Events
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Summit 2011 Day 5 LIVE
I will be live blogging the SQLPASS Summit keynote again today. Today’s keynote will be delivered by community favorite Dr. David Dewitt. Rick Heiges opens us up and introduces a special musical number by Rob Farley and Buck Woody. It was hilarious with a special lyrical shout out to Paul Randal. Rick is now walking…
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Summit 2011 Day 3 SQL2012
I was chosen to sit at the blogger table and live blog the keynote tomorrow so plan to be here at 8:15pt and I’ll refresh the post that day as often as possible. I may not be at the table today, but that won’t stop me from blogging anyway. Keynote Rushab Mehta starts us out…
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Summit 2011 Day 0
Today was my travel day. I don’t travel much at all so it’s always an exciting adventure for me. I left the house with plenty of time and made it to the Parking Spot in about 40-45 minutes. If you travel out of DFW international airport I highly suggest using these guys for parking. The airport…
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Summit 2011 Day 2
This morning I headed over to Top Pot doughnuts to hang out with Andy Warren, Steve Jones, Bill Fellows, David Fargo, Tim Radney, and many others. It was a nice time of networking and a good small crowd. The doughnuts were good with a large and interesting selection and the coffee was good as well.…
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Summit 2011 Day 1
Morning I got up at 6am PT this morning, got ready, got some coffee from Starbucks, and made it to the convention center by 7AM. I had no problem following the signs to registration and there was no wait in getting registered. I wish I had gotten in early enough yesterday to make registration, but no…
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Summit 2011 Day 4 LIVE!
Today I will be LIVE blogging the keynote from the PASS Summit 2011 conference. Keep your browser tuned in here and refresh often. Today’s keynote is being delivered by Quentin Clark. Quentin is Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of the SQL Server database systems group. I will also try to tweet updates as I can so make…
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SQLSaturday #97 Wrap-up
#97 This was a great event! This was Austin’s first SQLSaturday, so it’s quite an accomplishment and something to celebrate. I brought my family with me since my wife wanted to do some shopping in San Marcos. The drive down went well and we only had two hickups. The first was just a minor hold…
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #97
I will be speaking at SQLSaturday #97 in Austin, TX on October 1st, 2011. I will be delivering my presentation on database mirroring. I know the event team for this SQLSaturday and I can say without a doubt that it will be an event to be remembered. Wes Brown (Blog|Twitter), Jim Murphy (Blog|Twitter), and AJ Mendo (Blog|Twitter) are…
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SQLSaturday #90 Wrap-up
#90 This was a fantastic event! This was Oklahoma City’s first SQLSaturday, so it’s quite an accomplishment and something to celebrate. Tim Mitchell, Russell Loski, and I started off by heading from Dallas to Oklahoma City which only took about 3 hours. The speaker dinner was held at the Embassy Suites hotel restaurant. The hotel and restaurant…
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SSWUG and PBM
On September 7th, 2011 at 1pm Central Time the SQL Server Worldwide User Group will be airing my presentation on how to Manage your shop with CMS and PBM. The webcast is free for SSWUG members and $29 for non-members. As an added bonus, I will be in the live chat room ready to answer…