Frank La Vigne and I are not busy enough, so we started a new podcast named Impact Quantum! We did a Data Driven Podcast episode about it called Frank and Andy Go Quantum. Our first show is titled Quantum is Coming and is available! :{>
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. :{>
Azure DevOps and the SSIS Development Lifecycle on LinkedIn Live
I was honored to deliver Azure DevOps and the SSIS Development Lifecycle at 12:00 PM EDT 18 Aug 2020. This is a condensed version of a larger presentation that goes by the same name. This version lasted about 20 minutes and is packed with information about basic build automation using Azure Pipelines with SSIS. I …
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Free! Azure DevOps and the SSIS Development Lifecycle Presentation
I’m excited to deliver Azure DevOps and the SSIS Development Lifecycle at 12:00 PM EDT Tuesday, 18 Aug 2020! This time, though, I am trying something new – LinkedIn Live! That means there’s no registration and no sign-up. Just show up at LinkedIn and attend. I’m not sure if you need to be following me on …
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Azure Resource Groups Save Money
I delivered Master the Fundamentals of Azure Data Factory earlier this week and, as always, it was a blast! My disclaimer slide proved accurate, once again. Anyone who works in Azure groks the maxim: Change happens. Managing Bucks Cost management in Azure is important. No one wants to wake up to a larger-than-expected bill at …
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Honored to Present From Zero to ADF at SQLBits 2020!
I’m honored to deliver a Training Day at SQLBits 2020, which is now a virtual event! My training day will be delivered 30 Sep 2020 and is titled From Zero to Azure Data Factory. The agenda is: From Zero to Azure Data Factory is designed to jumpstart data engineering and data integration developers, introducing them …
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On Over-Engineering…
Some who follow me on Twitch (you may follow me at https://twitch.tv/andyleonard) – have seen me live-code the demo project for the second edition of Building Custom Tasks for SQL Server Integration Services (link to the first edition). The demo project is a custom task named Execute Catalog Package Task: While writing about parsing the …
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Recording for Updates to the SSIS Framework Webinar
Enjoy this recording of the Updates to the SSIS Framework free webinar, delivered 30 Jul 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT. Learn more about the SSIS Framework at DILM Suite. Need Help Getting Started with SSIS? Enterprise Data & Analytics specializes in helping enterprises modernize their data engineering by lifting and shifting SSIS from on-premises to the cloud. Our …
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Free Webinar – Updates to the SSIS Framework
Join me 30 Jul 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT for Updates to the SSIS Framework! The recording for this presentation is available here. “I cover a really good example in the webinar. “ My favorite new feature is Application Package Property Overrides. I can hear you thinking, “What are Application Package Property Overrides, Andy?” I’m …
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SQL Server Management Studio v18.6 is Available
SQL Server Management Studio v18.6 is released! According to Microsoft, version 18.6 is the second major release of SSMS in 2020. There are cool new features and even more bug fixes: Enjoy! :{>
One Way to Incrementally Develop ADF Pipelines
A friend pinged me recently to ask about rolling back Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipeline versions. My response was a question: Are you using source control with ADF? That did not help the current situation. I thought of the way I often build ADF pipelines and shared my methodology, which is relatively simple (it has …
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