Andy Leonard
@andyleonard.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, Fabric Data Factory, ADF, and SSIS guy, data engineer, author, consultant, slave for Jesus (Romans 1:1) http://linktr.ee/AndyLeonard
My friend and brother from another mother, @buckwoodymsft.bsky.social, shares an insight this Monday morning regarding data literacy (www.linkedin.com/posts/buckwo...). When I deliver training, I often mention the book "How To Lie With Statistics." 1/2
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My friend and brother from another mother, @buckwoodymsft.bsky.social, shares an insight this Monday morning regarding data literacy (www.linkedin.com/posts/buckwo...). When I deliver training, I often mention the book "How To Lie With Statistics." 1/2
My latest blog post is titled "Join me 17 Dec 2025 for A Day of Azure Data Factory Live, 1-Day Training" and includes a coupon code to save 10%! Read more at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/join.... #adf #live #training
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
My latest blog post is titled "Join me 17 Dec 2025 for A Day of Azure Data Factory Live, 1-Day Training" and includes a coupon code to save 10%! Read more at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/join.... #adf #live #training
Stephen Leonard and I are planning an exclusive, Substack-only livestream at 12:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025! To be notified, subscribe (for free!) to my newsletter, Engineer of Data, at engineerofdata.substack.com. The stream link is open.substack.com/live-stream/... #adf #framework #stream
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Stephen Leonard and I are planning an exclusive, Substack-only livestream at 12:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025! To be notified, subscribe (for free!) to my newsletter, Engineer of Data, at engineerofdata.substack.com. The stream link is open.substack.com/live-stream/... #adf #framework #stream
My latest newsletter is available. It's titled "SSIS is Dead. Long Live SSIS!" Read it at engineerofdata.substack.com/p/ssis-is-de.... #ssis #notdead #SQLServer2025
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My latest newsletter is available. It's titled "SSIS is Dead. Long Live SSIS!" Read it at engineerofdata.substack.com/p/ssis-is-de.... #ssis #notdead #SQLServer2025
My latest blog post is titled "Create a SQL Server 2025 SSIS Catalog Using SSMS v22" and is available at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/crea.... #ssis #catalog #sqlserver2025 #ssmsv22
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My latest blog post is titled "Create a SQL Server 2025 SSIS Catalog Using SSMS v22" and is available at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/crea.... #ssis #catalog #sqlserver2025 #ssmsv22
My latest blog post is titled "One Way to Install SQL Server 2025" and is available at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/one-.... #sqlserver2025 #installation
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My latest blog post is titled "One Way to Install SQL Server 2025" and is available at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/one-.... #sqlserver2025 #installation
"One Way to Install SSMS v22 (Preview 3)" is my latest blog post. It's available at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/one-.... #SSMS
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"One Way to Install SSMS v22 (Preview 3)" is my latest blog post. It's available at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/one-.... #SSMS
"It’s cool to see SSIS support continues for the many Microsoft customers still using the platform for data integration." - from my latest blog post titled "Add the SSIS Extension to Visual Studio 2026 Insiders." Read more at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/add-.... #SSIS #VS2026
October 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"It’s cool to see SSIS support continues for the many Microsoft customers still using the platform for data integration." - from my latest blog post titled "Add the SSIS Extension to Visual Studio 2026 Insiders." Read more at andyleonard.blog/2025/10/add-.... #SSIS #VS2026
"We’ll be vibe coding an application to manage the Azure Data Factory execution orchestration framework we’ve been building since early 2025." - from "Vibe Coding an Orchestration Framework App," my latest newsletter available from open.substack.com/pub/engineer.... #claudecode #ai #adf #framework
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"We’ll be vibe coding an application to manage the Azure Data Factory execution orchestration framework we’ve been building since early 2025." - from "Vibe Coding an Orchestration Framework App," my latest newsletter available from open.substack.com/pub/engineer.... #claudecode #ai #adf #framework
"Stephen was independently and inherently understanding the power of AI agents - so much so that he was reproducing the work of a professional AI company within days of them releasing said work." - from my latest newsletter available at engineerofdata.substack.com/p/announcing... #ai #mcpserver
September 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Stephen was independently and inherently understanding the power of AI agents - so much so that he was reproducing the work of a professional AI company within days of them releasing said work." - from my latest newsletter available at engineerofdata.substack.com/p/announcing... #ai #mcpserver
Lord willing, I've decided on my 2026 Bible reading plan. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
September 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Lord willing, I've decided on my 2026 Bible reading plan. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
I've seen a few misspellings of the organization Charlie Kirk founded. It is "Turning Point USA." You can learn more about the organization at tpusa.com. You can make a donation to help support Charlie's widow and their children, if you are so inclined. I just did.
September 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I've seen a few misspellings of the organization Charlie Kirk founded. It is "Turning Point USA." You can learn more about the organization at tpusa.com. You can make a donation to help support Charlie's widow and their children, if you are so inclined. I just did.
