Power BI learning resources – follow up 3
Another great resource for learning about Power BI is the course on EDX: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI. Granted, has been around for a while, but I forgot blogging about it; maybe it is a…
Roles in a data driven organization
All this talk all the time about Big Data and Advanced Analytics is all well and good, in fact it is something I do most of my time. The technology is there and has great potential. The…
Azure Machine Learning pricing explained
Many customers asked me questions on Azure Machine Learning (Microsoft’s fully managed machine learning and data mining solution) and more specifically on it’s pricing. In this post I will try to explain how the pricing works and…
SQL Server op Linux? Ja dus!
Als iemand een paar jaar terug tegen mij had gezegd dat Microsoft Multi platform zou gaan en dat ook SQL Server op Linux zou uitkomen, dan had ik hem voor gek verklaard. Echter sinds de komst van…
Power BI and Cortana integration explored
With the big news of the Power BI and Cortana integration I could not wait until next week to publish this short video of me demo-ing this cool technology! In the video I ask Cortana a couple…
Power BI licensing explained: Free vs. Pro – when do you need Pro?
The pricing table on the Power BI website does a good job at explaining when a free account is acceptable and when a pro account is required. However, it does not explain all nor is really clear…
Using custom .NET activities in Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory provides a great number of data processing activities out of the box (for example running Hive or Pig scripts on Hadoop / HDInsight). In many case though, you just need to run an activity…
R package for Azure Machine Learning
A little while ago an R package for AzureML was released, which enables R users to interface with Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML). Specifically, it enables you to easily use one of the coolest features of Azure…
First Look: Cortana Analytics Suite
The First Look series focusses on new products, recent announcements, previews or things I have not had the time to provide a first look at and serves as introduction to the subject. First look posts are fairly…
First Look: Azure Data Catalog
The First Look series focusses on new products, recent announcements, previews or things I have not had the time to provide a first look at and serves as introduction to the subject. First look posts are fairly…
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