I’m honored to deliver Moving Data with Azure Data Factory to Azure Richmond Virginia Thursday, 7 Feb 2019 starting at 6:30 PM! The meeting will be held at Markel Plaza – 4600 Cox Road · Glen Allen, VA. Learn more at Meetup… I hope to see you there! :{>
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. :{>
Join me For Expert SSIS Training!
I’m honored to announce Expert SSIS – a course from Enterprise Data & Analytics! The next delivery is 01-02 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET. Data integration is the foundation of data science, business intelligence, and enterprise data warehousing. This instructor-led training class is specifically designed for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) professionals …
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The 2:00 AM Test
I’m working with a collection of clients these days providing data integration, cloud, and DevOps advice. I love architecture work! My clients love the results. Everyone wins. Kent Bradshaw and I are tag-teaming with a couple clients who are converting data integration from other platforms to SSIS. In a recent meeting Kent mentioned “the 2:00 …
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Two ADF Presentations Next Week!
I am honored to deliver Moving Data with Azure Data Factory to two User Groups next week! Abstract Azure Data Factory – ADF – is a cloud data engineering solution. ADF version 2 sports a snappy web GUI (graphical user interface) and supports the SSIS Integration Runtime (IR) – or “SSIS in the Cloud.” Attend this session …
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Want to Learn More About Azure Data Factory?
From me? I am honored to announce Fundamentals of Azure Data Factory – a course from Enterprise Data & Analytics! The next delivery is 04 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET. Azure Data Factory, or ADF, is an Azure PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) that provides hybrid data integration at global scale. Use ADF to build …
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Testing SSIS Catalog Compare v4.5
I just posted a preview of the next version of SSIS Catalog Compare at the brand new DILM Suite blog. You can head on over and check out the video is you have five minutes to spare. I’ll let you in on a secret: the star of the show is the new SCCPAC Deployment Wizard: …
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Thinking of You…
The holidays are a joyous and happy time of year. Almost everyone struggles in some way with the holidays, though. There are numerous posts about how to have difficult conversations with family who disagree with you on some matter or other – usually politics or religion. For some folks, though, it’s worse. Some struggle with …
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How May I Serve You?
2018 is drawing to a close. Some readers recently shared requests for more blog posts on certain topics. I thought I’d put the question to my audience (both of you, hi Mom!) to gather your thoughts. Feel free to leave a comment or reach out via email. Here are some topics I plan to blog …
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Q: “What are Pitfalls for Software Developers to Avoid?”
I speak with up-and-coming software developers often. A couple junior / intermediate software developers work with me at Enterprise Data & Analytics. As I’ve navigated four decades (plus) of software development I have witnessed – and experienced – places on my career-trajectory-map marked, “Here be dragons.” “I Can Learn All the Things” “My name is …
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Q: “What is the Number One Skill All Software Developers Need?”
A: “Testing.”