My latest newsletter, "An SSIS Framework Odyssey," is available 10 Sep 2025 at engineerofdata.substack.com :{>
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My latest newsletter, "An SSIS Framework Odyssey," is available 10 Sep 2025 at engineerofdata.substack.com :{>
I just posted a short video about SSIS Framework Manager (bsky.app/profile/andy...), software I've dreamed about building for, well, for a long time now. I'm excited to reach this milestone! :{>
September 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I just posted a short video about SSIS Framework Manager (bsky.app/profile/andy...), software I've dreamed about building for, well, for a long time now. I'm excited to reach this milestone! :{>
Coming soon: SSIS Framework Manager supports metadata-driven enterprise data integration orchestration.
September 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Coming soon: SSIS Framework Manager supports metadata-driven enterprise data integration orchestration.
I confess: I love watching the Fabric Navigator Workspace treeview load! Version 0.1.5 is free and available at delmsuite.com/product/fabr.... Detailed instructions for configuring security are here: andyleonard.blog/2025/08/conf...
August 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I confess: I love watching the Fabric Navigator Workspace treeview load! Version 0.1.5 is free and available at delmsuite.com/product/fabr.... Detailed instructions for configuring security are here: andyleonard.blog/2025/08/conf...
I no longer use search engines.
August 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I no longer use search engines.
My latest blog post is titled "Announcing AI Wednesdays!" and is now available at andyleonard.blog/2025/08/anno.... #ai #vibecoding #data
August 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My latest blog post is titled "Announcing AI Wednesdays!" and is now available at andyleonard.blog/2025/08/anno.... #ai #vibecoding #data
My latest blog post is titled "Configure Security to Read Fabric Artifacts" and is available at andyleonard.blog/2025/08/conf.... #fabric #security #navigator #delmsuite
August 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My latest blog post is titled "Configure Security to Read Fabric Artifacts" and is available at andyleonard.blog/2025/08/conf.... #fabric #security #navigator #delmsuite
"I’m excited to announce Enterprise Data & Analytics has an AI Engineer.
I’m more excited to announce that EDNA’s AI Engineer is my older son, Stephen Leonard!"
- from my latest blog post, titled "Stephen Leonard, AI Engineer, Enterprise Data & Analytics". 1/2
I’m more excited to announce that EDNA’s AI Engineer is my older son, Stephen Leonard!"
- from my latest blog post, titled "Stephen Leonard, AI Engineer, Enterprise Data & Analytics". 1/2
August 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"I’m excited to announce Enterprise Data & Analytics has an AI Engineer.
I’m more excited to announce that EDNA’s AI Engineer is my older son, Stephen Leonard!"
- from my latest blog post, titled "Stephen Leonard, AI Engineer, Enterprise Data & Analytics". 1/2
I’m more excited to announce that EDNA’s AI Engineer is my older son, Stephen Leonard!"
- from my latest blog post, titled "Stephen Leonard, AI Engineer, Enterprise Data & Analytics". 1/2
I'm honored to present at the PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle in November! Learn more at passdatacommunitysummit.com/sessions/1591. :{> #fabric #dataengineering #hybrid /cc @PASSDataSummit
August 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I'm honored to present at the PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle in November! Learn more at passdatacommunitysummit.com/sessions/1591. :{> #fabric #dataengineering #hybrid /cc @PASSDataSummit
Leaving this reminder here for Future Andy...
July 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Leaving this reminder here for Future Andy...
My latest blog post is titled, "A New Endeavor and New (Free!) Product". Check out FDF (Fabric Data Factory) Pipeline Navigator. It's new! It's free! It simplifies navigation between pipelines! Read more at andyleonard.blog/2025/07/a-ne.... :{>
July 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My latest blog post is titled, "A New Endeavor and New (Free!) Product". Check out FDF (Fabric Data Factory) Pipeline Navigator. It's new! It's free! It simplifies navigation between pipelines! Read more at andyleonard.blog/2025/07/a-ne.... :{>
The next Engineer of Data newsletter drops in a couple hours. in it, I describe some of my experience delivering my first application leveraging Claude AI for vibe coding. Short version: Claude helped. Sign up today at engineerofdata.com! :{>
July 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The next Engineer of Data newsletter drops in a couple hours. in it, I describe some of my experience delivering my first application leveraging Claude AI for vibe coding. Short version: Claude helped. Sign up today at engineerofdata.com! :{>
Announcing Fabric Data Factory Pipeline Navigator! It's new! It's free! It simplifies navigation between pipelines! :{> delmsuite.com/product/fdf-...
July 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Announcing Fabric Data Factory Pipeline Navigator! It's new! It's free! It simplifies navigation between pipelines! :{> delmsuite.com/product/fdf-...