I’m doing a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough to share. It might be some SQL function that I’d really like to be in SQL Server, it might be something else. It’s been a while since I […]
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Speaking Engagements for Fall 2022
The summer holiday is almost over, and this means conference season will be back in full swing again. I’ll be speaking at a couple of events in the second half of this year: Data Bash. A new free virtual conference focusing on the German-speaking nations in Europe. And on data of course. There are sessions […]
Book Review – Snowflake Security
When I was working with Snowflake on a project, it seemed security (assigning roles to users, assigning permissions etc.) is not as straight forward as it is in SQL Server. That’s why I bought the book Snowflake Security – Securing Your Snowflake Data Cloud, written by Ben Herzberg and Yoav Cohen, and published by Apress. […]
Book Review – Mastering Snowflake Solutions: Supporting Analytics and Data Sharing
Disclaimer: Apress gave me a free copy of the book to review. People that know me, also know I always give honest feedback 
I had the pleasure of reading the book Mastering Snowflake Solutions: Supporting Analytics and Data Sharing. The book is aimed at data professionals who have already taken their first steps developing […]
Execute SQL Scripts on Snowflake using Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory has a new activity introduced this week (around the 10th of March 2022 for you future readers): the Script activity! This is not to be confused with the script task/component of SSIS, which allows you to execute .NET script (C# for most people, or VB if you’re Ben Weissman). No, this task […]
Speaking at SQLBits 2022
I’m delighted to announce I’ll be speaking at the SQLBits conference in March 2022! I’m not delivering one session, but two this time. Well, actually, for one session I’m co-presenting with Mala Mahadevan. I’m really looking forward to this session, as it’s a not-well known topic (I hadn’t heard about it till Mala told me […]
Speaking about Snowflake at Techorama 2021
I’m delighted to announce I’m selected to give an introduction to Snowflake on Azure at the virtual Techorama event. You can find more info about the session here. The agenda of the event looks very promising. There are many great sessions related to the Microsoft Data Platform, but the other categories are great as well. […]
Speaking at SQLSaturday Denmark 2020
I’m delighted to announce I’m speaking at the virtual SQLSaturday Denmark at the 26th of September 2020. I’ll be speaking about the cloud datawarehouse Snowflake and its integration with Azure. The era of cloud data warehousing has finally begun. Gone are the days where you had to provision expensive servers and spend days configuring and […]
Speaking at GroupBy Conference – Spring 2020
I’m excited to announce I’ll be speaking at the virtual GroupBy conference this year. Thanks everyone who voted! I’ll be speaking at the European day on May 12th at 10AM UTC. My submitted session with the most votes was: The modern Cloud Data Warehouse – Snowflake on Azure (you can find more information about this […]
Cool Stuff in Snowflake – Part 12: IS DISTINCT FROM
I’m doing a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough to share. It might be some SQL function that I’d really like to be in SQL Server, it might be something else. Often you want to check the […]