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Knee-deep in TechEpisode 229In this episode, Heini and Alexander sift through some of the news that are still floating around after the chaos that was Microsoft Build. Heini takes a look at Azure API Management updates, new features with Event Hubs, and tnew capabilities and a new pricing structure for Stream Analytics, and Alexander, true to form, goes bananas over the Power BI May Update, as well as discuss Microsoft Fabric. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-06-0831 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 226In this episode, recorded on the Power BI Cruise, Alexander talks to Jeroen ter Heerdt, a product manager on the Power BI product! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-05-1838 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 220In this episode, Alexander have a conversation on diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging with Cecilia Judmann of Redgate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-04-0638 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 218In this episode, recorded in front of a live audience at SQL Bits 2023, Alexander and Heini chat with members of the audience about SQL Bits, community and why they'd attend a live podcast recording. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-03-2337 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 216In this episode, Alexander and Heini go through a bunch of Power BI and Azure news, and have a chat about last mile analytics and the fallacies of data driven analytics. Listen to the episode to get a 15% discount code for SQLBits!https://sqlbits.swoogo.com/2023/knee-deep-in-tech Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-02-0240 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 210In this episode, Alexander and Simon talk news from Azure Synapse, Power BI, Intune and Azure Virtual Desktop, as well as discuss patch management in Windows and the current state of Windows-as-a-service! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-11-1047 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 208 - Chris WebbIn this episode recorded at DataMinds Connect in Belgium, Alexander and Heini sit down with Chris Webb of the Power BI CAT team for half an hour of discussions about Power BI, the changing landscape and training! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-10-1337 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 207 - Power BI, Synapse, Static Web Apps, ADLS, Horizontal Fusion, sesssionsIn this episode Simon is in the US, so Alexander and Heini have free reign talking about Power BI, Synapse, Static Web Apps, ADLS news, Horizontal Fusion and how sessions come to be! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-09-2949 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 206 - Simon WhitelyAlexander and Heini managed to corner Simon Whitely of Advancing Analytics at Data:Scotland for a chat about Synapse, Spark and much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-09-1539 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 205 - Power BI, DAX Studio, ADFS, Networking and Synapse PoC PlaybookSimon and Heini are both scrambling to either run a conference or go for vacation and Alexander just left his current job, but despite this the trio found time to talk about multiple audiences for Apps in Power BI, DAX Studio 3, Kurt Buhler's AMAZING new blog post on designing for your future self, Simon bashes ADFS (again), AVD can now do single-sign on, Heini has managed to dig up some rather interesting networking news and the Azure Synapse PoC Playbook.The focus segment this week is all about the equipment, how, and where of working from anywhere!2022-09-0146 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 181 - interview with AI42In this episode Heini and Alexander have a chat with Eve Pardi and Håkan Silfvernagel of AI42 fame! The discussion covers AI, ethics, world domination, and might just reveal some exciting things in the works as well! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-04-2848 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 179 - ADLA going away, Power BI March update, trans-atlantic data privacy framework, Finnish datacentersIn this episode Alexander and Simon talk about some services impending doom, the Power BI March update, the new trans-atlantic data privacy framework, Bravo for Power BI and Alexander fails miserably trying to pronounce where the upcoming Finnish Azure datacenter will be located. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-03-3147 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 177 - Interview with Gregor SuttieIn this episode, Simon and Alexander talk with Gregor Suttie about being a developer in an infrastructure world, community and certifications! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-03-1051 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 174 - Marc LelijveldIn this episode, Alexander has a chat with Marc Lelijveld, a fellow Data Platform MVP and Power BI expert from the Netherlands! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-02-1042 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 172 - Interview with Chris BerghThis is an interview Heini and Alexander did with Chris Bergh, one of the founders of Data Kitchen. Enjoy 45 minutes of devops, data ops and thoughts on analytics! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-01-2747 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 171 - Intune, WhisperGate, a retiring legend and community!In this episode, also known as "MUM", Alexander and Simon talk news in Intune, take a look at insider builds, discuss WhisperGate, cheer on an absolute legend that retires, and share lots of fun stuff from the community! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-01-2045 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 170 - Interview with Ben WeissmanIn this first interview episode of the year, Alexander talk to Ben Weissman about event organization, the community and the effects of the pandemic! