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Microsoft Flow – Copy files from SharePoint to a local PC
Microsoft Flow – Copy files from SharePoint Online to a local PC I recently assisted a customer with an automated workflow through Microsoft Flow that copies files from a SharePoint Online site library...
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Power BI Troubleshooting Checklist
If you have ever started a sentence with “I’m seeing a strange issue in my Power BI Desktop report” and wondered how to investigate, this article is for you. Over the past few years of troubleshooting...
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Importing a .dbf (dBase) file into Power BI
How can I import data from a .dbf (dBase) file into Power BI? Today’s Power BI Mailbag Question comes from a friend who often works with geospatial data and, as a result, ends up with several different...
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Understanding the differences between “Power BI Desktop” and “Power BI...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending a lot of time discussing Power BI Report Server with my customers and colleagues. One of the most common questions I’m asked is: What are the differences...
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Help! I can’t close the Power BI Desktop Splash Screen!
Today’s blog entry is a quick tip to get around what appears to be a Power BI Desktop splash screen that won’t go away. This is the first time I've experienced the issue and since the window is modal...
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Troubleshooting a Power BI Dataset Refresh Error
Troubleshooting a Power BI Dataset Refresh Error I investigated a Power BI Dataset Refresh issue tonight that had been successfully refreshing until earlier in the day, when it began to fail...
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2017 Year in Review – Blog Stats
Sam Lester’s 2017 Blog Year in Review 2017 was an exciting year for me as I continued to work extensively with Power BI and share my solutions, work with the Microsoft product development team to get...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 10 – Microsoft Professional Capstone: Big Data
(This is course #10 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #10 of 10 – Microsoft Professional Capstone: Big Data Overview: Course #10 brings the Microsoft Professional...
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SQL Server DBA Morning Health Checks
Introduction: As a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer, I get to work with amazing colleagues who create incredible customer solutions. Patrick Keisler ( blog | | ) is a long time SQL Server professional,...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 9 – Developing Big Data Solutions with Azure...
(This is course #9 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #9 of 10 – Developing Big Data Solutions with Azure Machine Learning Overview: The “Developing Big Data...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 4 – Querying Data with Transact-SQL
(This is course #4 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #4 of 10 - Querying Data with Transact-SQL Foreword: For the “Querying Data with Transact-SQL” course, I have...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 8 – Orchestrating Big Data with Azure Data Factory
(This is course #8 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #8 of 10 – Orchestrating Big Data with Azure Data Factory Overview: The “Orchestrating Big Data with Azure...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 2 – Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI
(This is course #2 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #2 of 10 - Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI Foreword: For the Analyzing and Visualizing Power BI...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 7 – Implementing Real-Time Analytics with Azure...
(This is course #7 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #7 of 10 – Implementing Real-Time Analytics with Azure HDInsight Overview: The “Implementing Real-Time...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 6 – Processing Big Data with Azure Data Lake...
(This is course #6 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #6 of 10 – Processing Big Data with Azure Data Lake Analytics Overview: The “Processing Big Data with Azure...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 5 – Delivering a Data Warehouse in the Cloud
(This is course #5 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #5 of 10 – Delivering a Data Warehouse in the Cloud Overview: The Big Data course titled “Delivering a Data...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 3 – Introduction to NoSQL Data Solutions
(This is course #3 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #3 of 10 – Introduction to NoSQL Data Solutions Overview: The “Introduction to NoSQL Data Solutions” course is...
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Exploring Big Data: Course 1 – Microsoft Professional Orientation: Big Data
(This is part 1 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #1 of 10 - Microsoft Professional Orientation: Big Data Overview: Titled as the Big Data orientation, the...
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My Journey into the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data
Exploring Big Data with the Microsoft Professional Program After the introduction of a very successful online education curriculum focusing on Data Science, Microsoft recently announced its next...
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Power BI Desktop and “The Case of the Missing Taskbar Icon”
Power BI Desktop and "The Case of the Missing Taskbar Icon" For the past two years, I’ve installed and reinstalled Power BI Desktop builds hundreds of times on numerous machines. My typical pattern is...
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