Author Archives: Ust Oldfield

Automating The Deployment of Azure Data Factory Custom Activities

Custom Activities in Azure Data Factory (ADF) are a great way to extend the capabilities

Instant Bot: deploying a Bot in minutes with Azure Bot Service

I had been playing around with the Bot Framework for a while but hadn’t really

Data Flow Pt 2: Vertexes In Azure Data Lake

Following on from my previous post on Job Execution in the Azure Data Lake, this

Connecting Power BI to Hive

On a recent project I was tasked with importing data into Power BI from a

Data Flow: Job Execution in the Azure Data Lake

In this blog we will deep dive into the job execution of the Azure Data

Testing the Waters: An Overview of Data Science using Azure Data Lakes

Data Science can fit seamlessly within the ecosystem of the data lake, whether this is

Azure Data Lake Store–Storage and Best Practices

The Azure Data Lake Store is an integral component for creating a data lake in

Shaping The Lake: Data Lake Framework

The Azure Data Lake has just gone into general availability and the management of Azure

SQL PASS Summit 2016–Day 3 and Reflections

Apologies for the delay in getting this blog out to you all. When PASS finished

SQL PASS Summit 2016–Day 2

Day 2, Thursday, started off with a keynote from David DeWitt on cloud data warehousing,