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-01-1349 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 167 - Microsoft Viva with Karoliina KettukariIn this episode, Alexander and Simon talk all things Microsoft Viva with the Finnish Office Apps & Services MVP Karoliina Kettukari. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-12-1646 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 166 - DevOps, AAD, AKS, ConfigMgr and security updatesIn this episode, a.k.a "bring me my backup", Alexander is busy stuffing his face with traditional Christmas food, so Simon and Heini talk about DevOps, updates to Azure Active Directory, Azure Kubernetes Services, Config Manager, security and lots of other things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-12-0951 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 165 - Delta Lake, Power BI news, Swedish datacenters, Azure networking newsIn this episode, Alexander and Heini talk about Delta Lake, the newly opened Swedish Azure datacenters, a bunch of news in Azure, and finally several updates to Power BI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-11-2545 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 163 - interview with Blythe MorrowIn this episode Alexander talk to Blythe Morrow about marketing, SQL Server, community and Star Trek! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-11-0444 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 161 - Infrastructure as code, Purview, Function apps, PPU questions and ADF networksIn this episode Alexander and Heini talk infrastructure as code, discuss several new generally available features in Azure Data Factory, Purview and Power BI Premium, non-manager roles for Azure SQL Server, and the new Azure function runtime preview! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-10-0742 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 159 - IT Sec / Info Sec, Power BI news, new Surface hardware and new certificationsIn this episode Simon outlines his view on organizing IT security and information security, Alexander cover a deluge of Power BI news, both of long for new Surface hardware, and we remember Toni with the new hybrid certifications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-09-2345 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 158 - Power BI August update, Top Secret data in Azure, Windows 11, titles and privilegesWe're back! In this episode Alexander and Simon try to remember how to podcast, and discuss the Power BI August update, the implications of Azure Government being rated for Top Secret information in the US, Power BI named the leader in the Forrester Wave, Windows 11 being imminent, the dangers of preconceptions and finally titles and privileges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-09-0243 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 157 - Summer SpecialIn this final episode before the summer break, Alexander and Simon discuss (and Simon rant) about Windows 11, news from Power BI, Windows 365 and the news from Microsoft Inspire! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-07-1947 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 155 - means, new features in SQL Server, Bye bye WVD, news from WWDCIn this episode, Alexander and Simon discuss some of the issues inherent in means, talk about two new preview features in SQL Server, cover the change in names for Windows Virtual Desktop, check out news from WWDC and as always, what's new in Config Manager! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-06-1746 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 154 - community with Tomaz KastrunIn this first of a discussion series on community, Alexander and Simon talk to Tomaz Kastrun, a data platform MVP from Slovenia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-06-1042 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 153 - data classification, Power BI news from Build, the next Windows generation and news from IntuneIn this episode Alexander and Simon talk about information classification, cover some of the (exceptional) Power BI news in the wake of Microsoft Build, discuss the upcoming next Windows generation, and what's new in InTune! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-06-0347 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 152 - Christos MatskasIn this episode, Simon and Alexander chat to Christos Matskas, a PM and a developer advocate on the identity team at Microsoft! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-05-2746 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 151 - Data modelling, cyber attacks, what's new in Intune, CfgMgr and Power BI, MS to store data in EuropeIn this episode, Alexander starts to talk and then rants about data modelling, Simon covers news in InTune and Config Manager, as well as discuss news from the RSA conference and the statement from Microsoft that they will be storing data in Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-05-2047 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 150 - Kurt BuhlerIn this episode, Alexander have a chat with Kurt Buhler from Ordina in Belgium about data, visuals and storytelling! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-05-1346 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 149 - Data Compliance, MBAS announcements, default font, Intune updates and MS Q3 earningsIn this episode, a.k.a "telemetelrelny", Alexander and Simon talk about data compliance, the deluge of Power BI announcements from Microsoft Business Applications Summit, news in Intune, the search for a new default M365 font and Microsoft's Q3 earnings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-05-0647 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 148 - DataOps, Charticulator and MS buys NuanceIn this episode, Alexander and Simon talk about DataOps, the April update of Power BI Desktop (and especially Charticulator and the Power Automate visual), Microsoft buying Nuance, news in InTune, some new Microsoft hardware and Microsoft Defender for unmanaged devices! