How do I calculate an employee’s tenure given their start date?
How can I determine a person’s age given their birth date?
In a customer conversation this week, I was asked to he… Read More
Power BI Desktop – Terms and Definitions
The following list of Power BI Desktop terms and definitions are intended to help users better understand the terminology used within the prod… Read More
HOW TO: Adding a Continent Slicer to Power BI Reports
After building Power BI reports for many customers over the past couple years, one thing is certain – people love maps. Nearly eve… Read More
Guest post by Jake Lester.
Have you ever noticed that generally you don’t read all the content that you come across on the Internet? You choose only the topics and ideas to… Read More
During President Trump's interview with NBC's Lester Don Holt Jr. yesterday, Trump said he did not get a "Letter" from the Justice Department about being under investigation.
Samples of Fed… Read More
A guest post by Beth Martel.
One of the most important things that you must do to improve the reach of your products and services throughout the web is to make Google notice you.
Getting y… Read More
A guest post by Alicia Clarke.
When you write any promotional material, to make your content more trustworthy for your audience you will need to know some copywriting sk… Read More
A guest post by Christina Battons.
Every blogger knows the secret of good writing lies in doing a lot of reading.
So if you read proper literature, you can easily turn your blog… Read More
A guest post by Vladmir Radmanov.
Although WordPress may have started out as just a blogging platform, it has transformed into a multi-dimensional content management sy… Read More
"Shields and Brooks on Trump's response to Russia probe, Scalise shooting" PBS NewsHour 6/16/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Br… Read More
Problem: SCCM Database Replication Service is not working
Solution: Service Broker had been disabled on MSDB, causing SCCM DRM to fail
I was recently called in to assist with a large System… Read More
I recently assisted in troubleshooting an issue where the error logs contained several unknown IP addresses. During this process, I created a quick dashboard in Power BI to display the loca… Read More
A guest post by Samantha Anderson.
Much like writer’s block, the need to break the creativity block can affect even the most resilient professional.
The ability to stay enthusia… Read More
A guest post by James Daniels.
Writing successful bids is a specialty that companies like Executive Compass have perfected over the years. They serve clients across three major c… Read More
Power BI Desktop and "The Case of the Missing Taskbar Icon"
For the past two years, I’ve installed and reinstalled Power BI Desktop builds hundreds of times on numerous machines. My t… Read More
Lester Lawrence "Larry" Lessig III is an American Academic, Attorney, and Political Activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Former Director of the Ed… Read More
Recently, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt headlined a story entitled “American Red Cross Fails to Pay Funds Promised to Many Harvey Victims”. The report discusses the fail… Read More
You’ve probably heard that “sitting is the new smoking,” and new research confirms this unsettling sentence. A large study published in Annals of Internal Medicin… Read More
(This is part 1 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data)
Course #1 of 10 - Microsoft Professional Orientation: Big Data
Overview: Titled as the Big Data orientation… Read More
Exploring Big Data with the Microsoft Professional Program
After the introduction of a very successful online education curriculum focusing on Data Science, Microsoft recently announced it… Read More
A guest post by Brooke Faulkner.
Not everyone has a huge marketing team cranking out different types of content.
So one answer is to leverage the content you do have across multi… Read More
A guest post by Kevin Nelson.
Have you ever wondered if you could make money from content marketing?
Apparently you can, as revenue from content marketing in 2016 stood at $28.1 billi… Read More
(This is course #7 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data)
Course #7 of 10 – Implementing Real-Time Analytics with Azure HDInsight
Overview: The “Impleme… Read More
(This is course #2 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data)
Course #2 of 10 - Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI
Foreword: For the Analyzing and Visualizing… Read More
(This is course #8 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data)
Course #8 of 10 – Orchestrating Big Data with Azure Data Factory
Overview: The “Orchestrating… Read More
(This is course #4 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data)
Course #4 of 10 - Querying Data with Transact-SQL
Foreword: For the “Querying Data with Transact-SQL… Read More
A guest post by Morris Edwards.
Writing a blog isn’t easy. It demands a high level of skill, creativity and knowledge, especially if you want to keep your readers engaged.
Recen… Read More
(This is course #9 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data)
Course #9 of 10 – Developing Big Data Solutions with Azure Machine Learning
Overview: The “Dev… Read More
(This is course #10 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data)
Course #10 of 10 – Microsoft Professional Capstone: Big Data
Overview: Course #10 brings the Micros… Read More
Troubleshooting a Power BI Dataset Refresh Error
I investigated a Power BI Dataset Refresh issue tonight that had been successfully refreshing until earlier in the day, when it began to fail… Read More
Today’s blog entry is a quick tip to get around what appears to be a Power BI Desktop splash screen that won’t go away. This is the first time I've experienced the issue and sinc… Read More
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending a lot of time discussing Power BI Report Server with my customers and colleagues. One of the most common questions I’m asked is:
What… Read More
How can I import data from a .dbf (dBase) file into Power BI?
