I am honored to announce I have been selected to deliver a full-day precon titled A Day of Intelligent Data Integration with SSIS and ADF at the Data Platform Summit 2018 in Bengarulu, India 7 Aug 2018! This will be my first appearance at the Data Platform Summit and my first visit to India. I …
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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. :{>
Metapost for 23 Feb 2018
What’s a “metapost?” It’s a post about posts. 🙂 This is what 11 years of blogging looks like – for me, anyway. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long but it has. I started blogging at another site I’d set up for helping folks navigate Team Foundation Server (vsteamsystemcentral.com). But, wow. 1,115 posts. :{>
The Recording of Introduction to Biml is Available
The recording for Introduction to Biml is now available (registration required)! In this gentle introduction to Business intelligence Markup Language (Biml), author and BimlHero Andy Leonard walks through the basics of the Biml and BimlScript languages, demonstrating how to use Biml to generate several SSIS packages in minutes. Check out Introduction to Biml to learn …
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Free Webinar – Win a Free Book! Introduction to DILM 1 Mar 2018
Join me 1 Mar 2018 at noon ET for Introduction to DILM – a free webinar in which we explore Data Integration Lifecycle Management using SSIS as an example. One attendee will score an autographed copy copy of my latest book, Data Integration Life Cycle Management with SSIS! You must be present to win. In the …
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Presenting Use Biml to Automate SSIS Design Patterns to MSDEVMTL!
I’m honored and excited to deliver Use Biml to Automate SSIS Design Patterns to the MSDevMTL User Group in MontrĂ©al, QC 27 Mar 2018! Session: Perhaps you’ve heard the buzz about Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) and wondered, “Why is everyone so excited about Biml?” Occasionally, a new technology emerges that changes everything. For SSIS …
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SSIS Catalog Browser Video
Earlier today I went live on Facebook to share features of the latest update for SSIS Catalog Browser (which is FREE): What’s new? View Azure Data Factory version 2 Integration Runtime (aka SSIS in the Cloud) Values Everywhere Project Connections Project Connection References Package Connections Package Connection References :{>
Free Webinar: Introduction to Biml – 22 Feb 2018
Join me Thursday 22 Feb 2018 at noon ET for Introduction to Biml – a free webinar from Biml Academy. Abstract: Join Biml and SSIS author Andy Leonard as he presents Introduction to Biml! In this webinar, Andy covers the following topics: – Code your first Biml file in BimlExpress (free!) – Use BimlScript to automate …
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The Recording for Introduction to SSIS is Now Available
If you missed the live presentation do not despair:Â The recording for my free webinar Introduction to SSIS is now available (registration required)! Enjoy! :{>
One Solution to Presentation Tracks
A while back I shared some thoughts in a post titled One Solution to Presentation Levels about ways to improve information regarding presentations. This post is a follow-up with one suggestion for how we might improve indications regarding presentation track or content. As with presentation levels, my non-appreciation for presentation tracks is largely driven by presentation evaluation …
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Biml Case Study: Automate an Extract for Patrick LeBlanc’s K12 Solution
My friend and brother, Patrick LeBlanc (@patrickdba), built a cool Power Bi Dashboard (and database!) to help K12 education systems track students and student activities such as attendance. Better yet, he gives it away! He gives away the code and he shares a free Guy in a Cube video walking through the features. Patrick emailed and …
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