9/12 Azure Data Community Round Table

​ Bradley Ball, aka @SQLBalls , Josh Luedeman aka @joshluedman, Daniel Taylor aka @DBABulldog , Neeraj Jhaveri, & Andres Padilla host the @Tales-from-the-Field weekly #AzureDataCommunity Round Table with content from the community!

Amazing links in order of appearence by host who mentioned them:

JOIN THE AZURE DATA COMMUNITY GO TO – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/community Find a user group in your area, if your User Group is not a part of the community submit your group today!
Head to https://sqlsaturday.com/ or https://datasaturdays.com/ to find FREE conference events in your area!

Honorable Mention: Linkedin Microsoft Fabric Group, Join it!
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12870086/

Neeraj
• Building GPT-4 powered bots for SAP enterprise data on Microsoft Teams: A Low-Code Approach https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/building-gpt-4-powered-bots-for-sap-enterprise-data-on-microsoft/ba-p/3902018 by Holger Bruchelt Twitter @hobru

Bradley
• Focusing on a Different S Curve https://dataonwheels.wordpress.com/2023/08/16/focusing-on-a-different-s-curve/ by Kristyna Hughes Twitter @data_dragoness via @SQLServerCentrl

Dan
• Running SQL Server Best Practices Check with Azure Data Studio to Assess your SQL Servers https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/7560/sql-server-best-practices-check-to-assess-your-sql-servers-with-azure-data-studio/ by Edwin Sarmiento Twitter @EdwinMSarmiento

Andres
• Exploring Microsoft Fabric, Fabric Spark, Azure OpenAI, and LangChain: A Hands-on case-study https://medium.com/@hitesh.hinduja/exploring-microsoft-fabric-fabric-spark-azure-openai-and-langchain-a-hands-on-case-study-26ae949f5977 by Hitesh Hinduja Twitter @HITESHH1495

Josh
• Jumpstart Agora https://azurearcjumpstart.io/azure_jumpstart_ag/ by Lior Kamrat Twitter @LiorKamrat

Neeraj
• August 2023 Recap: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/august-2023-recap-azure-database-for-postgresql-flexible-server/ba-p/3918472 by Varun Dhawan Twitter @iVarund

Bradley
• Dataset Refresh History Enhancements https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/dataset-refresh-history-enhancements/ by Rui Romano Twitter @RuiRomano

Dan
• Impact of Offline SQL Server Index Rebuilds https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/7772/impact-offline-rebuild-index-sql-server/ by Jared Westover Twitter @WestoverJared

Andres
• Relationships between ADX tables on two databases or two clusters https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-data-explorer-blog/relationships-between-adx-tables-on-two-databases-or-two/ba-p/3900886 by Dany Hoter

Josh
• Jer and Kendar Explore Optimized Locking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL3CO6daCbc by Kendra Little and Jeremiah Peschka Twitter @Kendra_Little
Neeraj
• Microsoft Fabric August 2023 update https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-fabric-august-2023-update?ft=All by Ryan Majidimehr Twitter @Rmajidimehr

Bradley
• Add service principal to Fabric workspace using Power BI REST API https://data-marc.com/2023/09/12/add-service-principal-to-fabric-workspace-using-power-bi-rest-api/ by Marc Lelijveld Twitter @MarcLelijveld

Dan
• Power BI VertiPaq Engine: Optimizing Column Encoding https://dataonwheels.wordpress.com/2023/09/06/power-bi-vertipaq-engine-optimizing-column-encoding/ by Kristyna Hughes Twitter @data_dragoness

Andres
• Maximizing Spark Performance: Minimizing Shuffle Overhead https://python.plainenglish.io/maximizing-spark-performance-minimizing-shuffle-overhead-e21b7a4e5e71 by Sushil Kumar

Josh
• Integrating Microsoft Fabric with Azure Databricks Delta Tables https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/integrating-microsoft-fabric-with-azure-databricks-delta-tables/ba-p/3916332 by Anu Singh