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I am an analytics and cloud architect, author, and trainer. An Azure-certified blogger, SAP Mentor Alumni and co-author of the SAP Press book SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide, I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting.
Resources for Microsoft Azure AZ-900 Certification
Career Development

Resources for Microsoft Azure AZ-900 Certification

Dallas MarksMay 29, 2021March 5, 2026

The Microsoft Azure AZ-900 certification is for “Azure Fundamentals”. Like the similar AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner that I earned recently,…

Investigating Active Directory Users and their Groups
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Investigating Active Directory Users and their Groups

Dallas MarksMay 20, 2021May 20, 2021

I’m not a Microsoft Windows administrator and I don’t play one on television, but sometimes I need the answer to…

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Career Updates

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Dallas MarksDecember 21, 2020March 10, 2026

My first (but definitely not last) AWS certification.

Microsoft Edge Support for SAP BusinessObjects
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Microsoft Edge Support for SAP BusinessObjects

Dallas MarksJune 8, 2020June 6, 2020

According to the most recent Supported Platforms document for SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP8, last updated April 16, 2020, the…

​​Third-Party Connectors to Universes
Semantic Layer

​​Third-Party Connectors to Universes

Dallas MarksJune 3, 2020December 11, 2025

The power of the BusinessObjects universe, the powerful semantic layer behind Web Intelligence and other SAP analytics tools, is unquestioned.…

Sheltering In Place
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Sheltering In Place

Dallas MarksApril 15, 2020February 25, 2026

I’ve been fortunate to have spent the last eight years working from home (WFH) for EV Technologies. So for the…

Apollo 11 and First Man
What I'm Watching

Apollo 11 and First Man

Dallas MarksApril 10, 2020December 18, 2025

If you think sheltering in-place with your family is difficult, imagine spending nine days in a broom closet-sized hydrogen-powered death…

Book Review: SAP HANA 2.0, an Introduction
Book Review

Book Review: SAP HANA 2.0, an Introduction

Dallas MarksApril 9, 2020April 15, 2020

SAP HANA 2.0, an Introduction [ISBN 978-1-4932-1838-7 (print), 978-1-4932-1839-4 (e-book), 978-1-4932-1840-0 (print and e-book)], by Denys van Kempen provides a…

SAP HANA Date Functions
SQL

SAP HANA Date Functions

Dallas MarksJanuary 16, 2020March 4, 2026

Learn how to use SAP HANA date functions to determine the number of years, months, days, seconds and milliseconds since the SAP acquisition of BusinessObjects.

Does Your Database Know Which Week It Is?
SQL

Does Your Database Know Which Week It Is?

Dallas MarksJanuary 15, 2020February 10, 2026

Where can you find the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform maintenance schedule calendar? SAP Release Calendar SAP maintains a release calendar…

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Dallas Marks

Dallas Marks

As a cloud and analytics practitioner, author, instructional designer, and trainer, I help organizations harness the power of analytics in the cloud, on-premise, or hybrid. I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting about analytics.

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