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Month: November 2025

Power BI Reportserver Goes Mainstream: Cost‑Effective On‑Prem BI with SQL 2025

Power BI Reportserver Goes Mainstream: Cost‑Effective On‑Prem BI with SQL 2025

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SQL Server 2025 hit GA on November 18, 2025, and it brings real on‑prem momentum—especially for teams invested in Power BI Report Server (PBIRS). SQL Server Standard edition now scales more comfortably, supporting up to 32 cores and 256 GB RAM (previously 128 GB), which gives mid‑size workloads room to breathe without jumping to Enterprise. That said, SSAS Tabular in Standard remains capped at 16 GB, so if Tabular models are central to your stack, that limit is still the…

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Review SQL Days – Meine Sessions und Begegnungen

Review SQL Days – Meine Sessions und Begegnungen

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English Version Es ist nun schon wieder über ein Monat her, und der stressige Alltag hat mich längst zurück. Trotzdem schaue ich gerne auf die SQL Days zurück und möchte meine Zusammenfassung hier weiterführen – diesmal mit meinen eigenen Sessions und den vielen Gesprächen, die sich ergeben haben. Session 1: Power BI Reportserver – Vielleicht nische, aber spannend Meine erste Session drehte sich um den Power BI Reportserver. Ein Thema, das bei vielen Speaker-Kollegen erstmal für Stirnrunzeln sorgt: „Power BI…

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Creating a Demo SQLite Database for Teens with IMDb and Python

Creating a Demo SQLite Database for Teens with IMDb and Python

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When you’re teaching SQL to teenagers, you don’t just want them to memorize SELECT * FROM customers. You want them to explore something fun, relatable, and realistic. That’s why I built a demo database based on IMDb movies and series for our SQL course. The goal: give students a lightweight, easy-to-install database they can query at home, while working with data they actually care about. Why SQLite + DBeaver? For a classroom setting, SQLite is perfect. It’s lightweight, requires no…

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