Nico Jacobs

Hope to hear from you in one format or another... and kept an empty spot on my laptop for the sticker 😍

Semifinal of the bike contest at #techorama!
#u2u

At #techorama?
Curious what's new in T-SQL?
I'll get you up to date. Room 7, 8:30!

When I use the CopyData activity in a #MicrosoftFabric pipeline, it allows for blanks in the column names. But then I try to append to the existing table from the lakehouse explorer, I get the error that blanks are not allowed... weird 🤔

#PowerBI DataMarts are now deprecated. Hope nobody wrote a book about it :) Read more: Unify Datamart with #MicrosoftFabric Data Warehouse! powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/u...

You want to learn the key features of Microsoft #Fabric in a hands-on one day workshop? #Techorama is the place to be!
Register soon, because ticket sales is closing soon...
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Power BI April 2025 Feature Summary There are a lot of exciting features this month, including mobile optimized report layouts, the best way to view data in the general availability of Power BI mobile apps, editing your semantic models...

Power BI April 2025 Feature Summary by Patrick LeBlanc #PowerBI powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/p...

Power BI Mistakes to Avoid - Part 2 This tip discusses additional Power BI mistakes to avoid​ to ensure Power BI is being used to its fullest extent in the most beneficial way.

Power BI Mistakes to Avoid – Part 2 by Koen Verbeeck #PowerBI www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip...

dataMinds Connect 2025: Call for Speakers dataMinds Connect is a 3 day in-person event in the wonderful city of Mechelen, Belgium. It's an IT related event with a specific focus on the Microso...

Call for Speakers for dataMinds Connect 2025 is open on Sessionize and I've just submitted a session! sessionize.com/dataminds-co...

Happy Birthday, SQL Server!

Mastering SKU Estimations with the Microsoft Fabric SKU Estimator | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric In today’s ever-changing analytics landscape it can be difficult to plan out your next project or your enterprise analytics roadmap. Designed to optimize data infrastructure planning, the Microsoft Fa...

Now, thanks to a brand-new Fabric SKU Estimator, it's much easier to determine the Fabric power your organization needs. Great work Microsoft!

Give it a try and let me know your thoughts.

blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/m...

Happy 𝝅-day!

The windows taskbar, hovering over the file explorer icon so a preview thumbnail displays

Did you know if you middle click the app preview thumbnail, it will close the window? 👀

Fix visuals, replace fields, and mass-format reports in Power BI — DATA GOBLINS In this article, I explain several use-cases for semantic-link-labs with reports, which involves programmatic modifications to report metadata to streamline certain report management tasks. This artic...

To fix all the reports use semantic link labs data-goblins.com/power-bi/pro...

From an F2 you can reach all workspaces including pro and ppu

Streaming data that is...
I need an edit post option 🫣

DataMinds Saturday is kicking off. A full classroom to discuss the fabric versus Azure decisions to process streaming days

The first copywrite lawsuit against an "AI Company" has a favorable ruling for the original IP holders; unlicensed training was copywrite infringement.

Big precedent and implications for future cases in progress this year.

www.wired.com/story/thomso...

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hey, don't make it too easy, else trainers like me would be out of a job! 😁

Voted

Sterke!

Enjoy as well, you blink twice and suddenly they are 22 years old 🫣

Belgian Power BI user group is kicking off its first meeting in Lier.

Wish I had learned it earlier... so many useful options

Power Query often generates performant code, but not always: Read the scenario Chris explains in his blog!

Windowing functions (OVER)

In just two weeks it's #DataMindsSaturday.
Looking forward to meet the Belgian SQL family in Mechelen!

If you're into AI or approximate search, don't miss my session on the new VECTOR data type in SQL Server and Azure SQL Databases

US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal Trump paralysed the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB), a key element of the EU-US data transfer deal that allows EU-US data flows.

OK, this could have some wide-reaching effects...
noyb.eu/en/us-cloud-...

SSMS 21 Preview 3 release The SQL Tools is pleased to announce the release of SSMS 21 Preview 3.

the Release of SSMS Preview 3 by Erin Stellato #Azure https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server-blog/announcing-the-release-of-ssms-preview-3/ba-p/4369541?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=azureweekly

Bye Bye long list of Microsoft Fabric experiences 👋
Welcome new Microsoft Fabric experience

🫣
I was clearly missing the experience to switch experiences.
Thanks for the reminder!
I even got an entire new Fabric View experience, just to remind me 😁

Finland wins this battle :-)
And in Belgium we cheat, since most parties have a Dutch and a French 'branch'.