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Power BI Cruise
Data, Bratwurst and Beer
An event that started 5 years ago as a small event, that has grown into an event with 200 participants, 50+ sessions, 5 tracks, 2 days and a BBQ in a small place in Germany, called Lingen. William Durkin and Ben Weissman are the main organizers, but are supported by a bunch of volunteers and supported by a great group of sponsors.
Speaker/Volunteer diner
Wednesday the event started for me with a drink in Hotel Lobby and with a great dinner in the Alte Posthalterei. We had a great evening, met some old friends and made some new friends.
Sessions
The first day started early, we helped preparing the badges and did the check in. Around 9:00 am almost every attendee was in and ready for the Keynote. During the keynote there was a special welcome to all the newcomer Speakers and their mentors. This newcomer track is designed to accommodate people new to presenting. In my opinion this newcomer tracks should be introduced to all events.
During these 2 days there were 5 sessions divided over 5 tracks on both days. I have attended many nice sessions, but I have certainly gained a lot of new inspiration out of these sessions.
Day 1 ended with the traditional bbq. Personally, I love bbq a lot and know that it is hard work to get a bbq for 200 people, but the catering did very well. Compliments to the catering.
During the days I have spoken to many people, both well-known and also many new ones. From Axians we joined this event with 3 people.
We are 1 large #sqlfamily.
Rafle time
After 2 tiring days, the event was traditionally closed on Friday by William and Ben with the raffle. And that was for me also the end of 2 great days and I could start with my home trip.
Sponsors
Thank you Solisyon, Datamasterminds, SentryOne, PowerBi Sentinel, dbWatch, Rosen, Shop Apotheke Europe, Redgate, Hedda and IT Emsland without you the event wasn’t free, there where no drinks and there was no food.
Next Year
Next year the event will take place on may 28 and may 29.
Call for Speakers is open https://sessionize.com/datagrillen-2020/
See you next year. And once again thank you William and Ben for organizing
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My sessions at Pass Data Community Summit
A hybrid conference in Seattle and online This year's PASS Data Community Summit is more than a conference – it's a homecoming. Reconnect with old friends, build new relationships, gain new skills, and get the world-class training you need to take that next step in...
Data Community Austria
Unleashing the Potential of Metadata-Driven ELT Framework in Synapse Analytics and Microsoft Fabric Today, I had the opportunity to speak at the Data Community Austria Day 2024, a full day of sessions dedicated to data enthusiasts and professionals. The event was held...
Data Saturday #1 Pordenone(Video)
Recording of my session during Data Saturday #1 Pordenone Azure Purview Microsoft's answer to Data Governance and Data Lineage Feel free to leave a comment
Scottisch Summit 2021(Video)
Recording of my session during Scottisch Summit 2021 Is there a way that we can build our Azure DataFactory all with parameters based on MetaData?Feel free to leave a comment
Speaking at Techorama NL
Techorama = Deep Knowledge IT ConferenceTechorama is a yearly international technology conference which takes place at Pathé Ede, Netherlands from September 30th until October 2nd. This will be the second year the event will be in held in the Netherlands. Last year...
SQL BITS 2022 Session recordings
Recordings SQL Bits 2022 All sessions of SQLBits 2022 have been made available to everyone and can now be viewed via their Youtube channel. Microsoft asked me to present me this session during SQL Bits in the Cloud Scale Analytics solution area. Session Title: Lake...
October=Speaking Month
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SQL SERVER KONFERENZ 2020
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DataSaturday NL 2019
Recording of my session on DataSaturdayNL 2019 Can we store our Connectionstrings or BlobStorageKeys or other Secretvalues somewhere else then in Azure Data Factory(ADF)? Yes you can! You can store these valuable secrets in Azure Key Vault(AKV). But how can we achieve...
Data:Scotland
Data: Scotland 2022 Microsoft Purview Scotland’s Data Community Conference happened this year again in Glasgow. This years event was happening in a sunny Glasgow, more then 400 attendees and more then 50 sessions. It was great to see so many people live again. I...
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Power BI Cruise
Meta Data Activity
Today my pipelines in Azure Data Factory (ADF) suddenly stopped working. The output structure was not found. Quit strange while these pipelines have been running for weeks.
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After debugging my Pipeline I found out the output.structure couldn’t be evaluated.
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I don’t know when this option was added, but if you open the Get Metadata Activity you will find under Dataset the option Field List
The only thing I needed to do get my previous output back was adding structure as an argument. The structure will take care of the Metadata of my table and will be used in the Copy Data Activity.
After rerunning my Pipeline the error was gone.
I changed all my pipelines and the processes where running fine again. I took me bit to find out what the exact error was.
Hopefully it will save you some time after reading this blog.
More about the Get Metadata Activity can be found here .
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ADF: Get Metadata Activity stopped working
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Parameterize Linked Services in ADF
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Data Factory Pricing
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New Microsoft Azure Certifications
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Azure Purview Public Preview Starts billing
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Calculate Workingdays including Holidays with T-SQL
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Custom comments in Azure Synapse Analytics
Add custom comments to your Azure DevOps and Github commitsFinally ​Finally and secretly hidden, we can now add a Comment to our commits in Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Factory to Azure Dev Ops. How do you activate this custom comment option in your existing...
Enable Pattern Rules in Azure Purview
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Azure Purview March Updates
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Microsoft Build 2022 Book of News
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Power BI Cruise
Techorama = Deep Knowledge IT Conference
Techorama is a yearly international technology conference which takes place at Pathé Ede, Netherlands from September 30th until October 2nd. This will be the second year the event will be in held in the Netherlands. Last year more then 1100 people attend the Conference. This year the organisation expect around 1500 attendees.
