09Nov 2016 by Grant Fritchey 1 Comment

Azure Data Platform Learning Resources

Azure
I know that more and more of you are moving more and more resources into the Azure Data Platform. In an effort to help you learn about all that Azure offers I created a GitHub repository of blogs, teachers, courses, etc. It's open to the community to update. New material has been recently added and there will be more and more all the time. Check it out. If you know of resources that should be listed there, please issue a branch pull and add them right in. This is your resource.
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30Sep 2016 by Grant Fritchey 2 Comments

Azure Data Platform Resources

Azure
A few months ago I created a GitHub repository for the purpose of building and maintaining a list of resources for Azure Data Platform training. You can see it here. My goal in putting this into GitHub instead of just running it on my blog is to make it a community resource. I want all of you to maintain it. If you're teaching a class (one hour or one week, I don't care), I'd like you to add yourself to the instructors list. If you have a blog where you post Azure content, please, add your blog. Are you a PowerBI monster? Get on the list. Please, help me create and grow this list so that people have a central, public, resource for this information. More and more of you are…
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17Aug 2016 by Grant Fritchey 1 Comment

Updates to Azure Data Platform Learning Resources

Azure
I'm acting as the curator to a list of Azure Data Platform Learning Resources. It's speakers and teachers, blogs, articles and more, all focused around the Azure Data Platform. I have it hosted on GitHub so that anyone can contribute. There have been several updates recently that you may want to take a look at. If you're looking for where and how to get started in the Azure Data Platform, this is a great resource to get you going. If you're teaching the Azure Data Platform, anything from PowerBI to DocumentDB to Azure SQL Data Warehouse and all the stuff in between, please add your information so that this list is up to date.
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29Mar 2016 by Grant Fritchey 2 Comments

Do You Teach Azure Data Platform?

Azure, Professional Development
I offer instruction on the Azure Data Platform, and have for about six years, since shortly after it came out. I started using Azure SQL Database (although it had a different name then) Day 1. I know a few other people who don't work for Microsoft, but have been actively pursuing Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure VMs, and pretty much all the Microsoft Data Platform. I'm not counting the BI people who have dived into PowerBI and related tech. The BI people, who are generally pretty smart, jumped on Azure with both feet. I'm talking about the data platform aspect of Azure. The people that I know who regularly teach classes are (in no particular order, sheesh, you people): Karen Lopez(b|t) Denny Cherry(b|t) Jes Borland (b|t) Thomas LaRock (b|t) Joe D'Antoni…
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