Cláudio Silva

Data Moshpit 2025 in 234 days

🤘Data Moshpit is back 🤘

(CfS opening tomorrow), but you can block your calendars for 2025-10-10

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PowerShell Universal 5.2 will feature a first run wizard for new installs. It should help with some of the basics.

Cracking SQL Server login passwords offline Cracking SQL Server login passwords offline is great for testing the strength of the passwords that your applications and developers use

Blog post from the past:
Demoing how you can export SQL login hashes and use tools such as haschat or John the Ripper to see how your passwords fare against the most commonly used password list.
vladdba.com/2022/09/21/c...

#sqlserver #mssqlserver #mssql #security #infosec #cybersecurity

Tired of inconsistent, slow, boring GUI?
Looking for a keyboard and console-only experience?

Look at the latest version of the VPAX command line tool (beta/preview/unstable/funny).
It's so cool...
We are so back! 😎

https://github.com/sql-bi/VertiPaq-Analyzer/releases/tag/Dax.Vpax.CLI_1.3.2-beta

Announcing 150M developers and a new free tier for GitHub Copilot in VS Code Come and join 150M developers on GitHub that can now code with Copilot for free in VS Code.

A new free tier of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.

✅ 2,000 code completions per month
💬 50 chat messages per month
💫 Models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o
♥️ More fun for you

Check it out today!

Oh yeah, and we passed 150M developers on GitHub 💅 github.blog/news-insight...

Announcing a free GitHub Copilot for VS Code Announcing a free plan for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.

Developer presents at the end of the year: #Github #Copilot gets a free tier for everyone using #VSCode

code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/1...

limits:
* 2000 code completion/month
* 50 chat requests/month

@github.com @vscode.dev

Buyer Beware: Azure SQL Managed Instance Storage is Regularly as Slow as 60 Seconds Kendra Little writes and draws comics about SQL Server, Data Platforms, and Database DevOps.

New post: Buyer Beware: Azure SQL Managed Instance Storage is Regularly as Slow as 60 Seconds
kendralittle.com/2024/12/18/a...

IT'S ALIVE! #Azure X-ray is now available in the Edge store. Hopefully Chrome too coming soon.
microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detai...

New Stars of Data #9: Call for Speakers New Stars of Data is the event for new speakers in the Microsoft Data Platform space.This online event is the perfect start for people who have not sp...

The call for speakers for the next New Stars of Data closes in 3 days

You (or someone you know) could be a New Star.

Dare to be different! 🤘🏻

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"Pwned", The Book, Is Now Available for Free Nearly four years ago now, I set out to write a book with Charlotte and RobIt was the stories behind the stories, the things that drove me to write my most important blog posts, and then the things th...

A few years ago, I wrote a book. It was the culmination of my most important posts and the stories behind them. Writing this book also helped keep me sane during insane times, and as of today, I'm giving it away for free 😊 www.troyhunt.com/pwned-the-bo...

Me on screen in my LinkedIn Learning course!

It's official! I'm a movie star!

Well sort of...

Last month I was in California recording some live action for my LinkedIn Learning courses - and the first bit just went live today, updating my 'Introduction to T-SQL' course.

Have a look and see what you think!
www.linkedin.com/learning-log...

YouTube video by Azure Cloud Chronicles with Microsoft MVPs The Cloud Chronicles Volume 2--A look at Azure Site Recovery

Do you have a disaster recovery plan in place even for your cloud environment? Check out the latest video from Cloud Chronicles where @joeydantoni.com and I discuss Azure Site Recovery!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lphn...

#AzureSiteRecovery #DR #CloudChronicles #Azure

Exciting News! Scholarship Applications Are OPEN for the OnRamp Program at #PSHSummit. Are you new to IT? Ready to dive into PowerShell, DevOps, and a fantastic tech community? The OnRamp program is here to kickstart your career. powershellsummit.org/onramp
#PowerShell #DevOps #TechCareers

I think... I need this...

#PowerShell Universal leverages metadata about scripts to create UI without having to write additional code to do so. One example is by inspecting the ValidateSet attribute on parameters, it can provide a pick list for users to select from.
docs.powershelluniversal.com/automation/s...

I think I am going to release a SQL Server 2025 version of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries (even though I don't have the bits yet).

Then I can improve it with each Public build.

It will be here: glennsqlperformance.com/resources/

#sqlserver #sqlserver2025

While everyone else was looking at #Ignite, the #GitHub and #Azure #DevOps team snuck out the best improvement in a long time!
GitHub Enterprise licensing finally grants you access to Azure DevOps as well!!
devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/getti...
This is awesome news!

Got told about deck.blue by @scott.hanselman.com - Tweetdeck for Bleusky!

Screenshot of a Power BI report displaying a pixelated image recreated from 10,000 data points in a scatter plot. The image shows Steve smiling, composed of small squares (pixels) with various hex colour codes. The data table on the bottom left includes columns for Source Name, ID, x and y coordinates, and hex colour codes.

huh! Turns I CAN reproduce my face on a Power BI scatter chart 😅

#powerbi #data #pixelart

Hello! We landed where the sky is blue :)

Agenda 2025 - SQL Konferenz Monday – PreCon

You heard it here first:

Yes - me, @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social, Des Fitzgerald & @pietervanhove.bsky.social are doing a precon at SQLKonferenz 2025:
sqlkonferenz.de/precon-works...
#sqlserver #azuresql #sqldb #sqlmi

537! What?!

That's the current number of people registered for the FREE DP-600 (#MicrosoftFabric Analytics Engineer) workshop that I'll be running on Friday, December 13th!

Let's make this event epic and smash that DP-600 certificate together!

learn.data-mozart.com/products/liv...

Current status - Importing 17 years of Tweets into BlueSky github.com/marcomaroni-... (minus replies and RT's and dumb stuff)

Hi folks, be aware that at least one employee from a well-known publishing house has fallen foul of a phishing attack.

So verify any links you have received to review a PDF file, even if the email address is legit.

This is indeed a great conference! I had great time last year 😊
Enjoy!

SSMS 21 Preview 1 release The SSMS 21 Preview 1 release is now available

For anyone wondering, "soon" means today 😉

Announcing the *release* of SQL Server Management Studio 21 Preview 1!

Blog post announcement: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/SQLServ...

Download and install: learn.microsoft.com/sql/ssms/ins...

Have fun!