Haroon Ashraf

Haroon Ashraf's interests are Database-Centric Architectures and his expertise includes development, testing, implementation and migration along with Database Life Cycle Management (DLM).

Haroon Ashraf's deep interest in logic and reasoning at an early age of his academic career paved his path to become a data professional.

He holds BSc (Gold Medal) and MSc Degrees in Computer Science and also received the OPF merit award.

His programming career began in 2006 working on his first data venture to migrate and rewrite a public sector database driven examination system from IBM AS400 (DB2) to SQL Server 2000 using VB 6.0 and Classic ASP along with developing reports and archiving many years of data.

His work and interest revolves around Business Intelligence and Database Centric Architectures and his expertise include database and reports design, development, testing, implementation and migration.

He has recently earned "Knowledge Management and Big Data in Business" certificate from The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong.

2020 Awards MSSQLTips award

2019 Awards MSSQLTips award

2018 Awards MSSQLTips award

Category	Tip Title
Analysis Services Development	Create Tabular Model Sample from SQL Server Database - Part 1
Analysis Services Development	Creating Tabular Model Sample from a SQL Database Sample - Part 2
Azure	Azure Data Catalog Register Data Source - Part 2
Azure	Azure Data Catalog Register Data Source Through Application - Part 3
Azure	Azure Data Catalog Register Tabular Data Model and Enriching Data Assets - Part 4
Azure	Azure Data Catalog Tutorial and Overview - Part 1
Azure	Microsoft Azure Analysis Services Web Development Tools
Azure	Microsoft Azure Analysis Services Web Development Tools - Part 2
Backup	Automating Sample Database DACPAC and Setup Script Availability for Database Development Testing
Backup	Creating Multiple SQL Server Database Backup Formats in SSDT - Part 1
Backup	Manage Multiple Database Backup Formats in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) - Part 2
Data Cleansing for Validation	Learn basics of Data Wrangling in SQL by Imputing Missing Values using Drop Attribute and Mean Methods
Data Cleansing for Validation	Learn basics of Data Wrangling in SQL Server to handle Invalid Values
Data Warehousing	How to use Factless Fact Tables in a Data Warehouse Business Intelligence Solution
Database Administration	Developing Similar Structured Multi-Customer Databases with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
Database Design	Adding a Primary Key to a Prepopulated Table using SQL Server Object Explorer in SSDT
Database Design	Basics of Gitflow Workflow for SQL Database Projects Part 1
Database Design	Branching in Git with SQL Database Projects
Database Design	Gitflow Workflow Feature Branching for SQL Database Projects
Database Design	SQL Database Project with Git Feature Branch Workflow
Database Design	SQL Database Project with SQL Server Data Tools and GIT
DevOps	Adding Reference Data in Database Continuous Integration (CI) Pipeline
DevOps	Basic Database Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)
DevOps	Branching with Gitflow Workflow for SQL Database Projects
DevOps	Create and Publish SQL Database Project without using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) in Visual Studio
DevOps	Git Stash SQL Server Database Code Changes using Visual Studio 2019
DevOps	Gitflow Workflow Hotfix Branching for SQL Database Projects
DevOps	SQL Database Project Code Branching in Git
DevOps	SQL Server Reference Data Best Practices - Part 1
DevOps	SQL Server Reference Data Best Practices - Part 2
Integration Services Development	Adding a Primary Key to a Prepopulated Table using a SQL Server Integration Services Package
Integration Services Development	Create Custom SSIS Execution Log - Part 1
Integration Services Development	Create Custom SSIS Execution Log - Part 2
Integration Services Development	Error Handling in SSIS Data Flow Task - Part 1
Integration Services Development	Troubleshooting and Debugging SSIS Error Output - Part 2
Power BI	Data Masking and Unmasking Strategy for Power BI Report Testers and Business Users
Testing	Free Database Unit-Testing for SQL Server Data Tools
Testing	Free Database Unit-Testing Framework for SQL Server
Testing	Test Driven Development with Modern Database Tools using tSQLt

Tutorial	Topic
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	DAX in SQL Server Tutorial, Formulas, Functions and Examples
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	DAX in SQL Server and How it Can Be Used
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	Setup Tabular Model from SQL Server Database or Power Pivot on Analysis Server
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	Install DAX Studio for SQL Server
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	DAX in SQL Server Evaluate Statement to Retrieve Data
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	DAX in SQL Server Summarize Statement to Group Data
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	DAX in SQL Server Rollup Statement to Group and Total Data
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	DAX in SQL Server Filter Function to Filter Data
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	DAX in SQL Server AddColumns to Add New Columns to Query Results
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	Additional Learning for DAX in SQL Server
DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example	Get Free SQL Tips - DAX in SQL Server Tutorial and Example
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	SQL Server Management Studio Overview (SSMS)
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	Who Uses SQL Server Management Studio and Why
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	SQL Server Management Studio Backwards Compatibility
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	Download, Install and Update SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	Use SQL Server Management Studio to Connect to Database
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	SQL Server Management Studio Object Explorer
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	Working with Error Logs in SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	SQL Server Management Studio Maintenance Plan
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	SQL Server Management Studio Shortcut Keys
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	Using Activity Monitor in SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	Import and Export Data with SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	Working with SQL Server Agent in SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial	SQL Server Management Studio Standard Reports

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