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Azure Data Factory – Updates: March 2015

Posted on by Reza Rad

Previously in another post I’ve mentioned what Azure Data Factory is and a sample scenario of data transfer with it.

Microsoft recently published a new version of it, which has really interesting features. In a nutshell features are:

  • New Version of Data Management Gateway
  • On Premises File System Linked Services
  • On Premises Oracle Linked Services
  • Encoding options for text files on Azure Blog storage
  • Invoking Stored Procedures with additional parameters.

Have a read in details about these new features below;

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Full Day Training Pre-Con: Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar

Posted on by Reza Rad

Full Day Training of Power BI with the title of Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar has been ran in SQL Saturday Vienna.

RADACAD presented one pre-con on Power BI, and couple of sessions; A Journey to Power BI by Leila, and ETL on Cloud? Azure Data Factory by Reza.

Power BI pre-con includes Power Query, Power Pivot, Power View, Power Map, Power Q&A, and the new Power BI Designer.

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SQL Saturday Vienna 2015- A Journey to Power BI

Posted on by Leila Etaati

To download the Session slides click below link : A-Journey To Power BI My session   God turn out in SQL Saturday Vienna   An Interesting Keynote speech by Mark Souza    Have fun the day after SQL Saturday around Vienna with other Speakers     I have Talked about Power BI in SQL Saturday Vienna , Special Read more about SQL Saturday Vienna 2015- A Journey to Power BI[…]

SQLBits is Awesome, But I cannot Attend! Why?!

Posted on by Reza Rad

It is with all regret that I cannot attend at the conference that is the largest SQL event in Europe, and always compared to SQLPASS Summit because of the high quality of content and large number of audience. I was honored to be selected to speak for couple of sessions in SQLBits 2015, and I Read more about SQLBits is Awesome, But I cannot Attend! Why?![…]

Referring SSIS Variables from SSIS Script Task

Posted on by Reza Rad

Today I got a very valued feedback from a reader of my SSIS 2012 book, and based on that feedback I’ve found that I had a mistake in one of the exersizes of the book. an important note was not mentioned there. So in this post I want to mention that and applogize for any Read more about Referring SSIS Variables from SSIS Script Task[…]

Introduction to Azure Data Factory

Posted on by Reza Rad

Many of you worked with SSIS and are familiar with term of ETL. Azure Data Factory is Microsoft Cloud based ETL technology, which has ability to work with large volume of data, working with data sources such as SQL Server on premises, SQL Server Azure, or Azure Blob storage. Data can be transformed with Azure Read more about Introduction to Azure Data Factory[…]