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-04-2248 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 147 - DevOps, Power BI news and verifiable credentialsIn this episode, Alexander and Simon talk about the book "the Phoenix Project", discuss a number of improvements to Power BI, cover the new Config Manager release, look at a few DLP news and talk about "verified credentials"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-04-0847 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 146 - Data literacy, AAD outage, Power BI updates, MS buying Discord?In this episode, Alexander and Simon talk about data literacy, the recent Azure AD outage, issues with Windows updates, new Power BI updates, Microsoft in talks to buy Discord and InTune turning 10! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-2543 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 145 - Toni passing and Ignite recapIn this episode Alexander and Simon reminisce about Toni who sadly passed away early March. There are some Ignite content in there as well - somewhere. In memory of Toni, this episode is also listed as containing explicit language. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-1148 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 144 - Heini IlmarinenIn this first of many upcoming biweekly interview episodes, Alexander have a chat with Heini Ilmarinen about career twists and turns, learning and getting in to the technology field! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-0438 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 136 - Windows October Update, Power BI October Update, Azure Modular DatacenterIn this episode, Alexander and Simon talk about the Windows October Update, Power BI Desktop October Update, the new Azure Modular Datacenter, Trump's opinon on cybersecurity and why there is a huge Xbox in Flight Simulator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-2330 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 135 - WSL, AMD Zen 3, ConfigMgr and snakesIn this episode, a.k.a "the long excuse", Alexander and Simon talk about Windows as an emulation layer on a Linux kernel, the new AMD Zen 3 processor family, a new Windows Insider build, what's new in ConfigMgr and finally discuss the ins and outs of snakelike programming languages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-1229 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 132 - Richard NuckollsIn this episode, Alexander interviews Richard Nuckolls about data engineering, photography and writing books! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-09-2141 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 128 - Don JonesIn this somewhat special, vaction-y episode, Alexander talks to Don Jones about all things training! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-07-2934 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 123 - New courses, Azure networking updates, Power BI June updateIn this episode, Alexander and Simon talk about increased resistane to ransomware in Sweden, the Power BI June update, new GA features in Azure firewall and new fundamentals courses! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-06-1529 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 118 - MBAS, Surface hardware, Simon's phoneIn this episode Alexander and Simon talk about some of the news out of Microsoft Business and Applications Summit, the newly released Surface hardware and marvel at Simon's choice of a new phone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-05-0830 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 116 - Windows 10 updates, Power BI, trainingIn this episode a.k.a "Most Valuable Perkele", Alexander and Toni talk about teaching via Teams, Windows 10 updates, Toni's new AMD workstation and news in Power BI! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-04-2724 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 113 - WFH, Training, ConfigMgr news, Power BI newsIn this episode Alexander and Simon talk about working from home, training from home, look at free available training, news from ConfigMgr and Endpoint Manager, documenting with Jupyter notebooks and the read/write XMLA endpoint preview! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-04-0631 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 109 - corona, millenium bugs, Power BI, Powershell 7In this episode Alexander and Toni talk about the coronavirus outbreak shutting down events all over the world, the 20-year-late millenium bug of some Swedish trains, several new interesting features in Power BI and Powershell 7 going GA. For some reason there is something about printing in here as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-03-0927 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 107 - Training, How vs Why part II and cloud neutralityIn this episode Alexander and Simon talk about different ways of conducting training, revisit the how vs why discussion from last week, explore new changes in Windows on ARM and have a philosophical chat on cloud neutrality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-02-2030 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 105 - Talking ADF and CI/CD with TroyelIn this episode Alexander managed to corner Troyel, a Norwegian consultant and budding speaker specializing in CI/CD in ADF - whatever that is. We started by sorting out the abbreviations... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-02-1030 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 104 - SQL Server corruption, Power Platform Wave 1 and AD migrationsIn this episode Toni and Alexander talk about the Challenger disaster 34 years ago, a much smaller SQL Server disaster this week, Toni's experiences moving AD around and finally the released information about the Power Platform release wave 1! