Events
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Summit 2012 Keynote Day2
This post is a live blog of the PASS Summit 2012 keynote from day 2 on 11/8/2012. This post is intended to be a live note taking. Douglas McDowell opens day 2 by giving an overview of the health of the PASS organization. This year PASS has added an additional community evangelist, and better IT…
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Summit 2012 Keynote Day1
This post is a live recap of the keynote at the PASS Summit 2012 conference. Bill Graziano opens Summit 2012 with 3894 attendees. Bill recognizes local and virtual chapter leaders as well as SQLSaturday event organizers. The PASS BA conference is announced to be in Chicago in April. Bill introduces Ted Kummert who will talking…
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SQLRally Dallas Slides
I was fortunate enough to get to present not 1 but 2 sessions at SQLRally 2012 in Dallas last week. As a core organizer of the event, this really made it a special week to present twice and see it all come together. My first session was a community choice pick. The second session I got…
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SQLRally Can’t Miss Events
Things have been quiet around here lately and I have a one word explanation….SQLRally. There’s work and family and several other community commitments, but mostly SQLRally. The good news is that the time has come and I couldn’t be more excited. I haven’t been to a SQLSaturday or community event in months and I’m having serious…
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Learn Mirroring with me at SQLRally
I just found out that I will be speaking at SQLRally Dallas in May. I submitted 3 sessions. As an event organizer, all 3 automatically went to community vote. I am very excited that my Mirroring session was voted in. Thank you to everyone who voted for me! Mirroring Start to Finish Mirroring can be…
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Speaking at PASS DBA Virtual Chapter
I will be speaking for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter on February 22nd, 2012. I will be delivering my presentation on Mirroring. If you have not checked out the virtual chapters that PASS has, then you need to Go Check Them Out. These chapters are designed to fill the gap for areas of the country that…
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Performance VC Feb Meeting
Jes Borland will be speaking for the Performance Virtual Chapter this month. Don’t miss out on this free training. Here are the details and click the link to visit the chapter website for the LiveMeeting link and to add to your calendar: Filegroups: Putting The Pieces Together by Jes Borland February 23, 2012 at…
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SQLCruise: The Trident
Move over Poseidon. I’m hitting the sea with my own trident (assuming I can get it through the TSA). My trident is made from the culmination of my favorite three things. My wife, SQL Server, and cruising. Let me explain. Back in October of last year, Idera ran a contest called the “Get a life…
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PASS Performance VC Reboot
The PASS Performance Virtual chapter is getting a reboot. We all know that responsibilities and schedules change, and that meant this chapter needed some additional hands on deck. Erin Stellato (Blog|Twitter) valiantly volunteered to take the helm and she put out an SOS for volunteers. The response was great with some wonderful people volunteering to help. I…
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SQLRally 2012 Registration Open
The Professional Association for SQL Server and the North Texas SQL Server User Group have been working hard behind the scenes to bring SQLRally 2012 in Dallas Texas to the SQL Community. We are excited to announce that event registration opens November 30, 2011. Make sure to get registered soon and take advantage of the…