Category Archives: Cloud

Ignite 2022 – Azure Data Platform Update

It’s the week of Ignite 2022 and as in the last years, many new features and updates have been announced. It’s hard to catch up with all the tweets, blog posts and similar things so I will recall the good … Continue reading

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Azure Purview is now part of Microsoft Purview

I was ready for a nice relaxing evening today, when an email appeared in my inbox “Azure Purview is now Microsoft Purview!” Initially I thought… yeah.. “just another Microsoft product name renaming” .. but when I read through it more … Continue reading

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Ignite 2021 – Some of my Azure Data Highlights

This week is Microsoft Ignite 2021 week – virtual again! Three days full of content, mostly pre-recorded sessions and many announcements of new features. Microsoft published – like for some other conferences in the past – a Book of News, … Continue reading

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SQLDays 2021 in Erding

Sie gehören zum Herbst dazu – die SQLDays der PPEDV in Erding. Traditionell in der Stadthalle in Erding und heuer auch endlich wieder in-person oder genauer gesagt als hybride Veranstaltung. Ein Teil der Teilnehmer war direkt vor Ort dabei und … Continue reading

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Free Azure Data Summer: IoT for Beginners Course

Summer is here and temperatures get up and hey, don’t they need to be captured and analyzed? Isn’t there a technology that does this – the Internet of Things (IoT) !? If you want to jumpstart your IoT journey, the … Continue reading

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Compare Service Capabilities in the Microsoft 365 Portal

Today, I found some hidden gem in the Microsoft 365 portal. I was browsing through the list of available products and – for me totally new – found the Compare checkbox right next to the listed products. You maybe know … Continue reading

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Azure Purview and SQL Server / Azure SQL Views..

You already may be familiar with Azure Purview (first look)- the Azure data governance / data catalog service. In the last months, I got the chance to work on PoC projects together with customers and use & test Azure Purview … Continue reading

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Talking about PowerPlatform Dataflows at #M365Philly 2021

This time of the year it’s almost like: “Another week, another session” – and this week follows this pattern 🙂 On Saturday, 15th May 2021, I will talk about Power Platform Dataflows at M365 Philly Virtual 2021 edition: https://www.spsevents.org/event/sharepoint-saturday-philly/ The … Continue reading

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Global Azure Bootcamp 2021 – Azure Synapse & Purview plus CI/CD for the BI Developer

This years edition of the Global Azure Bootcamp is scheduled for the end of this week. As in the last years, this event is a global one. The global webpage lists 6 continents, >550 speakers and more than 530 sessions … Continue reading

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Data News – 2021-01-25

Welcome to 2021! Herzlich Willkommen in 2021! Another week and other data links for you! I hope you had a great weekend – I spent mine outdoors – long walks and long runs.. and it was great to be outside … Continue reading

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