SQLBits Courses

Powering Up Your Power BI Development Workflow with Microsoft Fabric Notebooks

Explore Microsoft Fabric Notebooks: Learn Python, Spark basics, and advanced analytics with SemPy. Enhance Power BI development using CoPilot for code assistance.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Navigating Power BI

Master Power BI navigation: internal reports, app transitions, and web portal optimization. Enhance user experience with service integration and essential tools like Drill Through and Bookmarks.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Data Leadership: Navigating Security, Governance, and Ethical Decision-Making in the Digital Skies

Explore robust data protection, governance, and leadership strategies, focusing on OneLake, Purview, and modern security approaches for seamless, secure digital operations.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Conduct a Transact-SQL Code Review

Discover best practices for Transact-SQL code reviews, enhancing performance and efficiency in your SQL Server projects through improved code acceptance testing.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Disaster Recovery Strategies for SQL Server

Explore SQL Server disaster recovery strategies, including technologies and implementation methods, to effectively plan for and manage data recovery during outages.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Version Control Your Solutions Using Azure DevOps - Even the Smallest Ones

Learn to version control solutions using Azure DevOps, enhancing collaboration and tracking changes for projects of all sizes.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Shift-Left: A DevOps and Database Story for Performance Tuning

Discover how to catch database performance issues during development, preventing production problems and improving efficiency with SQL Sentry.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Advancing the DBA's Role in the Cloud - Azure SQL Managed Instance

Explore the evolving DBA role from on-premises to Azure SQL, learn shared responsibilities, and discover skill development opportunities for becoming an Azure SQL DBA superstar.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Power BI Culture: Governance as a Gateway to Adoption, Not a Barrier

Discover strategies for creating a Power BI culture, accelerating ROI through effective governance principles and pillars of adoption and engagement.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Return Ticket from SQL Managed Instance to SQL Server - One-Click Reverse Migration and DR

Explore hybrid link setup, reverse migration, and disaster recovery between SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server 2022. Learn integrated hybrid capabilities for optimal database management.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Navigating the Skies of Open AI - Perfecting Grounding for Large Language Models

Explore ChatGPT's impact on knowledge consumption, learn about LLM grounding and vector databases, and understand OpenAI's technology for efficient data retrieval and scalability.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

JSON as a First-Class Citizen in Azure SQL Database

Explore new T-SQL features in Azure SQL Database, focusing on JSON as a first-class data type. Learn to query and manipulate JSON data, enhancing data management capabilities.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SQL Horror Stories - Cautionary Tales and Coding Tips

Explore hilarious and cringe-worthy SQL coding mishaps with Kevin Kline, learning valuable tips and tricks from these cautionary tales.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Web Scraping Puppy Data with Microsoft Fabric - 2nd Leg

Learn web scraping techniques using CSS Selectors in Power Query, m code, and PySpark within Microsoft Fabric to extract puppy data from websites.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Let End Users Drive - Empowering User Control in Power BI Reports

Empower users with interactive Power BI experiences. Learn visual personalization, Field Parameters, and Disconnected Tables to create truly user-driven reports with customizable data and refined interactivity.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video