(Pinal Dave) A few days ago, one of my clients contacted me to fix an error which they were getting while using maintenance plan – Integration Services evaluation period has expired. Here is the complete error message which was taken from job history.

(Melissa Coates) Let’s say you just heard someone mention a Power BI app. What exactly do they mean by that? Well, it depends. The term “app” is used kind of a lot in the Power BI world. So, here’s a quick reference to help you decode the conversation.

(blobeater) Now that I have your attention with a powerful title how about some context? It is quite common to get this error message when trying to connect to your Azure SQL Database which obviously resides on a “logical” SQL Server.

(boB ‘The Tool Man’ Taylor) This week’s SQL Snacks we will examine the available target types. As we have discussed in previous SQL Snacks targets are how the Extended Event system provides us output to examine.

(Koen Verbeeck) In part 1, we described the requirements for calculating attrition and also demonstrated one method that doesn’t rely on writing DAX code at all. In the second part of this tip, we introduce alternative methods of creating a calculation in DAX to calculate the number of employees tha

(Chris Webb) It might seem strange to write a blog post on how much Azure Analysis Services costs when there is a page on the Microsoft site that very clearly lists all of the SKUs and how much they cost per hour or per month in any currency and Azure region you choose:

(Pinal Dave) My lab machine is my playground. Other than my real-world client’s problem, many blogs have come from my lab machine because I keep on breaking something or another on my server.

(James Serra) Big news! The next generation of Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) has arrived. See the official announcement.

(Jovan Popovic) Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a fully managed SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud. In this post you can find a simple PowerShell script that you can use to quickly create a new Managed Instance.

(Manoj) Blockchain is a disruptive technology that is going to transform many industries in near future. Bitcoin is one of its implementation. Let’s check what is Blockchain is all about.