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-2931 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 100 - Erin DaviesAlexander and Simon sat down at Experts Live in Prague with the agile coach Erin Davies to have a chat about agile as a concept, yelling at people and why teams are so vitally important. Apologies for the goat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-12-0931 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 99 - Ulrika HedlundAlexander and Simon sat down with Ulrika Hedlund at Experts Live Europe in Prague to talk about passion, storytelling, user-centric thinking and unexpected functionality in Microsoft Teams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-12-0226 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 98 - Patch & Switch @ Experts Live EuropeAlexander and Simon abducted Patch & Switch (also known as Rick Claus and Joey Snow) from Experts Live Europe, and after a short, surprisingly bumpy ride in a nondescript white van, there was an interview made. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-11-2526 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 97 - Power BI, Intune and Surface ProXIn this episode, known as "cold hangover", the two somewhat under the weather hosts Alexander and Simon (Toni is out with a real cold!) discuss what's new in the Power BI November update, new exciting features in Intune, speaking at ExpertsLive and hands-on with Simon's new shiny Surface Pro X! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-11-1832 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 94 - Microsoft Ignite #6In this sixth episode from Microsoft Ignite, Alexander sit down with Reza Rad of Power BI fame to talk about technical change, sleeping and Power BI! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-11-1025 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 87 - Power BI Desktop October update, Windows 10 and speaking updatesAlexander and Simon discuss the October Power BI Desktop update and touch on a few specific things, the newly released Windows 10 1909, the both of us speaking at Microsoft TechDays as well as some updates about Microsoft Ignite! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-10-2130 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 86 - interview with Johan DahlbomIn this hundredth(!) episode, Alexander, Simon and Toni sit down with Johan Dahlbom from Microsoft to talk about Azure Private Link. Other topics of the day are the Surface event, Power Platfom release wave 2 and the new Data Box Edge! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-10-1430 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 85 - interview with Anna ChuIn this episode Simon and Alexander talk to Microsoft's Anna Chu about the hard work that go into making Microsoft Ignite! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-10-0927 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 84 - interview with Ida BergumDuring DATA:Scotland in September, Alexander sat down with Ida Bergum (Norwegian Data Platform MVP) and talked data journeys, Power BI Embedded and PowerApps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-10-0230 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 83 - Microsoft Ignite, Resetting Windows 10 and Zero-downtime PatchingAlexander and Simon talk about zero-downtime patching of Azure SQL Server, Azure Private Link, the new preview of Windows 10 internet reset, Windows Virtual desktop in Europe and Microsoft Ignite! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-09-2632 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 80In this first episode back from the (dead) vacation, the trio discuss if it is possible to turn Windows Server into a gaming rig, new exciting features in Power BI, the Azure Data Share service presently in preview, a bunch of fantastic new developments in InTune and EMS as well as share the news that Simon and Alexander will be speaking at Microsoft Ignite! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-08-2635 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 79In this episode Alexander and Simon talk to Anna Chu of Microsoft about the community side of Microsoft Ignite! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-07-2637 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 78In this last(?) episode before summer Alexander and Toni talk about Bitcoin, Azure Data Lake integrating with Event Grid, Azure Premium Files going GA, Power BI dataflow updates, the new viewer role in Power BI, Azure Bastion, Microsoft Ignite: the Tour and Toni's newfound toy: the ADRecon script! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-07-0328 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 77In this episode Alexander and Simon talk DataGrillen in Lingen, the new Raspberry Pi 4, "work spaces" in Power BI, new nifty features in Outlook, conditional access available for O365 Business and the release of Hyper-V server 2019! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-06-2730 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 75In this episode Alexander is still enjoying pneumonia, so Simon and Toni talk about news in Intune, the latest Windows Insider previews, more about 1903 and upcoming travels! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-06-0331 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 72In this episode Simon and Alexander try to sum up announcements from Microsoft Build, news from Power BI AND tidbits from the internet. We talk about the Microsoft Build keynote, SQL Server Edge, Azure SQL Server serverless, exciting news for Power BI, the upcoming preview of Teams transcription, MBAM going the way of the dodo and running IE in a tab on the new Edge Chromium browser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-05-2031 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 61In the second episode of 2019 we talk about thin clients, Simon keynoting in Germany and gallivanting in Ireland, and news with Power BI!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-01-3030 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 60In the first episode of the year, we outline some of our plans for 2019, our upcoming schedule and talk a bit about some extra special Power BI and Windows news that caught our eyes since the last time!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See...2019-01-1532 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 59In episode 59, the last episode of 2018, we look back on what the year has brought. This includes the evolution of Power BI, Microsoft acquisitions, Microsoft Virtual Desktop, Intune AppDeployment, us becoming MVPs and the future for the blog and podcast!