Microsoft has silently added a new Group Policy (GPO) to allow Office 365 admins to block Excel users from opening untrusted Microsoft Query files with IQY, OQY, DQY, and RQY extensions. Microsoft ...

Many people avoid Power Query because they think it's too technical, but it's actually one of the safest and easiest ways to organize your data. It handles the dirty work with an intuitive interface, ...

Highlighting or even deleting duplicate records in Excel is simple but listing them isn’t as easy. Fortunately, you can use Power Query to easily display a list of duplicate values or records. Whether ...

A new spam campaign has been spotted distributing the Buran Ransomware through IQY file attachments. When opened, these Microsoft Excel Web Query attachments will execute a remote command that ...

Microsoft introduced the Query Store when they released SQL Server 2016 and it can track statement performances, pinpoint queries and more. DBTA recently held a webinar focused on the new features and ...

Trying to sift through data from Microsoft cloud services can be difficult, but learning how to use the company's Kusto Query Language helps you find the information you need. KQL is a read-only ...

Chris Webb shared a two part article on optimizing the performance of Power Query merges. Known as joining in SQL, merging in Power Query can result in performance issues when refreshing. Using a CSV ...

Microsoft Graph provides one unified API to search all content in SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, and other Microsoft 365 services. That changes how we build SharePoint applications. SharePoint’s role ...