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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Meet the Hosts
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 49
Table Variables vs Temp Tables in SQL Server
June 22, 2016
35 minutes
Guest Wayne Sheffield answers: when you code and you need to use a temporary object in SQL Server, do you use temp tables or a table variable?
Episode 48
Is the on-premises Data Warehouse dead?
June 16, 2016
34 minutes
Guest Tim Mitchell, principal data architect, talks about the myriad of new technologies for how to store and report on your data.
Episode 47
Where should I put my data?
June 08, 2016
46 minutes
Guest Kevin Feasel explains that as data size expands and how we interact with it changes, we may need more than one way to store and access that data.
Episode 46
Unraveling Code
June 01, 2016
33 minutes
Guest Jen McCown,independent consultant and SQL Server management software creator, unravels T-SQL code and helps us understand how it works.
Episode 45
Service Broker
May 26, 2016
31 minutes
Guest Wolf, SQL Server performance tuner, chats about Service Broker: how he uses it, the major components, and scenarios where you might use it.
Episode 44
Azure SQL Data Warehouse
May 18, 2016
37 minutes
Guest Matt Usher, Microsoft Senior Progam Manager Lead, takes us into a new service in the Microsoft cloud - Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Episode 43
Why is ETL So Hard?
May 10, 2016
29 minutes
Guest Rafael Salas, data architecture lead, chats about issues facing ETL folks, how to improve your ETL game or how to architect your own data.
Episode 42
SQL Server Auditing
May 04, 2016
30 minutes
Guset Brad McKuhen, SQL Server Admin & Dev consultant, talks about SQL Server auditing and whether the default setup is going to keep you covered.
Episode 41
Index Maintenance
April 27, 2016
50 minutes
Guest Sean McCown, SQL Server management software creator, discusses setting up your index maintenance plan and the care and feeding of indexes.
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