Category:Writing

The Space Between

Posted on Updated on by Andy LeonardCategories:Blogging, Community, Continuous Education, Presentations, Productivity, Writing

It happened again this weekend. After delivering my presentation titled “Moving Data with Azure Data Factory,” at SQL Saturday – Raleigh (which was awesome, by the way!) – one of the handful who stood because the seats were filled (I am humbled) approached and said, “I read your blog. How do you find time to …
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Biml, Book Reviews, and Metadata-Driven Frameworks

Posted on Updated on by Andy LeonardCategories:Automation, Biml, Biml Frameworks, Books, Consulting, Data Engineering, Data Integration Patterns, Leadership, Management, PASS Summit, Presentations, SSIS, Writing

I occasionally (rarely) read reviews at Amazon of books I’ve written. If I learn of a complaint regarding the book I often try to help. If a reader experiences difficulty with demos, I often offer to help, and sometimes I meet with readers to work through some difficulty related to the book (as I offered …
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Introducing Azure Data Factory Design Patterns

Posted on by Andy LeonardCategories:ADF, ADF Design Patterns, ADF Integration Runtime, Azure, Data Integration Patterns, PASS, PASS Summit, Presentations, SSIS, SSIS Catalog Browser, Writing

I was honored to write an article titled Introducing Azure Data Factory Design Patterns featured in this month’s PASS Insights newsletter! Introducing Azure Data Factory Design Patterns The article covers a couple execution patterns: Execute Child Pipeline Execute Child SSIS Package I demonstrate a cool SSIS Catalog Browser feature that helps ADF developers configure the Execute SSIS Package activity. To …
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One Way to Write a Technical Book

Posted on Updated on by Andy LeonardCategories:Books, Career, Writing

In my previous post titled Writing a Technical Book, I discussed phases of the process of writing a technical book. In this post I share details of my approach to writing a technical book. Review To summarize, the steps for writing a technical book are: Idea Proposal Contract Writing Editing Typesetting Publication How I Write …
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Writing a Technical Book

Posted on Updated on by Andy LeonardCategories:Books, Career, Writing

I am often asked for more information about writing a technical book. As author or co-author of twelve books focused or touching on technology, I consider myself experienced – not an expert. I’ve noticed “ah-ha” moments recently when sharing insights and advice, so I thought I’d write a post about it. I hope that’s ok. …
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