Proud to be speaking
This year I will also speak at Techorama. I was very happy when I received a message at the end of April that my session was selected. Something to be very proud of.
Session Title:
Azure Key Vault, Azure Dev Ops and Data Factory how do these Azure Services work perfectly together!
Session Details
Can we store our Connectionstrings or BlobStorageKeys or other Secretvalues somewhere else then in Azure Data Factory(ADF)? Yes you can! You can store these valuable secrets in Azure Key Vault(AKV). But how can we achieve this in ADF? And finally how do we deploy our DataFactories in Azure Dev Ops to Test, Acceptance and Production environments with these Secrets ? Can this be setup dynamically? During this session I will give answers on all of these questions. You will learn how to setup your Azure Key Vault, connect these secrets in ADF and finally deploy these secrets dynamically in Azure Dev Ops. As you can see a lot to talk about during this session.
Wednesday October 2, 2019 10:00am – 11:00am
Room 5
Complete agenda
September 30th:
Workshops
October 1st and 2nd:
Sessions
No tickets yet, click here to reserve your spot. Hope to see you all at Techorama.
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Speaking at SQL BITS 2022
SQL BITS 2022 We’re Hitting the Arcade SQL Bits is back this year in London from March 8-12 2022. SQLBits is the largest data conference in the world and this year's theme is to bring us back to our incandescent youth, so prepare to level up your data skills and reach...
SQL SERVER KONFERENZ 2020
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My Virtual Session Scottish Summit 2021
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Data Saturday #1 Pordenone(Video)
Recording of my session during Data Saturday #1 Pordenone Azure Purview Microsoft's answer to Data Governance and Data Lineage Feel free to leave a comment
Speaking at Techorama NL
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Data Saturday Stockholm
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Video: Learn Live Use Data Factory pipelines in Microsoft Fabric
Below you find the recording form the session for Learn Live which I did together with Javier. Use Data Factory pipelines in Microsoft Fabric Use Data Factory pipelines in Microsoft Fabric - Training | Microsoft Learn After you have followed above learning path...
DataGrillen 2022
DataGrillen 2022 Microsoft Purview When we say: Data, bratwurst and beer, we are of course talking about DataGrillen. After more than 2 years of absence, it was time again in recent days, with speakers from all over the world with almost 50 sessions, good weather and...
Techoroma NL 2019
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Power BI Cruise
Power BI Cruise
DataSaturday Holland and DataMinds in Belgium
Like last year I have been selected again this year for both events to speak.
Cool to be able to speak at 3 different events within 7 days, but also to see many known people and to met new people.
Data Saturday
Data Saturday Holland is the new name for SQL Saturday Holland, The Microsoft Data Platform themed community event which will be held at a new location Pathé Leidsche Rijn.
This year I will for the first time join forces with Ahmed Mansour, Cloud Solution Architect @Microsoft
Session Title:
Help, I need to migrate my On Premise Database to Azure, which Database Tier do I have to choose from.
Session Details:
During this session we will walk you through all the different Tiers in Azure, DTU, Vcore, Serverless and Managed Instance and will provide examples when to use which Tier.We will also show you the Microsoft Data Migration Assesment (DMA). This tool will help you to decide which tier you should choose. So if you need help or just interested in the different Azure Database Tiers then visit our session
Saturday October 5, 2019 16:00pm – 16:45pm
Room 4
Tickets are still available, so reserve your spot quickly.
DataMinds Connect
This year DataMinds Connect will be held in Lamot, a unique convention center located along the water, in the historic center of Mechelen.
Session Title:
Azure Key Vault, Azure Dev Ops and Data Factory how do these Azure Services work perfectly together!
Session Details:
Can we store our Connectionstrings or BlobStorageKeys or other Secretvalues somewhere else then in Azure Data Factory(ADF)? Yes you can! You can store these valuable secrets in Azure Key Vault(AKV). But how can we achieve this in ADF? And finally how do we deploy our DataFactories in Azure Dev Ops to Test, Acceptance and Production environments with these Secrets ? Can this be setup dynamically? During this session I will give answers on all of these questions. You will learn how to setup your Azure Key Vault, connect these secrets in ADF and finally deploy these secrets dynamically in Azure Dev Ops. As you can see a lot to talk about during this session.
Tuesday October 8, 2019 16:45pm – 17:45pm
Room Alcazar
No tickets yet, you can order them here!
Techorama NL
I will speaking during Techorama NL, I’ve written a post about this event a couple days ago, which you can find here
See you all in October on one of these events.
Feel free to leave a comment
DataMinds 2018
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DataGrillen 2022
DataGrillen 2022 Microsoft Purview When we say: Data, bratwurst and beer, we are of course talking about DataGrillen. After more than 2 years of absence, it was time again in recent days, with speakers from all over the world with almost 50 sessions, good weather and...
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Data:Scotland
Data: Scotland 2022 Microsoft Purview Scotland’s Data Community Conference happened this year again in Glasgow. This years event was happening in a sunny Glasgow, more then 400 attendees and more then 50 sessions. It was great to see so many people live again. I...
Speaking(Virtual) at SQL Saturday #963 Denmark
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My Session at TechoramaNL 2019
TechoramaNL 2019Date: 2 th October Location: Pathé Ede From September 30 th to October 2 nd TechoramaNL was held in the Netherlands for the 2nd time. TechoramaNL is the largest deep knowledge IT conference in the Netherlands with 1500 participants and 120 sessions in...
Techoroma NL 2019
Azure Key Vault, Azure Dev Ops and Azure Data Factory how do these Azure Services work perfectly together! Some impressions during Techorama NL 2019. Feel free to leave a comment
Datatoboggan 2021(Video)
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