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For those of you who weren't in my Saturday afternoon Service Broker session, the C: drive on my laptop crashed about 3 hours before that session and I was unable to boot my laptop from that point forward. Gert Drapers was kind enough to lend me one of Read More...
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Other than changing planes once at Heathrow Airport, I've never been to England, so I'm getting really excited about traveling there next week for SQLBits 9 - Query across the Mersey ! My wife and I will be spending a couple of days in London first, and Read More...
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As Adam Machanic said, Fall is the busy season for speaking, and it will be for me. Here's a brief list of what's coming up: On Saturday, September 17 I'll be in Kalamazoo, Michigan for SQL Saturday #84 , where I'll be presenting my Automate Policy-Based Read More...
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I'll be presenting at tomorrow's PASS DBA Virtual Chapter. Here's the abstract: How your business applications interact with the corporate database directly can have a dramatic impact on how successful you are, and one of the biggest issues is performance Read More...
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This year the Program Committee decided to open up the selection process to the community. I'm anxious to see how well this is received, since it'll be the people who are actively online and aware of the process who'll influence the sessions that are Read More...
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Last July I asked the assembled group at the Ohio North SQL Server Users Group meeting if they'd be interested in putting on a SQL Saturday. Enthusiastically, they said yes! A great group of people came together and met, first monthly, then every other Read More...
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The voting for sessions for SQL Rally has been going on for a couple of weeks now. This week the Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment sessions are up for voting. I didn't go into politics because I don't feel comfortable telling people Read More...
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In case you weren't aware of it, I absolutely love the SQL Server community. The people I've gotten to know have amazing knowledge, and they love sharing that knowledge with anyone who wants to learn. How can you not love that? It's inspiring and humbling Read More...
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The organizers of SQL Saturday #61 in DC (actually Reston, VA) created an Advanced DBA/Dev track for their event, which I think is cool. Both of the presentations I'll be doing there on Saturday are in that track. (In fact, they're the first two sessions Read More...
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My daughter sent me this link to an article on ESPN called Believeland , which is a bit of a Tolstoy, but gives you a bit of the feel of what it's like to be from Cleveland. We love our city, even as many of us leave it for greener (and warmer) pastures Read More...
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In conjunction with the launch of Red Gate's SQL Source Control product, I'm presenting a webinar on Thursday, November 18 at noon EST. I'll present an introduction to PowerShell for those who've never seen it, walk through the basics of the SQL Server Read More...
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I'd like to thank everyone who attended my pre-conference session at PASS on Using PowerShell to Get the Most Out Of SQL Server. It was a huge success, and (at the last count I heard) I had 63 people in attendance. The demos for the session have been Read More...
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Next week is the eagerly anticipated PASS Summit 2010 . I've attended every year since 2003, but this one is special, because I'm presenting both a Pre-Conference session and a Spotlight session! In addition to these, I'll be a contestant in Monday evening's Read More...
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This week I presented two sessions at the Fall 2010 SQL Connections conference, in Las Vegas, Automating Policy-Based Management Using PowerShell and Managing SQL Server System and Performance Data with PowerShell . I thorougly enjoyed doing both presentations Read More...
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I'll be presenting my session on Use PowerShell to Get the Most out of SQL Server twice today. This session is a one-hour intro to PowerShell and how to use it to connect with and manage SQL Server. Here's the full abstract: PowerShell is the new scripting Read More...
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