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ASF 025: Rob Farley interview

Rob Farley is a Microsoft Certified Master, Microsoft Certified Trainer and is a recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award for SQL Server since 2006. Rob provides consulting and training courses around the world in SQL and BI topics. His community involvement keeps him quite busy -  as well as running the Adelaide [adelejde] SQL Server User Group, he is a former Director of PASS and helps co-ordinate many events around the world.He has also assisted Microsoft Learning in developing many certification exams, writes a blog and co-writes "Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting".On his blog, you can find him writing about various SQL topics, particularly T-SQL and the Query Optimizer.This talk has taken place during SQLDay Summit 2019 in Wroclaw, Poland on 13 May 2019 (Monday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowinski, Michal Sadowski.

ASF 024: Leila Etaati interview

Leila Etatti is an AI MVP, mentor, trainer, speaker and consultant. She spoke in some important conference such as Microsoft USA Ignite, Microsoft Data Insight Summit, SQL PASS, SQL PASS BA, Difinity. She has over 10 years’ experience working with SQL server. She was involved in many large-scale projects for big sized companies as SQL Server and BI consultant. She worked in Industries including banking financial, power and utility, manufacturing. Leila is Ph.D. of Information System department, University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is a lecturer of BI and Machine Learning courses. Leila is an active Technical Microsoft AI blogger for RADACAD.This talk has taken place during MVP Summit 2019 in Redmond, WA (USA) on 22 March 2019 (Friday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowinski, Marek Matuszewski.

ASF 023: Amit Bansal interview

Amit R S Bansal is a SQL Server Specialist at SQLMaestros (brand of eDominer Systems). He leads the SQL and BI practice with a much-focused team providing consulting, training and content development services to more than 160+ SQL customers globally. He frequently speaks at international conferences including Data Platform Summit (India), MS Ignite (US), SQLBits (UK), PASS Summit (US) & SQL Saturday events across the globe. Amit is also honoured with Microsoft Regional Director status, MVP award and Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) of SQL Server credential. Amit has been working with SQL Server since 1999 and has been part of countless mission-critical SQL deployments. Performance Tuning in SQL Server is his core area of expertise.This talk has taken place during SQLBits 2019 in Manchester (UK) on 1st March 2019 (Friday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowinski (T), Michal Sadowski (T)

ASF 022: Guy in a Cube interview (part 2)

How much extra commitment helps at work and what else?In what position did Patrick no good and why he was sweating?What is tremendously difficult for Patrick, but is child's play for Adam?Who is Adam's mentor and how has he started speaking on workshops?In this episode is predominantly about commitment, youtube, extra efforts, moments of discouragement, how to do things well and how to start.There will be a few things about Star Wars, Power BI and Microsoft teams, Kerberos and DTS too.Guy in a Cube is all about helping you master business analytics on the Microsoft Business analytics stack to allow you to drive business growth.They are just two guys that do the work.Adam & Patrick look at how to leverage Microsoft Business Analytics to allow you to gain knowledge that is needed to shape the data your business cares about. This includes Power BI, Reporting Services, Analysis Services and Excel. If you work with our business analytics products or services, be sure to subscribe and join in the discussion with their weekly content on YouTube channel.Adam Saxton and Patrick LeBlanc are Microsoft employees.This talk has taken place during SQLBits 2019 in Manchester (UK) on 28th February 2019 (Thursday).Interviewers: Prathy Kamasani (T), Kamil Nowinski (T).

ASF 021: Guy in a Cube interview (part 1)

Do you want to know why actually YouTube?What tool Adam does use for post-production?Why the very first movies were like "awful"?Who has been scared to death and why?What were the circumstances of joining Patrick to the team and what's fun fact related to his name?And finally: how did the YOOO become a hallmark - get know the entire story about it.Guy in a Cube is all about helping you master business analytics on the Microsoft Business analytics stack to allow you to drive business growth.They are just two guys that do the work.Adam & Patrick look at how to leverage Microsoft Business Analytics to allow you to gain knowledge that is needed to shape the data your business cares about. This includes Power BI, Reporting Services, Analysis Services and Excel. If you work with our business analytics products or services, be sure to subscribe and join in the discussion with their weekly content on YouTube channel.Adam Saxton and Patrick LeBlanc are Microsoft employees.This talk has taken place during SQLBits 2019 in Manchester (UK) on 28th February 2019 (Thursday).Interviewers: Prathy Kamasani (T), Kamil Nowinski (T).