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A term I have only recently learned is "shift left testing." You can read more about this on Wikipedia here. The term was coined in 2001 and generally means testing earlier in the development lifecycle. Hence, shifting your testing left in the timeline. Just how left should you shift your testing, though? In my mind, so early, the rooster hasn't entirely fallen asleep yet.
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Learn how to build and format a Sankey Chart using Power BI along with step-by-step instructions.
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Learn how you can use Power BI to forecase the future trends of data.
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The multi-million-dollar question for you and your business is... what is the real business value of frequent deployments? Part one of three in this series on the value of database DevOps.
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This article looks at Window functions and how they can be used to solve problems in a different way from standard aggregate functions.
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This article illustrates how to use an SSIS external configuration file to enable the properties of package objects to be dynamically updated at run time.
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