ERWIN & BUSINESS ANALYTICS

Azure Purview Public Preview Starts billing

Billing for Azure Purview(Public Preview)As of January 20th 2021 0:00 UTC Azure Purview will starts billing.Preview From January 20 ,2021 Azure Purview will start billing. During the Public Preview, you will only be billed if you exceed the 4 capacity units for Azure...

Goodbye 2020 Hello 2021

Goodbye 2020 Started to work for InSpark Last year was certainly an eventful year. Started with a new job at InSpark and after 10 weeks we all know what happened, the first intelligent lockdown. The Netherlands was partially locked, but our office was immediately...

10 Days of Azure Synapse Analytics

10 Days of Azure Synapse AnalyticsFor the next 10 days, every day a different topic is explained about Azure Synapse Analytics. The shortest and easiest way to see how Azure Synapse Analytics can help you, to make decisions within your data landscape.Day 1...

Azure Synapse Analytics Code Repository has arrived

Azure Synapse Analytics Code repository‎I just opened my Azure Synapse Analytics Workspace and got a great surprise, the option Git Configuration is available as of today‎.    After a long wait, today the Git Configuration option became available in Azure Synapse...

Parameterize Linked Services in ADF

Parameterize Linked Services For my Azure Data Factory solution I wanted to Parameterize properties in my Linked Services. Not all properties are Parameterized by default through the UI. But there's another way to achieve this.    Linked Service Open your existing...

BLOGS

After a good talk with Reza Rad from RADACAD during SQL Saturday Holland, I decided to start my first blog

ARTICLES

Knowledge sharing is very important, it gives me a lot of energy. But it also gives others energies to pick up new activities.

Scale your SQL Pool dynamically in Azure Synapse

Scale your Dedicated SQL Pool in Azure Synapse Analytics In my previous article, I explained how you can Pause and Resume your Dedicated SQL Pool with a Pipeline in Azure Synapse Analytics. In this article I will explain how to scale up and down a SQL Pool via a...

Azure Synapse Pause and Resume SQL Pool

Pause or Resume your Dedicated SQL Pool in Azure Synapse Analytics Azure Synapse Analytics went GA in beginning of December 2020, with Azure Synapse we can now also create a Dedicated SQL Pool(formerly Azure SQL DW). Please read this document to learn what a Dedicated...

Azure Purview Costs in Public Preview explained

Why are you potentially charged for Azure Purview during the public preview? Since I published my post that Azure Purview started billing as of January 21th, I got a lot of questions how billing was working. As a small recap: Azure Purview Data Map   Price Capacity...

Connect Azure Synapse Analytics with Azure Purview

How do you integrate Azure Purview in Azure Synapse Analytics? This article explains how to integrate Azure Purview into your Azure Synapse workspace for data discovery and exploration. Follow the steps below to connect your Azure Purview account in your Azure Synapse...

How to setup Code Repository in Azure Data Factory

Why activate a Git Configuration? The main reasons are: Source Control: Ensures that all your changes are saved and traceable, but also that you can easily go back to a previous version in case of a bug. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD): Allows...

My Virtual session at Data Toboggan

An inaugural event specializing on Azure Synapse AnalyticsData Toboggan This Saturday I've been speaking during Data Toboggan an inaugural event specializing on Azure Synapse Analytics. 12 Hours of sessions with amazing speakers. Azure Purview I presented a session...

My Virtual Session at SQL Bits 2020

SQL BITS 2020, the greatest data show Last week was SQL BITS week. After the event was moved from April to September, it eventually became a Virtual event. Setting up a Virtual event requires a lot of adjustments in the Organization.Recording All regular sessions had...

Watch the MS Ignite sessions on-demand

MS Ignite SessionsMS Ignite 2020 was this year a virtual event. Most of the sessions were live in the evenings and the other sessions were available at different times in different time zones. Compliments to the MS Ignite team for organizing such a great event Most of...

Speaking(Virtual) at SQL Saturday #963 Denmark

SQL Saturday 963 DenmarkPASS SQLSaturday is a free training event for professionals who use the Microsoft data platform. These community events offer content across data management, cloud and hybrid architecture, analytics, business intelligence, AI, and more.My first...

SQL SERVER KONFERENZ 2020

SQL SERVER KONFERENZ 2020Date: 4-5 March Location: KongressCenter Darmstadt   Speaking Dinner The speaker dinner on Tuesday evening was held in Restaurant Sitte. And yes what do you eat when you are in Germany a delicious Schnitzel with baked potatoes. It was a...

EVENTS

Events I have been speaking or events which I have visited