At our security session today at PASS Summit 2015, we were extremely fortunate to be joined by Jamey Johnston, a Data Scientist at a large independent Oil & Gas company, who shared a comprehensive demo using Row-Level Security, Dynamic DataRead More

Dynamic Data Masking on Azure SQL Database has been in preview for a few months now and is about to be released for General Availability. We’ve on-boarded several customers and gotten some great feedback – and we’re glad to reportRead More

Are you planning to Upgrade or Migrate to SQL Server 2014? In partnership with Microsoft,  DB Best is delivering  free 3 hour seminars at multiple Microsoft MTC locations, seating is limited so register now! In this 3 hour seminar you’ll learn:Read More

Dear Microsoft, If I would be in a relationship status with you on Facebook, it would probably be set to “It’s complicated“. Oh goodness, I don’t know where to start, but quite honestly, our relationship goes way back, to theRead More

The joy of online shopping versus trying to find a parking spot at the mall Just like many other people do around the holidays, we decided to order some items online to avoid busy shopping lines at stores and getRead More

SQL Server Data Tools While its name might be confusing, there are actually 2 versions of SQL Server Data Tools, one that focuses on Data Modeling and Tooling, another one that purely focuses on BI and was previously known asRead More

  About SQL Server Data Tools If you are anywhere involved with Microsoft Business Intelligence using Analysis Services, SQL Reporting Services or even SSIS you need to have SQL Server Data Tools for Business Intelligence installed. Now most people wouldRead More

What started as some funny comments about @SQLSoldier doing an interpretive dance has rolled into a great initiative as additional support to the fundraising for my cousin Gunnar. And it looks like he was serious about his commitment to anRead More

After I left Microsoft the beginning of last year, to join Nordstrom and take a huge advantage of getting to learn other technologies and database / BI platforms such as Teradata, Tableau, MicroStrategy and many of the others, it didn’tRead More