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• Two New Slide Decks. Plus, the Week in Colorado.

  Kevin provides two new session slide decks and tells about his week presenting sessions in Colorado from August 14-17, 2012. Read More... Posted Monday, August 20, 2012 11:03 AM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: DBA, IT Horror Stories, Leadership, Monitoring, On-line Resources, PASS, Performance, Professional Development, Speaking, SQL Server 2012, SQLMag, Tips, Troubleshooting, Video, Wait States

• Top Notch Database Professionals Offer More Than Technical Prowess

  I've done a poor job lately in keeping my SQLBlog posts synchronized with my professional blog . As a result, you probably haven't seen a column I've been doing on professional development for the database professional called Plays Well With Others . Read More... Posted Saturday, November 06, 2010 3:02 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: PASS, Professional Development, Tips

• It's the Atlanta Attendance Contest!

  I'm speaking tonight on Top 10 Mistakes DBAs Make at the Atlanta SQL Server User Group meeting in Alpharetta, GA. You can find all of the details here . The Best Dang Design Book for SQL Server Professionals - EVER! I thought I'd liven things up a bit Read More... Posted Monday, July 12, 2010 11:02 AM by KKline | 1 Comments Filed under: Administration, Best Practices, Database Design, PASS, Speaking, Tips

• New Webcast - SQL Server Internals & Architecture

  Join me tomorrow for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter meeting SQL Server Internals & Architecture (or view the archive). It's the most fun you'll ever have learning about the inner workings of a relational database - I promise! Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:23 PM by KKline | 8 Comments Filed under: Administration, PASS, Speaking, Tips

• Where You Can Find Me At the PASS Summit

  In previous years, I hardly had time to sit down and catch a breather at a PASS Summit . Between my duties as an officer of PASS, exhibit hall time with Quest Software (my employer), speaking in my own sessions, and meeting with PASS volunteers and community Read More... Posted Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:53 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Conferences, PASS, Professional Development, Quest Software, Speaking, Tips, Tools

• Starting the Travel Meme

  'Tis the season for travel! With the PASS Summit just around the corner and lots of other interesting events waiting in the wings, such as TechEd Europe, lots of IT people will finally be allowed to stretch their wings (and budgets) to get in some first Read More... Posted Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:31 PM by KKline | 3 Comments Filed under: PASS, Professional Development, Tips