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on...2018-12-1844 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 58In episode 58 of Knee-Deep in Tech we talk about several important Power BI blog posts, Surface Hub 2, the upcoming Chromium-based Edge browser, Windows Lite and the power of the Microsoft community! We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)!Show notes:Marco Russo - understanding numeric data...2018-12-0730 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 57In episode 57 of Knee-Deep in Tech we talk learning styles, upcoming speaking engagements, a new ConfigMgr update and the new Office icons!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)!Show notes:New Office Icons: https://news.microsoft.com/europe/2018/11/29/say-hello-to-microsofts-new-office-icons/Surface r...2018-12-0331 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 56In episode 56 of Knee-deep in Tech we talk about the November updates for Power BI, the re-release of Windows 1809, the Azure MFA outage and some upcoming work!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-11-2230 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 55Episode 55 of Knee-deep in tech was recorded at the PASS Summit in Seattle. Here Alexander interviewed two amazing people from the #SQLFamily. First up was Eugene Meidinger (@SQLGene) where we talked about Power BI, and second was Angela D. Tidwell (@AngelaTidwell) where we talked talked about data science.We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander...2018-11-1330 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 54In the fiftyfourth episode, a.k.a "the firth of November", we discuss IBM purchasing RedHat, exciting upcoming news about Power BI, the Windows Defender sandbox and upcoming travels!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-11-0430 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 53The fiftysecond episode, a.k.a "the sexy part of IT" is up! Recorded at TechDays in Stockholm, among other things we talk about the October update of Power BI and project xCloud!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...2018-10-2932 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 52In the fiftysecond episode, recorded at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, we talk to Michael Bender about community work!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-10-2430 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 51The fiftyfirst episode, a.k.a "working on working on it" is up! We talk about upcoming (now already released) features in the Power BI October release, an Ignite bag review and the Windows 1809 issues.We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)!Windows 1809 blog post Hosted...2018-10-1931 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 50The fiftieth episode is up! We talk about our MVP awards and the Microsoft hardware event. Simon spends a lot of time waxing rhetoric about the new headphones as well.We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-10-0831 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 49The fortyninth episode, a.k.a "rainshell" is up! We talk to Norwegian Data Platform MVP Cathrine WIlhelmsen about Ignite, community and chronic volunteering. As a sudden rain cut the interview short, the last half of this episode is an interview with Microsoft CSA Sarah Lean that Simon did at EvolveConf!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover...2018-10-0726 minKnee-deep in TechIgnite episode 4The fourth episode recorded at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando is up! Unfortunately Alexander was a bit confused in the beginning and said that it was the third episode, but it's really the fourth. We promise! We chat with John Deardurff, an MCT and MCT Regional Lead about certifications, the upcoming changes to certifications and how certifications have impacted our careers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-09-2725 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 48The fortyeighth episode, a.k.a "the improved fork" is up! We talk about the VSTS outage, Power BI news, the new SQL AG latency tool, new Windows builds and of course - Ignite!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...2018-09-2030 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 47The fortyseventh episode is up! We talk about the Azure outage, SQL Server Management Studio 17.9, the recent changes to the Windows servicing model and Alexander's data discovery trip to a municipality! We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-09-1029 minKnee-deep in TechPre-Ignite episode 2The second pre-ignite session deals with the schedule - how to build it, where to find the best information about sessions and tips on how to think about choosing sessions.Show notes:Power BI Session Browser: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-Gallery/Microsoft-Ignite-Session-Browser/td-p/65022Simon's picks:https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/65011?source=sessionshttps://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/65010?source=sessionshttps://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/66112?source=sessionshttps://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/64603?source=sessionshttps://myignite.techcommunity...2018-09-0420 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 46The fortysixth episode, a.k.a "Intune in time" is up! We talk Power BI dates, Swedish open data, extended support for SQL Server 2008R2 and Windows Server 2008R2, Simon's UK tour and new goodies from Office 365!