Restoring a SSAS Tabular Model to Power Pivot
It is a very common scenario to create a SSAS Tabular Model out of an Power Pivot Model contained in an Excel workbook. Microsoft even created an wizard (or actually a separate Visual Studio project)...
View ArticleConfigure HTTP access to Analysis Services using PowerShell
Recently I had to setup an Analysis Services cube and expose it to external users. This is usually done by using Internet Information Server (IIS) and creating a new WebSite which hosts msmdpump.dll....
View ArticleRefresh PowerBI Datasets using PowerShell and Azure Runbooks
In June 2017, Microsoft announced a new set of API function to manage data refreshes in PowerBI. The new API basically allows you to trigger a refresh or retrieve the history of previously executed...
View ArticleProcessing Azure Analysis Services with OAuth Sources (like Azure Data Lake...
As you probably know from my last blog post, I am currently upgrading the PowerBI reporting platform of one of my customer from a PowerBI backend (dataset hosted in PowerBI service) to an Azure...
View ArticlePowerShell module for Databricks on Azure and AWS
Avaiilable via PowerShell Gallery: DatabricksPS Over the last year I worked a lot with Databricks on Azure and I have to say that I was (and still am) very impressed how well it works and how it...
View ArticleHow-To: Migrating Databricks workspaces
Foreword: The approach described in this blog post only uses the Databricks REST API and therefore should work with both, Azure Databricks and also Databricks on AWS! It recently had to migrate an...
View ArticleDatabricksPS and Azure AD Authentication
Avaiilable via PowerShell Gallery: DatabricksPS Databricks recently announced that it is now also supporting Azure Active Directory Authentication for the REST API which is now in public preview. This...
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