is not intended as guidance for production environments. This series is simply one way I install and configure SQL Server 2019 for my test and exploration environment. Download SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition Install and Configure …
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