Author Archives: Ken

Session: Practical Application of Storytelling Techniques in Power BI Speaker: Meagan Longoria In data visualization, we are inundated with the idea that we should be telling a story. But what is a story? And how do you use visual properties … Continue reading →

Session: Why You Need Query Store Speaker: Erin Stellato (Bio) One of the most highly anticipated new features in the SQL Server 2016 release was Query Store. If you’ve ever had to drop everything to troubleshoot a sudden drop in … Continue reading →

Session: Matters of Concurrency Speaker: Louis Davidson (Bio) OLTP databases can be constantly written to and even reporting databases are written to at least periodically. In order to ensure consistent results, connections must be isolated from one another while executing, … Continue reading →

Session: Deploying SQL Server on Kubernetes Speaker: Anthony Nocentino (bio) Are you thinking about running SQL Server in Kubernetes and don’t know where to start…are you wondering what you really need to know? If so, then this is the session … Continue reading →

Session: Data Types Matter Speaker: Angela Henry (bio) They’re just numbers, right? A date’s a date. It’s just string data, who cares? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard these phrases. This session will help you understand why … Continue reading →