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2026
Part 1: From Chaos to Clarity: How to Structure and Solve Problems in Projects
The importance of Story Points
2025
What if your remote team member isn’t who they say they are?
Start with the FabricTools PowerShell module
The Privacy Gap in AI (And How to Actually Close It)
Humans and AI: How to find the right balance
Want to Build a Strong Team? Give Them Ownership - and Step Back
How to Manage AI Projects Effectively
Before Building Your AI Solution: Start with the RIGHT Problem
Motorhome Trip
Introducing FabricTools (PowerShell module)
How Vibe Coding can Transform Project Management
2024
10 reasons why IT certifications are still important
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2023
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Multitasking = chaos
Stellar Repair for MS SQL – Product Review
Synapse Analytics workspace - deployment challenges
SQLPlayer is renaming
2022
InvalidAbfsRestOperationException in Azure Synapse notebook
Mounting ADLS point using Spark in Azure Synapse
Cloud Formations - A New MVP Led Training Initiative
Discovering diagram of dependencies in Synapse Analytics and ADF pipelines
Database projects with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
Last Week Reading (2022-01-02)
2021
Last Week Reading (2021-11-28)
SQL Server 2022 is coming
Skirmishes with automated deployment of Azure Data Factory
Showing images in gallery using URL to blob storage
Hobby: Original Batmobile (1989) from Lego
Canvas Apps Components
Set up connection from Azure Data Factory to Databricks
Two methods of deployment Azure Data Factory
2020
ASF 035: Alex Yates interview (part 2)
ASF 034: Alex Yates interview (part 1)
My last day of being MVP
ASF 033: Denis Reznik interview
Last Week Reading (2020-08-02)
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Publish ADF from code to further environments
Last Week Reading (2020-07-05)
ASF 032: Jennifer Stirrup interview
Last Week Reading (2020-06-28)
Publish ADF from code to service easily
Last Week Reading (2020-06-21)
Automate deployment of Azure services with ARM Template (video)
ASF 031: Paul Andrew interview
SSDT: Scripting static data from SQL Server (video)
ADF - Deployment from master branch code (JSON files)
ASF 030: Benni De Jagere interview
ADF - Continuous Integration & Deployment with Azure DevOps
ASF 029: Tomaz Kastrun interview
ADF and passwords with Azure Key Vault & set up GIT
Last Week Reading (2020-02-02)
ASF 028: Uwe Ricken interview
The recap of the passing year 2019
2019
Last Week Reading (2019-12-29)
Last Week Reading (2019-12-22)
Deployment of Microsoft SQL database with Azure DevOps
Using SQL Server on Docker
Installation of Docker Desktop for Windows
ASF 027: Mikael Wedham interview
Installation and setting up Power BI Gateway
Last Week Reading (2019-11-10)
Last Week Reading (2019-11-03)
Script and deploy the data for database from SSDT project
Last Week Reading (2019-10-27)
ASF 026: Aaron Bertrand interview
Last Week Reading (2019-10-20)
T-SQL Tuesday #119 - What changes my mind
Last Week Reading (2019-10-06)
What is containerization?
ASF 025: Rob Farley interview
Last Week Reading (2019-09-22)
ASF 025 video invitation
Last Week Reading (2019-09-08)
Speaking at SQL Saturday #898 Gothenburg
The next crucial step in my career
Last Week Reading (2019-07-28)
ASF 024: Leila Etaati interview
Last Week Reading (2019-07-21)
ASF 024 video invitation
Last Week Reading (2019-07-07)
Azure Databricks - create new workspace and cluster
Last Week Reading (2019-06-30)
ASF 023: Amit Bansal interview
Deployment of Azure Data Factory with Azure DevOps
Last Week Reading (2019-06-23)
ASF 023 video invitation
Configuration of SQL Server instance
Last Week Reading (2019-06-16)
SSDT (SqlPackage) thread crashes with error when publishing
Last Week Reading (2019-06-09)
Last Week Reading (2019-06-02)
ASF 022: Guy in a Cube interview (part 2)
Last Weeks Reading (2019-05-26)
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Mapping Data Flow in Azure Data Factory (v2)
Last Week Reading (2019-05-05)
Last Week Reading (2019-04-28)
ASF 021: Guy in a Cube interview (part 1)
Last Week Reading (2019-04-21)
ASF 021 video invitation (Star Wars Theme)
Last Week Reading (2019-04-07)
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ASF 020: Paweł Potasiński interview
Last Week Reading (2019-03-24)
ASF 020 video invitation
Installation SQL Server client tools
Last Week Reading (2019-03-17)
Last Week Reading (2019-03-10)
Tokenization of database project in SSDT
Last Week Reading (2019-03-03)
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ASF 019: Simon Whiteley interview
Speaking at SQLBits in March 2019
Last Week Reading (2019-02-17)
ASF 019 video invitation
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ASF 018: Mladen Prajdic interview
17 months of podcasting - recap
Last Week Reading (2019-01-20)
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ASF 018 video invitation
Store sensitive information with Azure Key Vault
Last Week Reading (2019-01-06)
Unattended installation of SQL Server
The most-read posts in 2018
2018
Last week reading (2018-12-30)
Some pictures from 2017's events
Last Week Reading (2018-12-23)
Installation of SQL Server using GUI
Last week reading (2018-12-16)
ASF 017: Alex Whittles interview
Preparation for SQL Server installation
Last week reading (2018-12-09)
ASF 017 video invitation
Speaking at SQL Saturday #782 Slovenia
Azure Data Factory v2 and its available components in Data Flows
Last week reading (2018-12-02)
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ASF 016: Chris Webb interview
Starting from zero – Temporal tables, part 3
Last week reading (2018-11-18)
Starting from zero - Temporal tables, part 2
ASF 016 video invitation
T-SQL Tuesday #108 – Non SQL Server Technologies
Last week reading (2018-11-11)
SQL Relay became Data Relay 2018
Last week reading (2018-11-04)
How to create DACPAC file?