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast...2018-09-0426 minKnee-deep in TechPre-Ignite Episode 1This is the first of several pre-Ignite episodes, and on this one we talk travel and packing.If you have any additions, questions or comments, tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@Bindertech)!Show notes:ESTA: https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/Noise cancelling headphones: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-noise-cancelling-headphones/Uber: https://www.uber.com/airports/mco/Lyft:https://www.lyft.com/rider/cities/orlando-flNote that both Uber and Lyft are subject to a $5.80 extra charge on pickup from the airport!...2018-08-2420 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 45The fortyfitfh episode is up, a.k.a "wheels on your biceps" where we touch on news from the summer, Power BI updates, failing to clean a Surface laptop and upcoming changes to Microsoft Learning. We also cover what's happening this fall, and the things we'll be doing up to and at Ignite! Oh, and one more thing - we couldn't cram all the info we wanted into 30 minutes, so it became about an hour. We'll try to not do that again :)We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to...2018-08-2452 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 44The fortyfourth episode is up, a.k.a the "retrospective special" where we take a look back at the first half of 2018, what we've done, where we've been and what's been happening in the world of tech. We managed to sneak in a quick discussion of Azure backups as well!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just...2018-06-1937 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 43The fortythird episode is up! We're talking Intelligent Cloud Copenhagen, ConfigMgr updates, Intune updates, Microsoft aquiring GitHub and using Power BI with Brent Ozar's first responder kit.We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-06-1131 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 42The fortysecond episode is up! We're talking huge improvements for Sharepoint and Onedrive, Azure Saturday in Munich and GDPR!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-06-0632 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 41The fortyfirst episode is up! We're talking the first SQL Saturday Finland, Surface Hub 2 and the new ConfigMgr preview!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-05-1731 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 40The fortieth episode, "a.k.a the Powerful episode" is up! This time we talk about Excel getting Power BI visuals, CosomosDB updates, the first day's keynote from MS BUILD, Power BI May update, the reborn Kinect, DJI, intelligent edge and much more!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)!2018-05-1431 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 39The thirtyninth episode, "a.k.a lost in Karlstad" is up! This time we talk about SQL Saturday Israel, the new Windows 1803 release, Global Azure Bootcamp in Linköping, Azure Data Warehouse gen 2 and ConfigMgr 1804!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...2018-05-0329 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 38The thirtyeighth episode, a.k.a "christmas buck" is up! This time we talk the Power BI April update, Microsoft TechSummit in Stockholm, the Global Azure Bootcamp we're hosting in Linköping, what's new in Intune and finally ConfigMgr!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. S...2018-04-1532 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 37The thirtyseventh episode, a.k.a "we have your racoon" is up! This time we talk Microsoft Ignite, sharing Power BI content via Azure B2B, Azure Saturday Munich, Windows Server 2019 and what Simon thinks of his Android phone!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast...2018-03-3034 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 36The thirtysixth episode is up! This time we talk Alexander's Spring Tour of '18, Power BI March update, Simon's Redmond Tour of '18 and updates to ConfigMgr!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-03-2431 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 35The thirtyfifth episode is up! This time we talk Azure ATP, our upcoming trips, the new 70-703 exam, Microsoft Teams, Power BI Embedded and webinars!We'll be doing webinars in the not-so-distant future, and we'd love for you to tell us what you want the webcast to be about!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-03-0833 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 34The thirtyfourth episode is up! This time we talk the upcoming conferences, the new SQL Server Management / SQL Operations Studio releases, the new ConfigMgr preview, Surface Pro turns 5 and the possibility of renting Hololens.As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-02-2331 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 33The thirtythird episode is up, a.k.a the "Bad SQL jokes" episode! We talk about features that are missing from Power BI, heap accolades on Alexander's new Surface Laptop, talk about ATP being available for Windows 7/8.1 and mention T-SQL Tuesday #99.As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-02-1430 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 32The thirtysecond episode is up, a.k.a the "stumped Alex" episode! We talk about the new Windows Insider build, the new service extension post from Microsoft (and what that means), the Power BI February update and a story of corruption, #SQLFamily and asking for help.As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-02-0930 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 31The thirtyfirst episode is up! This time we're recording from the Nordic Infrastructure Conference in Oslo, Norway. We talk some security, Intune vs ConfigMgr and SQL Server!As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-02-0531 minKnee-deep in TechEpisode 30The thirtieth episode is up, a.k.a the "presentation remoote" episode!We talk about what's behind the scenes of Power BI desktop, SQL Saturday Vienna (which still was held on a Friday, by the way), new builds of InTune, Windows and Windows Server, the Nordic Infrastructure conference and some presentation technique tips thrown in for good measure. As always we gladly accept tips and criticism, as well as ideas for content for us to cover. Just tweet Alexander (@arcticdba) or Simon (@bindertech)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...2018-01-2631 min