6:30-9:00 AM Awaken. Weigh in, pray, read the Bible, check the burn barrel. This morning I weigh 200 pounds. Prayer, praise, gratitude, thanking God for another day. This morning I read Romans 8:31-39. I am teaching our adult Sunday School class this morning and we are making our way through Romans. Powerful. Coffee. Breakfast. Boy-wrangling. It’s …
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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. :{>
My Day – Saturday, 21 Jul 2018 – #SQLCareer
5:30-9:30 AM Awaken after hitting snooze thrice. Weigh in, pray, read the Bible, check the burn barrel. This morning I weigh 201 pounds. There’s a bunch to pray about. I start with praise followed by gratitude, thanking God for another day. This morning I read Psalm 150 again (now reading Psalms from last to first), …
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My Day – Friday, 20 Jul 2018 – #SQLCareer
5:06 AM – awaken after hitting the snooze on my phone alarm once. 5:06 – 9:30 AM – Weigh in, pray, read the Bible, coffee, check the burn barrel. This morning I weigh 201 pounds. There’s a bunch to pray about. I start with praise followed by gratitude, thanking God for another day. This morning …
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The Recording for Use SSIS Catalog Compare to Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF is Available
The recording for the Summer-O’-ADF webinar titled Use SSIS Catalog Compare to Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF is now available (registration required)! Abstract SSIS Catalog Compare facilitates DevOps for enterprise SSIS, saves time, improves code quality, and lifts and shifts SSIS projects to Azure Data Factory’s Integration Runtime. More than just an “Package / …
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My Day – Thursday, 19 Jul 2018 – #SQLCareer
#SQLCareer post for Thursday, 19 Jul 2018 4:26 – 5:30 AM – Wake up (beating the alarm), weigh in, pray, read the Bible, coffee, check the burn barrel. Christy and I have been on a keto diet since 5 Mar. I started out at 238 pounds. This morning I weigh 199 pounds. I’ve been bouncing …
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One Solution to Presentation Categories
I’ve shared suggestions for improving presentation categories: One Solution to Presentation Levels One Solution to Presentation Tracks My chief concern is the scalar nature of the selections (the “Naked Scalar”). As I pointed out in both posts, I’ve been delivering presentations to the SQL Server Community for more than a decade and I’ve never – …
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Announcing SSIS Academy!
I’m pleased to announce the availability of SSIS Academy! I have a confession: Late last year when I wrote a post titled The Second-Best Time, I was writing to yours truly. I was inspired by some friends and presenters I met at the PASS Summit 2017. I jotted down some notes – just like I …
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Biml Academy – Using Biml to Build a Target Database
Using Biml to Build a Target Database is the latest unit available at Biml Academy. You can see a description of Using Biml to Build a Target Database at the link above, but I ask you to consider Basic Biml Training – which includes: Using Biml to Build a Target Database Adding Your First BimlScript Build …
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DILM Suite + Azure Data Factory Integration Runtime
DILM Suite was designed to support enterprise data engineering / data integration with SSIS. But the solutions, utilities, and tools work well with Azure Data Factory Integration Runtime (ADF IR, or “SSIS in the cloud”). As I mentioned in my post titled The Cloud Costs Money, leaving ADF Integration Runtime running can get pricey – …
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The Recording for Designing a Custom ADF SSIS Execution Framework is Available
The recording the Summer-O’-ADF webinar titled Designing a Custom ADF SSIS Execution Framework is now available (registration required)! Enjoy! :{>