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Migrate SSRS Subscription Owners with PowerShell

May 24, 2020 May 24, 2020 05/24/20

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You may find that after you move the content that subscription owners are automatically set to the account used to perform the migration. There is an API you can use to assign a new owner and scripts to list subscriptions owners, but I if you have to do this for a large number of servers, it can be a lot of work.

Using Localization in the Microsoft Healthcare Bot

May 23, 2020 May 23, 2020 05/23/20

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Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot Service is an extendable SaaS solution to build a powerful industry aware conversational bots that can be leveraged from the PC, Mobile or chat clients like Microsoft Teams.

Azure SQL TDE failures – Activity log Alerts to rescue

May 22, 2020 May 22, 2020 05/22/20

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The SQL Server connection to the Key Vault can be lost for various reasons of either the SQL Server (updates, backups etc..) or the Key Vault (Key expired, disabled etc.) Luckily Azure provides detailed logging and alerting through Azure Monitor Logs and Alerts.

Looking Back – Rediscovering the Basics of Technology Planning

May 21, 2020 May 21, 2020 05/21/20

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Agile’s approach to balancing capacity against demand starts from the principal of embracing change. Adaptability is Agile’s superpower. Waterfall projects will have a place for the foreseeable future. The most important thing that an organization can do is define when and how to apply each of the strategies.

DAX Calculation Groups for Time Intelligence

May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020 05/20/20

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Power BI Premium (Preview), Azure Analysis Services and SQL Server Analysis Services 2019 now support Calculation Groups! Why am I so excited? Because this functionality was one of the best capabilities in Multidimensional Analysis Services through Named Sets and Calculated Members.

Moving legacy ASP.NET apps with Windows authentication to Azure App Service (Part 2)

May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

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We discuss moving legacy backend services that use Windows authentication over to an Azure App Service, with emphasis on web service stack and authentication & authorization considerations.

Tips & tricks to run a Power Apps hackathon

May 18, 2020 May 18, 2020 05/18/20

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Power Platform provides a low code approach to developing mobile friendly apps, or to perform business process automation. A Power Platform hackathon can help users ideate and put together a Proof of Concept to validate an approach and demonstrate value quickly.

Azure DevOps setting up Repository permissions

May 15, 2020 May 15, 2020 05/15/20

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As your organization grows, you will start to have many repositories inside of your Azure DevOps projects. Most organizations allow developers to browse and contribute to any repository, and put policies on pull requests for specific branches to protect them.

Using Azure DevOps Pipelines with Redgate to Automate Oracle Database Deployments

May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020 05/14/20

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In this post, I will cover a basic end to end-to-end example of taking a local Oracle database, setting up a project in a Git repository and using a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline to take your database changes from code through to production.