In my most recent commentary for SQL Server Magazine, online here:http://www.sqlmag.com/article/training-and-certification2/sql-server-training-options-140429, I talked about different options for making training content available online. As an addendum to that, I’d like to mention that one of my training partners (Benchmark Learning in ...

After spending 5 months in Boston last summer and fall, I'm going back again, to teach my 5-day SQL Server Internals and Query Tuning class for Boston SQL Training. Last time I taught my course there, we had a completely full class with a waiting list. So I'm going to offer the course again! The class will be delivered April 11- 15 but early bird ...

If you're reading this blog, you're undoubtedly already familiar with Kalen Delaney. She's been writing the premier internals book series for Microsoft since SQL Server 7.0, teaching SQL Server for many years before that, and is known as one of the most knowledgeable people in the world when it comes to how SQL Server works and the art of applying ...

Yesterday was a rebroadcast of the index internals seminar I presented last February, and I had forgotten how long it was. I was in a chat room the whole time, and the questions just kept coming, fast and (not so) furious! Thanks to all the participants for making it a really exciting 5 hours for me. I really appreciated all your enthusiasm. My ...

TechEd starts in 3 weeks, and I'm not going to make it this year. I had very much wanted to visit New Orleans post-Katrina and see the recovery for myself. I attended a couple of TechEd's there many years ago, but my primary reason for visiting that fabulous city was because my daughter went to school there. She graduated from Tulane University in ...

I am really jazzed! The seminar was over 3.5 hours in length, and we had 3 15-20 minute breaks, during which questions just kept coming in the chat room. I barely got out to refill my coffee! But there were some great questions and a really enthusiastic audience, so I want to thank everyone who participated. I stuck around afterwards for more ...

No, this is not an early response to the next T-SQL Tuesday topic. Rob Farley will be hosting that one, and wants us to write about relationships. So getting warm doesn't refer to a nice cozy relationship by the fire, while the snow is relentless in Chicago and the world is frozen in the Northeast. Not to mention Scandinavia, where I'll be going ...

The class next week was full, but we just had two cancellations today. So now you have a chance to take my SQL Server Internals and Tuning class next week, at the wonderful Cornerstone Training Center, right outside of Stockholm. (I promise I'll have another geeky post this week, before I leave for Sweden on Friday. Plus, I'll try to contribute ...

The Boston class was so successful, both for me and for all the attendees, that I have been persuaded to do another public class on the East Coast.  This one is being arranged by Scott Klein, of the South Florida SQL Server Users' Group, and will be held March 22 - 26 in Fort Lauderdale.  You can find more information and registration ...

As I've mentioned here, for the first time in many years I have decided to offer a public class through a new training partner: Boston SQL Server Training. The class, being organized by Adam Machanic, is scheduled for the week of October 12. I have been very pleased with the interest, and the course was full enough to be guaranteed to run several ...