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Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) 2023 Accreditation

• certifications

• badge, microsoft certified trainer

• 2023-03-01
• 2 minutes to read

I have recently been awarded the Microsoft Certified Trainer accreditation for 2023 permitting me to provide training towards Microsoft certifications.

My activities tracker for community contributions in 2022

• community

• tracker, dataweekender, data toboggan

• 2022-12-31
• 1 minute to read

A list of events and activities I have contributed to STEM and the community during 2022, including conferences, blogging, speaking, and data community activities.

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

• certifications

• badge, microsoft certified professional

• 2022-12-30
• 1 minute to read

Information on passing the AZ-400 exam and earning the Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert certification, covering CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate

• certifications

• badge, microsoft certified professional

• 2022-11-26
• 2 minutes to read

Information on passing the DP-203 exam and earning the Microsoft Certified Azure Data Engineer Associate certification, focusing on Azure data integration skills.

How to Set Up Twitter Developer API for BluebirdPS

• coding

• twitter

• 2022-11-23
• 3 minutes to read

A now-redundant process — this guide explains how to configure access to the Twitter API in order to make use of Twitter automation for PowerShell using BluebirdPS.

What to do when gitignore is not ignoring files as expected

• coding

• gitignore

• 2022-10-27
• 4 minutes to read

Gitignore lets you configure files to exclude from your git commits, but sometimes it doesn't function as expected. Here is why that happens and how to fix it.

How to move a code repository from Devops to Github

• coding

• azure devops, github

• 2022-07-17
• 3 minutes to read

A step-by-step guide describing how to migrate a git repository from Azure DevOps Repos to GitHub, preserving your full commit history using the GitHub Importer feature.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

• certifications

• badge, microsoft certified professional

• 2022-06-27
• 2 minutes to read

Information on passing the AZ-104 exam and earning the Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate certification, covering Azure infrastructure management.

SC-900: Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals

• certifications

• badge, microsoft certified professional

• 2022-06-01
• 1 minute to read

Information on passing the SC-900 exam and earning the Microsoft Certified Security Compliance Identity Fundamentals certification, covering cloud security concepts.

#DataWeekender 5 is almost here and I am hosting track 2

• community

• dataweekender, conferences

• 2022-05-07
• 1 minute to read

I am hosting track 2 at #DataWeekender 5! Find out about the amazing community talks on my track and register for this free online Microsoft Data Platform conference.

T-SQL Tuesday #148: Advice on Running a SQL User Group

• community

• tsql2sday

• 2022-03-08
• 5 minutes to read

A step-by-step guide to setting up a call for speakers using Sessionize's new user group mode for Data South Wales. Perfect for data community leaders.

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) 2022 Accreditation

• certifications

• badge, microsoft certified trainer

• 2022-03-01
• 2 minutes to read

I have recently been awarded the Microsoft Certified Trainer accreditation for 2022 permitting me to provide training towards Microsoft certifications.

My activities tracker for community contributions in 2021

• community

• tracker, dataweekender, sqlbits, data wales

• 2021-12-31
• 1 minute to read

A list of events and activities I have contributed to STEM and the community during 2021, including conferences, blogging, speaking, and data community activities.

Microsoft Azure Purview Partner Accelerator Workshop

• certifications

• badge, accelerator, purview

• 2021-11-09
• 1 minute to read

Information on the Azure Purview Partner Accelerator Workshop I attended yesterday, this was a fun challenge covering data governance with Microsoft Azure Purview.

Adding comments to Hugo using Gitalk commenting system

• hugo

• gitalk

• 2021-11-02
• 5 minutes to read

How to configure Hugo and GitHub to use the Gitalk commenting system, a modern comment component based on GitHub Issues and Preact, for adding community discussion.

#DataWeekender 4 is just weeks away! I am hosting track 2

• community

• dataweekender, conferences

• 2021-10-30
• 1 minute to read

I am hosting track 2 at #DataWeekender 4! Find out about the amazing community talks on my track and register for this free online Microsoft Data Platform conference.

I have been asked to help organise #DataWeekender!

• community

• dataweekender, conferences

• 2021-09-30
• 1 minute to read

I am excited to announce that I have been asked to join the organising team for my favourite online data conference, DataWeekender, stepping up from being a moderator.

Creating animated Gifs Using PowerPoint or Apple Keynote

• community

• social media

• 2021-07-14
• 8 minutes to read

I have been creating animated GIFs for social media using Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote. Here is a step-by-step guide showing how to produce them in both apps.

Troubleshooting iCloud Drive syncing issues on macOS

• mac

• icloud

• 2021-06-03
• 2 minutes to read

I have been having issues with iCloud Drive syncing on my Mac. Here is a summary of my findings and several troubleshooting steps you can try to resolve the problem.

Azure Data Studio NU1101 error Unable to Find Package

• data

• azure data studio

• 2021-06-03
• 1 minute to read

A guide to resolving error NU1101 'Unable to find package Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies' raised when building database projects in Azure Data Studio.