Finally getting caught up after a very quick but fun week with lots of networking and learning and #SQLFamily at PASS Summit 2015 in Seattle. This year's Summit was the first time that I go...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/11/summit15-date-and-time-script-updates.html
Time really does fly! Less than 2 weeks until SQLSaturday Oregon in Portland on 10/24 which I will be presenting my new "Power BI Is Awesome! " presentation @ 3:30PM. Lots of fun with Power BI...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/10/sqlsatoregon-pass-summit-2015-summit15.html
Wow, is it already September? Can't believe how time is flying by! Sorry for the lack of posts, it has just been crazy busy with a new job and getting the Denver SQLSaturday setup for 9/19 (if y...
Microsoft has announced this morning the General Availability date for the new Power BI as July 24th ! I had a feeling the announcement was coming after the stability of the last couple of monthl...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/07/power-bi-release-date-powerbi.html
All of the recordings for 24 Hours of PASS: Growing Our Community sessions are now available! I was honored to be selected for this event and you can get to the slides and recording for my "Intr...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/07/24-hours-of-pass-growing-our-community.html
Glad that I had a full 2 week vacation before this week! Amazing what can happen in one week. Week started off with accepting an offer for a new job at Chipotle ! Looking forward to using all o...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/06/what-week-pass24hop-summit15.html
I am proud to announce that I have been selected to present a webinar as part of the 24 Hours of PASS series on June 24-25! The theme of this 24 Hours of PASS is Growing Our Community , which i...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/05/24-hours-of-pass-growing-our-community.html
Of course I realized after I posted the announcement about speaking at SQLSaturday Atlanta in a couple of weeks that I will also be speaking at the Denver WIT (Women in Technology) meeting on...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/05/denver-wit-may-meeting-denverwit.html
I'm very happy that I was selected for the 2nd year in a row to speak at the SQLSaturday event in Atlanta on 5/16 ! This is one of, if not the biggest SQLSaturday's in the world with over 500 a...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/05/sqlsaturday-392-atlanta-sqlsatatl.html
I'll be doing a new session, "Introduction to Power BI Designer" tomorrow at 11am ET as part of the Pragmatic Works Training on the T's series of FREE webinars ! Please register at the link abo...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/04/free-powerbi-webinar-pragmaticworks.html
This last weekend I was in California for an extended weekend with my family at Disneyland and Huntington Beach to participate in the Orange County/Huntington Beach SQLSaturday ! Awesome weathe...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/04/sqlsaturday-oc-huntington-beach-sqlsatoc.html
Thanks to everyone that attended my "Near Real-Time Data Warehouse Updates with CDC and SSIS" presentation at the Denver SQL Server User Group meeting last night. For anyone that wants my slide...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/03/denver-sql-server-user-group-march-2015.html
I had a great time presenting to the Boulder SQL Server User Group last night, thanks to Mark Tillman and Paul Paiva for having me present "Change Data Capture (CDC) and SSIS". Lots of great int...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/03/boulder-sql-server-user-group-march.html
I will be presenting at both the Boulder SQL Server User Group and Denver SQL Server User Groups next week! I'm looking forward to doing my Change Data Capture (CDC) with SSIS talk at both grou...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/03/presenting-at-colorado-user-groups.html
Microsoft just posted an announcement on the Power BI blog that there is a new version of the Power BI Designer Preview today! Below is a summary of the updates: Performance improvements Dyn...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/02/power-bi-designer-preview-updates.html
I'll be traveling to Phoenix, AZ in less than 2 weeks to speak at SQLSaturday #370 on February 28th! Looking forward to going back to Phoenix again after making the trip down there a couple of ...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2015/02/sqlsaturday-phoenix-sqlsat370.html
Today Microsoft announced some very big updates to Power BI that will make it more like the product I have been hoping for since it was first announced. First off the new PowerBI.com site ha...
For my first speaking event of 2015 I'll be presenting "Capture Change and Apply It with CDC & SSIS " at SQLSaturday #362 in Austin, TX on January 31st @ 9am . Looking forward to going to a ...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2014/12/sqlsaturday-362-austin-sqlsataustin.html
I'm back home after an amazing week in Seattle for PASS Summit 2014 . Love visiting Seattle, especially when there are lots of #SQLFamily there to enjoy it with! I got into Seattle on Sunday af...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2014/11/pass-summit-2014-summit14-sqlfamily.html
Next week I'll be leaving for SQLSaturday #337 Oregon and PASS Summit 2014 where I will be speaking at both! SQLSaturday #337 Oregon will be my first trip to Portland, so I'm looking forward t...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2014/10/sqlsaturday-oregon-pass-summit-2014.html
I'll hopefully be flying out of Denver first thing Friday morning for SQLSaturday #300 in Kansas City, assuming we don't get too much snow (currently only forecasting .2", so not too worried). L...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2014/09/sqlsaturday-300-and-other-posts.html
It was great to present at the Denver SQL Server User Group again after a year plus on my birthday, last Thursday (8/21). I'm up in front doing the introductions and running the meetings every m...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2014/08/denver-sql-server-user-group-august.html
Thank you to everyone that attended my "Capture Change and Apply it with Change Data Capture and SSIS" session at Mile High Tech Con on Saturday. I have uploaded the zip file that has both the de...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2014/07/mile-high-tech-con-demoslides-mhtechcon.html
My speaking calendar is really filling up! :) I have been selected to speak at the Mile High Tech Con that will be held on July 24-26 at the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colorado! I will be prese...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2014/06/mile-high-tech-con-mhtechcon.html
I am honored and thrilled to announce that I was selected for the 2nd year in a row to present a session at the PASS Summit ! PASS Summit is an annual conference put on by PASS (Professional Ass...
http://blog.wakebi.com/2014/06/speaking-at-pass-summit-2014-summit14.html