Mattias De Smet

Jun 16 2020

Business Intelligence

SSAS : Locale Error while processing cube

by mattias

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In the past I came across two strange errors when processing a cube: Locale 8129 not supported – this was just a warning, processing succeeded. Still, it didn’t radiate confidence....

analysis services, cube, device attached, not functioning, processing, registry, sql, SQLServer, ssas

Jun 14 2020

Business Intelligence

SQLServer : disable inactive logins

by mattias

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SQLServer doesn’t have a functionality to expire accounts if they have not been used for a certain amount of time. Sometimes this can come in handy, e.g. in an environment...

administration, datawarehouse, db, dba, disable, history, login, logon, sql, sqlagent, SQLServer, table, trigger, tsql

Jun 07 2020

Business Intelligence

Create REST API on SQLServer database

by mattias

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In the past SQLServer offered native webservice support, but this was deprecated in SQLServer 2008 and recommended to be replaced with WCF or .Net custom application. Since many applications require...

.net, access_token, api, authorization, bearer, controller, database, db, get, json, oauth2, register, SQLServer, swagger, swashbuckle, test, web

Jun 03 2020

Azure, Business Intelligence

Azure SQL DB: setup AD Authentication

by mattias

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Follow below steps to allow Azure AD users and groups to connect to your Azure SQL database: create a User in Azure AD optionally: create a Group in Azure AD...

active directory, ad, authentication, azure, db, external provider, group, sql, user

Jun 01 2020

Azure

Azure : Change VM RDP port number

by mattias

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Here are three easy ways to change your RDP port number of an Azure VM. 1. Azure Portal This is a good way when you don’t want to login to...

azure, compute, os, port, portal, portnumber, powershell, rdp, scripting, vm