SQL Community
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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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I’m a PASS Regional Mentor!
This past weekend I was speaking at SQLSaturday #90 in Oklahoma City. During the event I had the pleasure of sitting down and getting to know Karla Landrum (PASS Community Evangelist). We met each other at a SQLSaturday in Houston earlier this year, but we didn’t have much time to chat. We had a great…
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Speaking at PASS DBA Virtual Chapter
I will be speaking for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter on August 24th, 2011 at 11AM CT. I will be delivering my presentation on Central Management Server and Policy Based Management. 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…
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T-SQL Tuesday on Wednesday
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday has been moved to Wednesday. The topic this month is “crap code”. This is a great topic to showcase what not to do and see some actual bad code. After all we tend to learn best from our mistakes. However, I’m not going to show bad code. I want talk about code…
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SQLRally 2012 Dallas
It’s Official !! The host for SQLRally 2012 has officially been given to Dallas and the North Texas SQL Server User Group. NTSSUG is elated to have been chosen as the host for this event. We have hosted three SQLSaturdays in the last 12 months, so we are prepared to dig in our heals. Well,…
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SQLSaturday 63 Wrap-up
If you have ever helped organize a SQLSaturday you know how hard it can be and how much time is required. This was the third (one of which was the first and only BI focused event) in twelve months for the North Texas SQL Server User Group and we’re proud of that. I’m on the board of directors…
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TechNet Radio Interview
A couple months ago, one of our local Microsoft Evangelists asked me if I would do a TechNet Radio interview about the North Texas SQL Server User Group. I’m on the board of directors for the group as the Director of Logistics and Communication, and he wanted the point of view from a user group leader. I…
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SQLSaturday #57
SQLSaturday #57 Recap
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Sheep and Double Rainbows!
My entry into the SQLSkills Master Immersion Event