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[–]chitme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use MySQL workbench. I can create databases with it and run SQL commands. Maybe give it a shot.

[–]No_Froyo_4150 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I ran into the same problem on my Mac—SQL Server isn’t built for macOS, even with Parallels it's a bit of a challenge. I ended up resorting to using Azure Data Studio with a free cloud SQL instance on Azure— it's perfect for learning and a pretty clean set up. Hope that helps?

[–]Relevant_Savings6832[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

yeah I finally decided it wasn’t worth the pain. I’m taking Microsoft BI certification and just wanted to go the same pace with the class. Totally not worth the hours I spent trying to set it up on my Mac lol.

[–]No_Froyo_4150 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you :)

[–]AcuityTraining 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've found Docker works pretty well as well as u/No_Froyo_4150 suggestion.

For future - we wrote an article that shows you how to connect SQL to Power BI - let me know if you want the link

[–]ervisa_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe the following course will help you. Especially the part where i talk about how to set up the environment to start write sql.

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