Why you should look at Azure Synapse Analytics! - Guy in a Cube
Have you heard about Azure Synapse Analytics! Is your data in Synapse? It’s so much more than SQL Server! Adam and Patrick look at why you should care about it! What is Azure Synapse Analytics? https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/overview-what-is
Customize your secure VM session experience with native client support on Azure Bastion
Azure Bastion is a fully managed jumpbox-as-a-service that provides secure and seamless Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) access to your VMs in local or peered virtual networks. With native client support available on the Standard SKU for Azure Bastion, you now unlo...
Meet the developers combining Power Platform and Azure to go faster
Software developers around the world are embracing low-code as a powerful part of their toolkit — they look at Power Platform as the next layer of abstraction that reduces repeated work, adds to their skill set, and lets them focus their coding energy on the problems that matter most. The increased level of productivity is also changing the way these developers work with their users — as fusion teams creating a much more active and rewarding environment for building impactful solutions faster than ever before.
Let’s meet a few of these developers and look at examples of solutions built using Power Platform along with Azure services.
Azure Function with PowerShell and the Power BI REST API
In this blog post I'm going to show you how you can create an Azure Function that will interact with the Power BI REST API. I choose PowerShell as the programming language because in my opinion it was a bit easier to authenticate with the Power BI service. For the development environment, I'm using
Power Platform Landing Zones Reference ImplementationThis user guide explains the Power Platform Landing Zones reference implementation, what it is, what it does, and how organizations can use it to …
Announcing General Availability of Database Designer & Database Templates in Azure Synapse Analytics
Today, I’m excited to announce the general availability of database designer in Azure Synapse Analytics. The database designer allows users to visually create databases within Synapse Studio without writing a single line of code. The designer also enables users to explore database templates, customiz
Supporting multi-developer scenarios for Power BI using ALM Toolkit
CI/CD, Branching and other DevOps concepts are very beneficial when it comes to development processes for software or in IT in general.Unfortunatelly Power BI falls short when it comes to support some of the concepts of DevOps out of the box. In this situation external tools may come to the rescue an
Analyze in Excel Workbooks are now saved to OneDrive for Business
When users click Analyze in Excel in the Power BI service, the generated Excel workbook is automatically saved to OneDrive for Business and the workbook can be directly opened in a web browser using Excel for the web.
CALCULATE is the most powerful and complex function in DAX. In this article, we provide an introduction to CALCULATE, its behavior, and how to use it. CALCU
Azure Synapse Analytics & Power BI | James Serra's Blog
I discuss the different ways you can make Power BI queries run faster, and whether you still need Azure Analysis Services or if the tabular model within Power BI is enough.
I am a fan of the viridis color palettes available in python and R, so I decided to make Power BI theme files for each of the 4 color maps (viridis, inferno, magma, plasma). These color palettes ar…
Running your personal website on Azure Static Web Apps with Hugo
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for the last 10 years, I have been writing on and of about my experiences on a personal site (like this one) and in that time, I have moved from platform …
Power Fx: String interpolation, Index function, and RandBetween function
Power Fx has added three great new features. String interpolation enables expressions to be embedded within strings, making it easier to combine parts of a string into a whole. The Index function does away with Last of FirstN patterns. The RandBetween function makes it easier to work with integer random numbers.