SQL Saturday Birmingham is on March 18th and I will be there! We will be looking at Power BI and the new features it brings to SharePoint modern pages! You can find out more about the event, as well as register on their website. [UPDATED] The #SQLSatBham event was great – a well-run program! I really enjoyed my time in Birmingham and if you have the chance to attend next time you should! Good crowd #sqlsatbham pic.twitter.com/Ac2uO3sLjc — Daniel Glenn (@DanielGlenn) March 18, 2017 My session was fun and I had a great turnout. Talking about how Power BI and SharePoint together can tell a great data story is always…
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SharePoint Fest DC 2017
For the latest 365EduCon information (formerly SharePoint Fest), go to this page: 365EduCon Information and Discount Code Use code GlennDC200 for $200 off registration! I am so pumped up about the upcoming SharePoint Fest in Washington D.C.! First, I am once again joining the #SPFest team and delivering two SharePoint sessions! Second, the #SPFest events are great for networking and connecting with vendors. Third, it has been a while since I have been to the nation's capital and I am looking forward to meeting new friends! Go ahead and register for the event on the SharePoint Fest website. This fantastic event will not disappoint!
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SharePoint 2016 and Maximum Degree Of Parallelism (MAXDOP)
I was a speaker at five SQL Saturdays this year and at each one of them I was asked why SharePoint requires the SQL Server Maximum Degree Of Parallelism setting to be set equal to 1. After explaining the reason, I would get a blank stare and then a response like “so SharePoint is inefficient and is hard-coded to look for MAXDOP=1?” Knowing that I would be asked the same question again at the next SQL Saturday, in late July I sent out a tweet trying to get an answer to the question: “Will SharePoint Server 2016 require MAXDOP to be equal to 1?” The only response I received was…