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Welcome to Azure Synapse at SQL Saturday Tampa 2020

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SQL Saturday Tampa is coming up again in a couple of weeks on February 29th and I’m excited to announce that I’ll be there and presenting my session Welcome to Azure Synapse. In this session, I’m planning to deliver a overview of Azure Synapse as well as demo Synapse Studio!

Microsoft’s powerful new service, Azure Synapse, brings together the worlds of data warehousing and big data analytics by providing a unified experience for ingesting, cleansing, modeling, and sharing data. In this session, we’ll discuss the basics of Azure Synapse, ideal uses cases for Azure Synapse, and demonstrate how attendees can use Azure Synapse. By the conclusion of this session, attendees will have a deeper understanding of Azure Synapse and how to begin using Azure Synapse.

So if you’re in the area and interested in learning more about Azure Synapse, this will be a great session for you. You’ll need to register for SQL Saturday Tampa here. Don’t hesitate though, this event will fill up very quickly! I hope to see you there!

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Power BI Governance 101 at SQL Saturday 820 in Jacksonville, Florida on May 4

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Coming up in just a couple of weeks, I’ll be presenting my session, Power BI Governance 101, at SQL Saturday #820 in Jacksonville, Florida on May 4th. The event will kick off at 8 AM with breakfast and sessions will be starting at 9 AM! SQL Saturday Jacksonville is being hosted at the beautiful University of North Florida campus. I’ve attended a lot of SQL Saturday events, and the Jacksonville event is my favorite to attend! It’s well organized, the speakers and content are top quality, and it’s always a great crowd.

But this year’s event is special! This year’s SQL Saturday in Jacksonville is a Jedi-themed event! So don’t forget to wear your favorite Star Wars gear! I know I will! You seriously do not want to miss this event!

Get Registered Here

My session, Power BI Governance 101, is scheduled for 10:15 AM in room Coruscant 51-1205. Deploying an enterprise business intelligence solution is no small task but one of the most important factors to consider in order to have a successful roll-out of a self-service analytics tool like Power BI is governance. We’ll discuss why governance is so important for a successful Power BI deployment, what are the components of Power BI that require governance, and how to govern your Power BI environment. By the end of this session, you should have a clearer understanding of governance in the context of Power BI. Check out the event schedule here.

If you’re planning to attend, leave a comment here and don’t forget to stop by and say “hi”!

Free Training, SQL Server 2012, SSIS

I’m Speaking at SQL Saturday #168: BI Edition!

imageSQL Saturday #168: BI Edition is coming up on November 17th in Tampa, Florida and yours truly will be presenting! This SQL Saturday event will be all Business Intelligence focused! All the sessions will either be ETL, analytics, or reporting related with a miscellaneous track focusing on professional development and DBA topics. Get registered ASAP for this awesome BI focused SQL Saturday!

I’ll be co-presenting with Mitchell Pearson (blog | twitter) on an introduction to SSIS 2012 called SSIS 2012 In Yo’ Face: Introduction to SSIS. We’re going to cover commonly used SSIS tasks and transforms, the SSIS expression language, and how to create powerfully dynamic packages.

So head over to the SQL Saturday #168 site and get registered. I look forward to seeing everyone in our session! It’s going to be a blast!