Events
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8 Hours of Free Performance Training
How could you possibly argue with getting 8 straight hours of SQL Server Performance training for FREE? You can’t! Go check out the annual Performance Palooza hosted by the Performance Virtual Chapter on July 23rd, 2015. This is a virtual online event open to the public and it’s absolutely free. We’ll have 8 back to…
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PASS Summit 2014 Day 2 Keynote Live Blog
We are back in the keynote room with Adam Jorgensen talking to us about the financial state and health of the PASS organization. It’s currently very healthy with over $1 Million in reserve. Thomas LaRock is back and thanking those folks who are rolling off the PASS board and have dedicated so much time and…
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PASS Summit 2014 Day 1 Keynote Live Blog
This morning I will be live blogging the PASS Summit 2014 Day 1 keynote so those at home can follow one. Thomas LaRock hits the stage and welcomes everyone to the Summit. He thanks Microsoft as the makers of the best data platform on the planet along with all the volunteers and leaders in this…
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PASS 24HOP AlwaysOn Questions Answered
I presented a session titled “SQL Server AlwaysOn Quickstart” on September 10th for the 24 Hours of PASS event. You can view the session recording HERE if you missed it. The session was a preview of the full session I will be presenting at the PASS Summit 2014 this November. I will be presenting the full…
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2014
I am excited and humbled to be speaking at the PASS Summit for my second year in a row! There were 943 submissions and only 144 spots, so I am really excited and honored to be a part of the largest and most amazing SQL Server conference in the world. They are expecting around 5,000…
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Active Directory and SQL Server Questions Answered
I presented for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter several weeks ago and talked about different ways that Active Directory can affect your SQL Server. We only had an hour so I had to scale the content back and because of that I had a ton of questions. I answered what we had time for on…
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PASS Summit Day 2 Keynote
Welcome back folks for day 2 of the PASS Summit in Charlotte, NC. We are 6 or 7 minutes away from getting under way. I’ll be live blogging this morning’s keynote so refresh your page often. I’ll be taking short notes to keep you up to date as opposed to paragraph form. We are off…
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PASS Summit Day 1 Keynote
Welcome to the PASS Summit 2013 LIVE keynote blog. I’ll be live blogging this morning’s keynote so refresh your page often. I’ll be taking short notes to keep you up to date as opposed to paragraph form. We are about 5 minutes from start time and this place is packed. The room is huge and…
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Where I’ll Be
Things have been too quiet here on the blog, but there’s a reason (a few actually). This year has been nuts for me, but it’s all good stuff! We just moved, and moving a family is not fun. It was a long process from selling the old house to searching and finding a new one.…
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Holy Schnikes I’m Speaking at PASS Summit 2013
I am beyond excited to announce that I have been accepted to speak at the annual SQL PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, NC. This will be my first time to speak at this event and I can’t wait! The session I will be presenting is titled “How Active Directory Affects SQL Server”. I have been…