Azure Data Factory V2 not just has 1, but three separate connectors that all claim to hook up to Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement/Dynamics CRM! So which connector is the "right" one to use and what differences do they have? With a little help from Alan Partridge, we can clear up any confusion...
When working with Azure templates for the first time, there's always a risk of misconfiguring a setting. All fine when testing, until you realise you have been charged an unexpected amount on your credit card. In this post, I provide an example of this in practice when working with Stream Analytic Job resources.
Depending on the type of data being worked with within Power BI, you may find yourself unable to leverage Power Query to perform any data transformation required. In this scenario, such as when working with Streaming Analytic Power BI datasets, DAX can come to the rescue, and we'll see how in this post.
The introduction of Azure Data Factory V2 represents the most opportune moment for data integration specialists to start investing their time in the product. Version 1 (V1) of the tool, which I started taking a look at last year, missed a lot of critical functionality that - in most typical circumstances - I could do [...]
This may be somewhat obvious from some of my more recent blog posts, but I am a huge fan of Application Insights at the moment. The best analogy I can use for it is that it's a web developer Swiss Army Knife, that really puts you in the driving seat of understanding and maintaining your [...]
I started working with Azure Application Insights towards the end of last year, during a major project for an enterprise organisation. At the time, our principal requirement was to ensure that we could effectively track the usage patterns of a website, the pages visited, amount of time spent on each page etc. - all information [...]