I am honored to be presenting my first SQL Saturday session in Redmond on the 25th of this month. The session will be a PowerShell basics class, emphasis on helping people who might be starting out with PowerShell, or feel intimidated by PowerShell’s syntax or object-orientation. I have demos and material focused on PowerShell syntax in general, ...

I am honored to be presenting A Day of SSIS Friday, 13 Apr 2012 – a precon for SQL Saturday 111 in Atlanta. There is early-bird pricing in effect until the Ides of March. You can register and view details of the course topics here. Jessica Moss and Adam Machanic are also delivering precons that day: Jessica’s is Learn SSRS in a Day and Adam’s, No ...

Last Saturday, September 17, I was lucky to be able to present two sessions at an excellent SQL Saturday in the Atlanta area. The day drew a large crowd and had a great speaker lineup. All in all, a huge success, and a very well-managed event. Congratulations to the organizers! One of the highlights for me, aside from speaking, was helping out ...

Just a quick reminder I am presenting Saturday (17 Sep 2011) at SQL Satuday #84 in Kalamazoo! Check out this schedule - there are a bunch or smart people presenting... plus me! I hope to see you there! :{>

Introduction I am honored to present Designing an SSIS Framework and “I See a Control Flow. Now What?” at SQL Saturday #84 in Kalamazoo Michigan 17 Sep 2011! I See a Control Flow. Now What? This highly-interactive, demo-intense presentation is for beginners and developers just getting started with SSIS. Attend and learn how to build SSIS ...

SQL Saturday #84 : Kalamazoo, MI : September 17th I will be giving two sessions at SQL Saturday #84 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. One is on ''What's New in SQL Server Denali'' and the other, ''T-SQL : Bad Habits to Kick,'' is basically a summary of my ''Bad Habits to Kick'' blog series. SQL Bits 9 : Liverpool, England : September 29th - October ...

Autumn is creeping inevitably closer here in the US, and that means that speaking season is about to kick into high gear. Here's my current schedule for the remainder of the year:   September 8, 17:00 GMT (online) - 24 Hours of PASS webcast: ''Baseline Basics or: Who Broke the Database?''In this session, excerpted from my PASS Summit ...

Introduction I am honored to present two SSIS sessions at SQL Saturday #80 in Wheeling West Virginia 23 Jul 2011! I’m delivering “I See a Control Flow Tab. Now What?” and Designing an SSIS Framework. “I See a Control Flow Tab. Now What?” This highly-interactive, demo-intense presentation is for beginners and developers just getting started ...

Assuming all goes as planned, I will be in Columbus, OH this Friday night and Saturday for SQL Saturday 75. I really love SQL Saturday events the best of all of the events because they are very intimate in nature. As a fairly antisocial person, I sometimes get overwhelmed by the size of other events, even the SQL Rally was just barely in my ...

Introduction As you read this I am enjoying a few days away with Christy (Blog | @ChristyLeonard) – our anniversary is 1 Jun! When I return I’m on the road for a few days (more in a bit) and then I’m delivering another From Zero To SSIS! course in Farmville 6-10 Jun 2011 (there are seats available as I type, if you're interested!). Speaking of ...