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
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Proprietor, Catallaxy Services, LLC, Data & AI Specialist, Author
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Podcast Episodes
Episode 83
Data Visualizations
February 15, 2017
50 minutes
Guest Jonathan Stewart, SQL Server teacher/speaker/mentor, asks how many times have you though about what your reports actually look like?
Episode 82
Indexes Part 2
February 08, 2017
44 minutes
Guest Randolph West, database architect/consultant/author/director, continues the conversation on indexes and talks about care and feeding.
Episode 81
Indexes Part I
February 01, 2017
45 minutes
Guest Randolph West, Microsoft MVP, talks about the basics, of indexes and the implications of choosing or not choosing the way your data is structured.
Episode 80
Containers
January 24, 2017
31 minutes
Guest Andrew Pruski, SQL Server Database Administrator, about containers in SQL Server and how he is running them in Windows environments.
Episode 79
SSIS Catalog
January 17, 2017
49 minutes
Guest Andy Leonard, Chief Data Engineer & Software Developer, talks about the SSIS catalog and some of the issues migrating packages between environments.
Episode 78
Conversion to SQL Server 2016
January 11, 2017
37 minutes
Guest Brian Carrig, Database Administration Manager, shares his experience converting to SQL Server 2016 and some of the features they are using.
Episode 77
Reporting Improvements SQL Server 2016
January 04, 2017
46 minutes
Guest Paul Turley, principal consultant, chats about why there are so many reporting tools and under what conditions you might use the new features in SSRS.
Episode 76
Availability Group Improvements
December 31, 2016
53 minutes
Guest Jimmy May, storage, performance, & availability architect, shares his experience testing the improvements to the availability groups.
Episode 75
Testing Storage Devices
December 21, 2016
49 minutes
Guest Argenis Fernandez, Principal Data Management Architect, shares his thoughts on how you should be testing your data storage devices.
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