Reflections on DP-203 Exam

Given that I’ve been working in Azure Data Engineering for a while now, I figured it was time to take a Microsoft Certification. I’ve taken them before related to SQL Server and Data Management, but it’s been a few years. DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure You can find the exam information …

Power BI - Tools of the Trade

Getting started with Power BI sounds easy enough, but there are a number of moving pieces that make it a bit more difficult to get started. The goal of this post is to walk through all of the pieces so you can figure out which ones are important to you and which you can hold off on. Power BI Desktop Power BI Desktop is …

Announcement - Power BI Resources Page

Looking for a way to learn more about Power BI? Check out my new Power BI Resources page! We all have a wide variety of source we use to figure out how to solve various problems in Power BI, so I wanted to start my own place to collect some of these resources. Hopefully this is as useful for you as it is for me! I also …

Reflections on Microsoft Build 2021

Last week (May 25-27, 2021) was Microsoft Build. Microsoft tends to use these types of events as an opportunity to either announce or at minimum celebrate new features that are on the way, and 2021 was no different. They followed up with this blog post and I thought I’d offer up my thoughts on these areas. AI …