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I have done another video for this years Festive Tech Calendar.

It shows how to query Christmas presents stored in csv or parquet files using Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse Analytics.Plus, Delta Lakes.

And yes, it does contain a naughty list

youtube.com/watch?v=UAgDKmX2NR

Updated this post so that contains a link where you can view other ways of opening up the web-based editor to view and Database projects

kevinrchant.com/2021/10/04/upd

Published yesterday. A six-minute crash course about Synapse Studio.

Consider this a follow-up highlighting new features such as Azure Synapse Link for SQL

kevinrchant.com/2022/12/08/six

I had a pull request approved for the readme for the module in .

See if you can spot the new paragraph about .

github.com/dataplat/dbops

Great to see that my new employer is a supporter and is giving the tech community a chance to win a festive set.

Click on the link below to see how you can take part.

festivetechcalendar.com/Home/S

I had no idea how much of a difference setting my mouse cursor to be larger was making until I watched my recent videos.

Feel free to judge for yourself.

youtube.com/watch?v=87gNrueVRF

All, I have updated the README for this repository that contains a template to perform CI/CD for SQL database.

Reflects fact that it now contains a second workflow which connects to Azure KeyVault.

github.com/kevchant/GitHub-Azu

Sharing some interesting links on LinkedIn relating to this years .

Including how you can donate to the charity, view the agenda and win prizes.

linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l

Did anybody else notice the advertisements scattered around Seattle during ?

A couple of people have asked about the repo that comes along with last months Azure Synapse and MVP series video.

You can find it in the text underneath the video.

youtu.be/87gNrueVRFU

Of course, appreciate that this will be useful for those who work with and are currently working for an partner as well

Great news to finish the month with.

Just found out that another trainee that I have been coaching has just gained their third certification by passing the DP-203 Azure data Engineering exam.

I always thought Jamie Oliver was cheating a bit when he said two Dutch words in a Dutch TV ad, until I did the same thing for a community video today

Hi all, I have updated the below post to include a link to the video for the November 2022 edition of the Azure Synapse Analytics and MVP series

kevinrchant.com/2021/11/15/ci-

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