It’s time to celebrate and confess. I was honored to host the June 2024 edition of T-SQL Tuesday – #175! That’s the celebration. Confession: I had GoDaddy add a firewall back in February and it worked well. Too well, in fact! A friend reached out to let me know comments on the blog post – …
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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. :{>
SSIS Extension Updates – Jun 2024
I am changing the way I report updates to the SQL Server Integration Services extension for Visual Studio. Henceforth, I intend to post an update once each quarter. I can hear some of you thinking, “Why are you making this change, Andy?” That’s an excellent question. I’m glad you asked! I get distracted and forget …
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New Data Factory Training Delivery Dates
I’m honored to announce new data factory training delivery dates for the summer of 2024! 24 Jun 2024: A Day of Fabric Data Factory 25 Jul 2024: A Day of Azure Data Factory 26 Jul 2024: A Day of Fabric Data Factory 20 Aug 2024: A Day of Azure Data Factory 21 Aug 2024: A …
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T-SQL Tuesday #175: Old Tech, New Tech, Bold Tech, Blue Tech
Update: Check out the T-SQL Tuesday #175 Roundup! Microsoft Build 2024 was just last month (at the time of this writing) and the sheer number of announcements is almost overwhelming! You can read about the announcements from the Build Book of News and view selected sessions online. I am honored to host this month’s T-SQL …
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Update on the John Barker Mentoring Project
In December I announced The John Barker Mentoring Project: “I am committing to mentor young people who live in the south-central Virginia area.” I have three mentees with whom I meet online or in-person (hence the south-central Virginia requirement) about every two weeks. They’re at different places in their lives and careers, from just getting …
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One Way to Invoke Fabric Data Factory Pipelines Using the Fabric REST API
I’m an automation weenie, that’s a fact. It’s why I’m drawn to frameworks – especially data engineering execution orchestration frameworks. Speaking of frameworks, if you haven’t checked out Martin Schoombee’s series titled Building a Framework for Orchestration in Azure Data Factory: A Series, you are missing out. First, Martin is scary smart. Second, he shares practical …
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Some Frank Thoughts About Newsletters
“We need to talk.” Actually, we don’t need to talk, but I would like to share some thoughts about newsletters and managing privacy, especially the privacy of email addresses. I Encourage You to Unsubscribe I can hear some of you thinking, “Wait, Andy. You send out newsletters and you’re encouraging your readers to unsubscribe?” Yep. I’m only …
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Announcing Data Engineering Fridays!
I’m excited to announce Data Engineering Fridays! I can hear some of you thinking, … “What are Data Engineering Fridays, Andy?” That’s an awesome question! I’m glad you asked. Data Engineering Fridays is a weekly stream, between 24 May and 23 Aug 2024, in which I lead a discussion about data engineering-related topics. The 24 …
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Join me for A Day of Fabric Data Factory 24 Jun 2024!
Join me 9:00 AM-4:30 PM EDT 24 Jun 2024 for a full day of live and online training! Register today for A Day of Fabric Data Factory and save! Discount ends soon. Course Description Do you want to learn more about cloud data integration using Fabric Data Factory? Is your enterprise planning to migrate its …
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Why is There an Image on Empty Fabric Synapse Data Engineering Screens?
I’m not sure why there’s an image on empty Microsoft Fabric Synapse Data Engineering screens, but I have a theory. My theory makes sense if you compare a Fabric Synapse Data Engineering screen with the image and verbiage, “There’s nothing here yet Add something new, or upload something to see them here.” with the Fabric …
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