An episodic conversation about solving problems within the Microsoft data platform. We combine trending topics and professional development to keep you easily informed and entertained.
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Carlos Chacon
Director of Data Solutions at Marathon, Founder of SQL Data Partners Podcast, Organizer + Sponsor, SQL Trail

Eugene Meidinger
Senior Data Solutions and Power BI Consultant, Pluralsight Author

Kevin Feasel
Proprietor, Catallaxy Services, LLC, Data & AI Specialist, Author
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Podcast Episodes

Episode 133
Shrinking Files
May 02, 2018
36 minutes
Guest Nigel Foulkes-Nock, Senior Database Administrator, discusses use cases for why you might consider shrinking files and how it will affect you.

Episode 132
What technologists can learn from superheroes
April 19, 2018
29 minutes
Guest Will Fehringer, Agile Coach & super hero movie buff, chats about the Superhero Syndrome and how technologists should and can avoid it.

Episode 131
Big Data Solutions in the Cloud
April 11, 2018
45 minutes
Guest James Serra, Microsoft Big Data/Data Warehouse Evangelist, chats about big data, how you know if you have big data, and how you can manage it.

Episode 130
Use Case for PowerShell
April 04, 2018
32 minutes
Guest Warren Estes, 15+ year production DBA/Developer and lover of PowerShell, shares his experiences using that tool as an 'easy button'.

Episode 129
Graph Databases
March 28, 2018
32 minutes
Return guest Azhagappan (Az) Arunachalam, Sr Application Database Architect, discusses why there is another database type in SQL Server.

Episode 128
Database Doing DevOps
March 21, 2018
42 minutes
Guest John Morehouse, SQL Server consultant, chats about how letting go and allowing automation to work for us can help everything go faster.

Episode 127
Developing in the database
March 15, 2018
53 minutes
Guests Andy Roberts, Microsoft Data Platform Solution Architect, and Chris Hyde, SQL Server BI and DBA consultant, discuss R and Python in SQL Server.

Episode 126
SQLSaturday Edition
March 08, 2018
60 minutes
Putting together a SQLSaturday event can be a daunting task. A special group of event coordinators chat about how to make your SQLSaturday a success.

Episode 125
You must be an engineer
February 28, 2018
41 minutes
Guest Raymond Kim, Developer and Technical Writer, talks on the art of documentation for the IT pro and how to best communicate our ideas.

Episode 124
Beyond the runbook; DR Organization
February 21, 2018
42 minutes
Guest Greg Moore, SQL Server DBA and member of a cave rescue team, discusses what IT can learn from medical responders about what to do in an emergency.
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