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• Did You Know? I gave two presentations last week

  Even though I didn't make it to TechEd this year, it didn't mean I was quiet last week. On Wednesday, I was in Colorado, giving a talk for the new Colorado PASS User Group, which is a joint venture between 3 different existing groups from Colorado Springs, Read More... Posted Monday, June 14, 2010 9:05 AM by Kalen Delaney | 6 Comments Filed under: internals, user groups, SQL Server 2008, conference, compression

• Did You Know: So Many User Groups, So Little Time

  In May and June of this year, I'll be giving four user groups presentations plus speaking at a SQL Saturday event. You can check my schedule for links to the relevant sites, and a description of my topics, as soon as they are available. This post is mainly Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:23 PM by Kalen Delaney | 5 Comments Filed under: training, user groups

• Did You Know: I will not be at SQL Saturday

  As excited as I was to announce my participation at SQL Saturday in Redmond , I am having to back out. My sister-in-law died suddenly and unexpectedly last week, and I will be flying to California for the memorial service on Saturday. I will be sending Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:43 PM by Kalen Delaney | 8 Comments Filed under: user groups

• Did You Know: My Next Public Event at SQL Saturday in REDMOND

  My Boston class is SOLD OUT, but those of you in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest have an opportunity to come hear me at SQL Saturday in Redmond WA on Oct 3. I'll be speaking about compression in SQL Server 2008. Check out the schedule of 3 concurrent Read More... Posted Sunday, September 20, 2009 8:59 PM by Kalen Delaney | 5 Comments Filed under: user groups, conference, compression

• Did You Know: Free SQL Server Training on SQL Saturday

  I am pleased to announce that I have been named to the Advisory Council for SQL Saturday . You can read the announcement here and see the schedule of SQL Saturday events here. SQL Saturday is like a mini-conference close to home. If there’s not one scheduled Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:00 AM by Kalen Delaney | 5 Comments Filed under: training, user groups

• Did You Know? What's the Capital of Idaho?

  Can you say it out loud? You might have known the capital was Boise, but if you pronounced it Boy-zee, you were wrong. I was there last Wednesday for the kickoff meeting of the Boise SQL Server User Group, and was told that if I didn't pronounce the name Read More... Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 8:37 PM by Kalen Delaney | 5 Comments Filed under: food, user groups, snapshot isolation, concurrency

• Did You Know? My First Talk on SQL 2008

  I gave my first SQL Server 2008 presentation yesterday, and also spoke at a Launch Event for the first time. It was a terrific experience, primarily because it forced me to really start digging into SQL Server 2008. I had been doing so much 2005 training Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008 6:13 PM by Kalen Delaney | 5 Comments Filed under: training, Management Tools, user groups, SQL Server 2008

• Did You Know? Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City!

  They are so up-to-date, I have chosen it as one of the handful of cities on my user group tour... I'll be presenting a full day seminar on Controlling and Reusing Query Plans in SQL Server 2005. You can get more information from my schedule page at schedule.KalenDelaney.com Read More... Posted Friday, February 1, 2008 11:54 AM by Kalen Delaney | 2 Comments Filed under: training, index hints, execution plan, plan guides, user groups, seminars