Matt Gordon

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Me greeting 2026: 🙌
2026 greeting me:

I have gotten so many questions from customers about this since #MicrosoffFabric made its way into the world…good info here!

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I’d use just one slide with this on it…

This group is always wonderful to be with so I’d definitely encourage any new or experienced speakers to submit to this!

As of this morning, I am on the job market, #OpenToWork, or however that is designated here. 🙂 I’m immediately looking for a new position, and my DMs are open. Thanks network!

UPDATE: We now have new packages for SQL Server 2022 CU23 and SQL Server 2025 CU1 for this problem. https://lnkd.in/gKwd96xQ and https://lnkd.in/gY_dEExq have all the details. You can install these…... UPDATE: We now have new packages for SQL Server 2022 CU23 and SQL Server 2025 CU1 for this problem. https://lnkd.in/gKwd96xQ and https://lnkd.in/gY_dEExq have all the details. You can install these if you have already uninstalled or you can also install these onto the existing older SQL 2022 CU23 and SQL 2025 CU1 to update them. There is guidance in each article.

#sqlserver CU issues with DB Mail have been fixed:

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Join us next Thursday, Feb 5th at 9am PT/12pm ET for our next installment in the SQL Community Engineering Connection Series.
SSMS improvement - Copilot with Erin Stellato
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Sessions Archive - PASS Data Community Summit

On-demand content for PASS Summit 2025 is now available to those who purchased it! We're sorry this took longer than originally planned. Also, videos from previous years are freely available to all: passdatacommunitysummit.com/video-librar...

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You have about one week left to submit your abstracts to @datasatsto.se. Beautiful early-summer Stockholm awaits!

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Hopeful - I’ll take it!

Sounds perfect - happy new year!

Well said - hope to see you in some part of the world next year!

Create a SQL Server 2025 Practice Environment Set up your SQL Server 2025 practice environment with this comprehensive installation guide and explore its new features.

SQL Server 2025 introduces advancements in performance, security, and AI-ready capabilities. This guide walks you through the full installation process of #SQLServer2025 and #SSMS22 to create a practice environment to test the new features.
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Hey @nyspurs.bsky.social - I’ll be in the city from Lexington, KY Spurs on Sunday for Palace. What time will doors open at Flannery’s?

All I want for Christmas is your session abstracts for @datasatsto.se

I mean, technically before January 17th, but it would also make a really, really nice Christmas present. Just saying.

🎄

Lots of folks walking into an airing of grievances this holiday season…happy Festivus to those celebrating (intentionally or not)!

Honestly one of my favorite cast members ever, I think. Sappy sendoff, but I’m here for it.

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Release Release 2.0.6.0 · spaghettidba/XESmartTarget Supports Azure AD for authentication. Simply specify "Authentication" in the json file. Allowed values are from Microsoft.Data.SqlAuthenticationMethod

XeSmartTarget 2.0.6 is out! Now supports Azure AD Authentication.
Check it out: github.com/spaghettidba... #sqlserver

If you are wondering, what is Fabric IQ, why should we use it, how do we use it, and what can it do? Then this is for you!

I applied my knowledge of agents to understand actions we could take, Chris added insight on ontologies & how they benefit us, Mark & Dan followed up with great questions.

SSMS 22.1 Release SSMS 22.1 is now available and includes improvements and updates for GitHub Copilot in SSMS, and a set of fixes for SSMS.

Wednesday Wisdom: You can bring your own model (BYOM) to GitHub Copilot in SSMS with your personal subscription.

Also, we released SSMS 22.1 yesterday!

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Power BI Deep Dive: Call for Speakers Power BI Deep Dive - the event formerly known as Power BI Cruise - is coming back in 2026! We will sail from Copenhagen on 9. June to Oslo - spend som...

6 days left to submit for Call for Speakers for Power BI Deep DIve!
CFS closes 15/12-25 at 23:59 CET
#powerbi #analytics

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I made it to the Illinois state spelling bee and then went out on sudoriferous…then me misspelling that word was part of the “highlight” package shown on the WGN News that night. Not my favorite childhood memory! 🙂

Reminder - if you are going, make sure to add this to your calendar! See you all there!

#datawit #passdatasummit

That’s the same face I make every morning after I check the news on my phone.

Microsoft Ignite 2025: SQL Server 2025 Is Here -- Redmondmag.com With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work.

SQL Server 2025 is now GA. You can read about it in my @redmondit.bsky.social column here:

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Licensing is the same as it was before, just lots of neat stuff. (Hint do a control+F on "standard") #Sqlserver2025 #msignite #azuresql