Today’s Power BI Mailbag Question comes from a friend who often works with geospatial data and, as a result, ends up with… Read More
If you have ever started a sentence with “I’m seeing a strange issue in my Power BI Desktop report” and wondered how to investigate, this article is for you.
Over the pa… Read More
In a June 1975 article in Creem magazine, Lester Bangs, while writing about how the impact of the breakup of the Beatles, captured some of the angst that existed in rock & roll music… Read More
To those of you who have not yet gone swimming in the madcap waters of his prose, Lester Bangs was a rock & roll journalist / music critic who remains an essential read. If you peel… Read More
I’ve recently started dealing with health issues and it’s made me so aware of my overall health and well-being. Well-being encompasses feeling good mentally and spiritually, whil… Read More
Paperback Writer: The Life and Times of the Beatles, the Spurious Chronicle of Their Rise to Stardom, Their Triumphs and Disasters, Plus the Amazing Story of Their Ultimate Reunion (Mark S… Read More
Microsoft Flow – Copy files from SharePoint Online to a local PC
I recently assisted a customer with an automated workflow through Microsoft Flow that copies files from a ShareP… Read More
SWEET RELIEF SUPPORTING LESTER CHAMBERS
ON PURCHASE OF HOME
FOLLOWING THREE CANCER BOUTS AND
ON STAGE ASSAULT
At the age of 78, musician Lester Chambers of the pioneering an… Read More
By Mike O'Cull
Big Joe and the Dynaflows is the hot, blue, and righteous Washington, D.C.-based outfit of groove merchants led by drummer/vocalist/entertainer/recording artist Big Joe Maher… Read More
Watch live results and analysis of the 2018 midterm elections with NBC News’ Chuck Todd, Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie and more. To sign up for NBC News alerts, please click … Read More
Photo: Jeffry Fasano
By Martine Ehrenclou
Acclaimed rocking blues-driven guitarist, singer-songwriter, JD Simo is a gifted artist and former member of the rock band, SIMO, releasing five alb… Read More
Rock legend, guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton announces a new album, All Blues, set for release on June 7. The album is composed of his favorites blues classics, recorded with his longtime to… Read More
"Let's Face it...rock n' roll is bigger than all of us." - Alan Freed
“Ahwoooooo!” Across the Midwestern night, the airwaves carry the rowdy voice of disc… Read More
By Mike O'Cull Enduring rock music legend Peter Frampton is set to release All Blues, an all-covers collection of Frampton’s favorite blues classics that will be available June 7th, 20… Read More
NBC News, the Organization hosting the first Democratic Debates later this month, announced exactly where on Stage each Candidate will be Standing.
Night One: June 26th, Left to Right
Bil… Read More
Facebook on Monday Announced that it Removed Four Networks of “coordinated inauthentic behavior” tied to Russia and Iran from its Services as it Launches New Features designed to… Read More
CBD Drug Interactions: What You Need to Know by Aaron Cadena at CBD Origin
One of the biggest concerns we’ve come across are CBD drug interactions and if CBD is safe to take with other… Read More
Ninth Debate: Wed, Feb 19th, 9pm ET
Watch: NBC News and MSNBC
Location: Paris Theater, Las Vegas, NV
Sponsors: NBC News, MSNBC, Nevada Independent
Current Qualified Candidates: Biden… Read More
Ireland has a rich literary heritage. Writers’ Worlds have fascinated literature lovers and developed top attractions through the island. Steeped in history and cultural identity, Iris… Read More
Alabama: The Senate has approved Senate Bill 45 that would authorize an audit of the election results in three Alabama counties immediately following the 2022 election. The purpose of the li… Read More
Vice President Harris’s "Root Causes" Initiative for stemming Northern Triangle Migration to the U.S. is facing serious Headwinds before it, takes off, as Governments in Mexico and Gua… Read More
30-year-old man brutally murders parents in Malawi
A 30-year-old man, Wallen Undi, has been arrested for the brutal murder of his father and mother in Lilongwe District, Malawi.
Spokespers… Read More
WASHINGTON, September 14, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it will provide close to $2 billion in additional funding to food banks and school meal progra… Read More
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the availability of approximately $400 million to provide essential local and regional food systems coord… Read More
Tributes have been pouring in from far-flung corners of the earth, following the passing of alto saxophonist Lester Sterling, the last of three horns-men from the iconic Skatalites, the band… Read More
Lester B. Pearson, Canada's former prime minister and a key figure in the creation of NATO, would likely be disappointed with Canada's current struggle to meet its defense spending commitmen… Read More