On January 15, 2021, PASS will cease to exist. https://www.pass.org/PASS-Blog/ArticleID/888/ArtMID/99177/preview/true I cannot tell you how much this disappoints me. PASS has been around for my entire database career, and now it is gone. I would not be where I am today without PASS. PASS events helped see what I was missing while siloed at my previous company. It took me about 10 years before I really got involved with PASS, and once I did, I was hooked. I could not believe how many people wanted to share their SQL experiences with the world. As a result, I too wanted to...
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A Goal of Speaking at PASS Summit
Everyone has goals or at least they should have goals. As a young professional out of college, I had plenty of goals, but none of them involved SQL Server. I really had no idea of where I wanted my career to go other than working in IT. Finally in 2000, I stumbled upon an opportunity that started me down the career path of a DBA. It didn’t take long to realize I enjoy this type of work. Over the next decade, I learned a lot from my coworkers, training classes, and especially my mistakes. Yes, I really did drop the...
Continue reading...TSQL Tuesday #79 -SQL Server 2016 Launch Discovery Day (aka Hackathon)
The host for T-SQL Tuesday #79 is Michael J. Swart (b|t), and his topic of choice is to write about the new release of SQL Server 2016. This past weekend I attended the SQL Server 2016 Launch Discovery Day in Raleigh, NC. I have attended several SQL Server launch events over the years, but this one was quite different. While it wasn’t a real launch event, it was marketed as a hands-on event to learn about the newest release of SQL Server. The hands-on part for everyone to breakup into teams of five to solve a pre-determined problem. Basically, this was...
Continue reading...Speaking at SQL Saturday #452 – Charlotte, NC – October 17
In case you missed it last week, there will be another SQL Saturday this weekend in Charlotte, NC. If you are in the area, please come out to this free training event to hear a bunch of great professionals talk about SQL Server. You can register for the event here: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/452/eventhome.aspx. I will be presenting one session on Performance Monitoring Tools. No Money for Performance Monitoring Tools? No Problem! So you like the idea of using one of the commercially available performance monitoring tools but can’t convince your boss to spend the money? Then join me as we explore some...
Continue reading...Speaking at SQL Saturday #445 – Raleigh, NC – October 10
I will be speaking this weekend at SQL Saturday #445 – Raleigh, NC. If you are in the area, please come out to this free training event to hear a bunch of great professionals talk about SQL Server. You can register for the event here: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/445/eventhome.aspx. So come on out and meet some great people who might be able to help you solve your worst problems. I will be presenting two sessions on Policy Based Management and Performance Monitoring Tools. Policy Based Management – Beyond the Basics Policy Based Management is a great feature of SQL Server and easy to implement;...
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