--- title: The Coeo Blog | Andy Jones (2) description: "I am a principal consultant at Microsoft Gold Partner Coeo. My passion is helping customers profit from their data using the Azure cloud platform, SQL Server and Power BI. \n\nSince 2001 I have been a Consultant, SQL Server DBA, Developer and Business Intelligence professional and am a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics and hold the Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science. Presenting at data community events and blogging about data and analytics are also activities I much enjoy.\n\nMy home is North Wales, where I live with my wife and three children. In addition to family and data, my passion is marathon running. (2)" --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## Andy Jones ![](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg) I am a principal consultant at Microsoft Gold Partner Coeo. My passion is helping customers profit from their data using the Azure cloud platform, SQL Server and Power BI. Since 2001 I have been a Consultant, SQL Server DBA, Developer and Business Intelligence professional and am a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics and hold the Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science. Presenting at data community events and blogging about data and analytics are also activities I much enjoy. My home is North Wales, where I live with my wife and three children. In addition to family and data, my passion is marathon running. Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [What will Azure Cost You? Eight Tools to Help](https://blog.coeo.com/what-will-azure-cost-you-eight-tools-to-help) ***You don't pay for Azure services, you only pay for things you forget to turn off.*** [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/what-will-azure-cost-you-eight-tools-to-help) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | April 02 , 2020 ## [Five Reasons You Should Choose Cosmos DB](https://blog.coeo.com/five-reasons-you-should-choose-cosmos-db) *“Using the word cosmos rather than the word universe implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity; the opposite of chaos”* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos) [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/five-reasons-you-should-choose-cosmos-db) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | March 24 , 2020 ## [Power BI Premium vs Azure Analysis Services](https://blog.coeo.com/power-bi-premium-vs-azure-analysis-services) Your Power BI data model resides in one of two cloud services: - Power BI, or - Azure Analysis Services. ***Which will you choose? Read on....*** [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/power-bi-premium-vs-azure-analysis-services) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | February 17 , 2020 ## [The unseen dangers of Self-Service Power BI](https://blog.coeo.com/self-service-power-bi) [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/self-service-power-bi) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | January 07 , 2020 ## [Turbo-Charge your Power BI Data Model in 13 Easy Steps](https://blog.coeo.com/turbo-charge-your-power-bi-data-model) Import | Visualise | Publish It’s as easy as that and the reason Power BI usage has exploded: putting the power of data in the hands of users. Take time, go the extra mile and enrich your model. Become the Power BI superhero who delivers fantastic content users find a pleasure to navigate. Ensure.. [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/turbo-charge-your-power-bi-data-model) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | November 12 , 2019 ## [Power BI Security in Ten Steps](https://blog.coeo.com/ten-steps-to-secure-power-bi) Are you fearful of migrating to a new data visualisation solution or hosting data in the cloud? The power of Power BI is too much to ignore and offers many security features to ease your concerns. [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/ten-steps-to-secure-power-bi) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | May 30 , 2019 ## [Dataflows – the Future of Power BI](https://blog.coeo.com/dataflows-the-future-of-power-bi) Ready to create an enterprise Power BI solution with no data warehouse? Read on. [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/dataflows-the-future-of-power-bi) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | January 08 , 2019 ## [Get DRY with Power BI](https://blog.coeo.com/get-dry-with-power-bi) Save yourself time working with Power BI. [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/get-dry-with-power-bi) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | May 14 , 2018 ## [You Must Upgrade SQL Server to Stay Secure](https://blog.coeo.com/you-must-upgrade-sql-server-to-stay-secure) A whole series of “speculative execution side-channel attacks” were disclosed in the first week of 2018, as detailed in this Microsoft article: [https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002](https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002) Major security events like this highlight the severe risk companies are taking.. [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/you-must-upgrade-sql-server-to-stay-secure) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | January 12 , 2018 ## [Power BI – 15 Ways to Share Data](https://blog.coeo.com/power-bi-15-ways-to-share-data) Power BI is free of charge to use. Anyone can download the Power BI Desktop application from the Microsoft Store, import and mashup data from various sources and create beautiful visualisations of business metrics.There comes the point, however, when you wish to share this content with your.. [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/power-bi-15-ways-to-share-data) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | January 10 , 2018 [Load more](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones/page/3) ### Recent posts ### Categories - [SQL Server (118)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server) - [Azure (58)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure) - [Microsoft (49)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/microsoft) - [Dedicated Support (47)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/dedicated-support) - [Coeo News (43)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/coeo-news) - [Professional Development (34)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/professional-development) - [Industry News (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/industry-news) - [cyber security (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cyber-security) - [power bi (25)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/power-bi) - [Opinion (21)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/opinion) - [Cloud (17)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cloud) - [Business Intelligence (16)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/business-intelligence) - [analytics (15)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/analytics) - [Security (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/security) - [career (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/career) - [SQL Server updates (13)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server-updates) - [windows Updates (11)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/windows-updates) - [Azure Databricks (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-databricks) - [data platform (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-platform) - [Clustering (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/clustering) - [Finance (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/finance-news) - [podcast (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/podcast) - [azure sql database (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-sql-database) - [data (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data) - [Data Science (7)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-science) ### Popular posts ![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/logo-invert.png) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | info@coeo.com ## Contact Us By clicking submit below, you consent to allow Coeo to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested. 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