
Episode 206: .NET Core Interactions with SQL Server
There are many programming languages available to the modern developer and there are even more options for connecting to the database. In this episode, we talk with Taurius Litvinavicius about his Man...
17 Sep 202038min

Episode 205: Data Modeling for Power BI
Power BI is founded on the idea of self-service BI and Excel is the most common data source in the world. While Power BI can import that information with ease, the data may not be in the best format. ...
3 Sep 202035min

Episode 204: IoT in Azure
A variety of devices now have the ability to report metrics about status, performance, or other sensor information. Collecting this information and making it useful in business operations can be diffi...
19 Aug 202026min

Episode 203: Spark in Action
As we stretch the technology stack in this episode, I rely on my trusty co-hosts to get us through. Kevin and Jean-Georges Perrin do a great job giving us their thoughts on Spark. I hope you will enjo...
7 Aug 202045min

Episode 202: Virtual Conferences
As COVID-19 prevents us from gathering in the same place, how do organizers continue to put on compelling events? This strikes home as SQL Data Partners consider whether to have our SQL Trail event th...
23 Jul 202050min

Episode 201: Common Data Model
After we recorded Episode 189, we knew we lacked some of the business reasons behind the Common Data Model. Luckily, we reached out Tricia Wilcox-Almas and she has helped us fill in some of the gaps a...
9 Jul 202037min

Episode 200: Anything but the Cowboys . . .
To celebrate our 200th episode, we reached out to Bob Ward to come and celebrate this milestone with us. I have to plead the 5th on why it took us 200 episodes to finally invite him; however, we final...
25 Jun 202052min

Episode 199: Technical Debt
We can incur technical debt in several ways—aging technology, choosing delivery speed over scale architecture, or implementing new technology the entire team cannot yet support. I don't know that I've...
30 Apr 202050min





















