For the past two years, I have had the honor and privilege or authoring SSIS Design Patterns alongside Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford, Tim Mitchell, and Matt Masson. Publication of the book – like many projects of this scope – has been delayed. The current publication date is 27 Aug 2012 and I have high confidence in this date. I take ...

Business Intelligence at RESTSeptember 8th at 1:00 PM EasternPresenter: Andy Leonard  I am honored to present Business Intelligence at REST to the PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter on 8 Sep 2009! This is going to be a fun presentation for me. I'm going to talk about my weather station and some business intelligence I've wrapped ...

I'm honored to present Incremental Loads, Change Data Capture, and SSIS 2008 to the Columbus SQL Server Users Group tomorrow evening! This is the first remote presentation I've attempted in a while. I won't be in physical attendance, only virtually. I'll be in my office in Farmville, VA. Isn't technology cool? :{> Andy

I am getting psyched about presenting to the New England SQL Server User Group in a couple weeks! On 12 Feb I'll be talking about Incremental Loads, Change Data Capture, and SSIS 2008. The bonus is I get to hang out with my friend Adam Machanic! If you read this blog and will be in the area, stop by and say Hi. :{> Andy

Code Camp RDU Fall 2008 is tomorrow (15 Nov 2008)! If you're going to be in the Raleigh area tomorrow and are interested in anything related to Microsoft technology, register and check out the sessions. I always have a blast in Raleigh! I will be presenting my popular session: Incremental Loads, Change Data Capture, and SSIS 2008. Hope to ...

I finally get to meet Brian Kelley in person! I'll be presenting Incremental Loads, Change Data Capture, and SSIS 2008 to the Midlands PASS Chapter in Columbia, SC on Thursday 2 Oct 2008! If you're in the area and read this blog, stop by and say ''Hi''. :{> Andy

I had a fantastic time presenting Change Data Capture, Incremental Loads, and SSIS 2008 to the Minnesota SQL Server User Group tonight! They're a fun bunch. It was cool to meet Lara and Mark in person - and thanks Lara for bailing me out on a couple relational engine questions! (I am such a developer sometimes...) :{> Andy

Samples updated for SQL Server 2008 CTP6 are now available at CodePlex. Notes about the updated samples can be found here. Thanks to Dan Jones for the information! :{> Andy