Last week reading (2018-10-28)
ASF 015: Kalen Delaney interview
Last week reading (2018-10-21)
BI Connected by SII - conference in Wrocław
ASF 015 video invitation
Last week reading (2018-10-14)
Last week reading (2018-10-07)
Setting up Code Repository for Azure Data Factory v2
Last week reading (2018-09-30)
ASF 014: Itzik Ben-Gan interview
Last week reading (2018-09-23)
ASF 014 video invitation
NotFound Status Code when working with ADFv2 via AzureRM.DataFactoryV2 PowerShell module
Last week reading (2018-09-16)
SQLDay 2018
Last week reading (2018-09-09)
BI Conference in Wroclaw
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ASF 013: James Rowland-Jones interview
Last week reading (2018-08-19)
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ASF 013 video invitation
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ASF 012: Rob Sewell interview
Last week reading (2018-07-15)
SQL Saturday #730 Manchester (pictures)
ASF 012 video invitation
Getting the Data to Power BI
Last week reading (2018-07-08)
Last week reading (2018-07-01)
ASF 011: Grant Fritchey interview
SQL Saturday #664 Katowice
Last week reading (2018-06-17)
Auditing in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Last week reading (2018-06-11)
Last week reading (2018-06-03)
New DB project with SSDT and import existing database
ASF 010: Dejan Sarka interview
Last week reading (2018-05-28)
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Starting from zero - Temporal tables, part 1
ASF 009: Pedro Lopes interview
Last week reading (2018-04-15)
T-SQL Tuesday #101: My Essential SQL Server Tools
Last week reading (2018-04-08)
How to start with Power BI Desktop
Last week reading (2018-04-01)
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ASF 008: Michael Rys interview
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ASF 007: Cathrine Wilhelmsen interview
Last week reading (2018-02-11)
Last week reading (2018-02-04)
SCD type 1 & type 2 in MERGE statement
Last week reading (2018-01-28)
SQLBits 2017
ASF 006: Bob Ward interview
Last week reading (2018-01-21)
DevOps workshop during the SQLDay 2018 - SQLPlayer Team
Last week reading (2018-01-14)
ASF 005: Marcin Szeliga interview
Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD)
Last week reading (2018-01-07)
SQLGrillen 2017
2017
Last week reading (2017-12-31) & Happy New Year!
sp_send_dbmail fails with query result attached as file
Last week reading (2017-12-24) aka. Merry Christmas!
Last week reading (2017-12-17)
T-SQL Tuesday #97 – My learning plans for 2018
Last week reading (2017-12-10)
SQL Saturday #687 Slovenia
Last week reading (2017-12-03)
My recap of PASS Summit 2017
Photo relation from PASS Summit 2017
ASF 004: Mark Broadbent interview
Functions in the USQL - the hidden gem in the Summer 2017 Update
SQLSaturday #656 Denmark - we were there!
SQL Saturday #642 Sofia (pictures)
SQL Saturday #656 Denmark (pictures)
Speaking at SQLSaturday #656 Denmark 2017
ASF 003: Stephanie Locke interview
#TSQL2sDay - How SQLPackage.exe can spoil your deployment
CSV reader from SDU Tools
TRUNCATE PARTITION in older version
ASF 002: Greg Low interview
SQL Server 2017 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is available!
The RC1 of SQL Server 2017 has been released!
SQL Saturday #664 in Katowice
New blog, first post, big challenge!
ASF 001: Brent Ozar interview
SQLDay 2017
SQL Saturday #616 Kiev (pictures)
SQL Saturday #589 Pordenone (pictures)
Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event and 20th Anniversary
2016
SQL Saturday #567 Ljubljana
SQL Saturday #534 Kraków
SQLDay 2016
2015
SQLDay 2015 summary [PL]
2014
SQLDay 2014