Website Ch-ch-changes…

Inspired by Frank La Vigne’s (blog | @Tableteer) snappy update to the Data Driven home page, I decided to spruce up a couple / three of my websites including this one, andyleonard.blog. I added the sidebar shown on the right of the site. It contains a more-readily-available search box and links to other websites I maintain – …
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I Love Delivering Training

In December 2017, I delivered Expert SSIS training in cooperation with Brent Ozar Unlimited. I’m a Star Trek fan and I include a couple references to the series in the course. One reference is to the episode titled The City on the Edge of Forever. In my humble opinion, the plot for this episode is better …
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Presenting A Day of Intelligent Data Integration in NYC 18 May!

I’m honored to present A Day of Intelligent Data Integration – a SQL Saturday NYC precon – 18 May! Description What is Intelligent Data Integration? SSIS packages developed using tried and true design patterns, built to participate in a DevOps enterprise practicing DILM, produced using Biml and executed using an SSIS Framework. Attend a day …
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Achievement Unlocked: Completed Processing Big Data in Hadoop with Azure HDInsight

I love learning! As Buck Woody (@BuckWoodyMSFT) mentioned in his post titled Don’t learn to be a Data Scientist, one should continuously learn – especially in this field. I’m happy to announce I just earned a certificate for DAT202.1x: Processing Big Data with Hadoop in Azure HDInsight! I’m slowly working my way through the Data Science …
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Biml Academy Relaunch! (Well, beta…)

I’m no Brent Ozar but after tens of hours (and tens of dollars – and a little help  and some great advice from Brent), I’ve managed to get Biml Academy relaunched as a training site! First, the free content that’s always been at Biml Academy will always be there. The links have changed because MeetingBurner is shutting …
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The Biml Book is Available!

The Biml Book became available last week! I’m delayed in posting this because I was at the PASS Summit 2017 last week where I had a great time catching up with old friends, making new friends, learning new stuff, and presenting. Really exciting for Biml people, Scott Currie was on-stage to present Biml and Azure Data …
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