This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by my friend Glenn Berry. Glenn invites us to write about what we have been doing as a response to COVID-19. Glenn shared how he has been dedicating his lab machines to Folding@Home to help understand the COVID19 virus. Glenn with his hardware background has been geeking out on […]
Category: Training/Events
3D Printing for Covid19
A friend tagged me in a Facebook post about a surgical mask strap that had been remixed by a Boy Scout for faster printing and less filament usage. My friend knows that I am involved in the Scouting program and I had recently made her grand kids some 3D printed toys. I immediately downloaded the […]
Understanding Database Fundamentals (98-364)
Kind of proud about this accomplishment. I get asked all the time at user groups and SQL Saturday events, “How can I get started with SQL Server”. There is tons of training out there on SQL Server, but most of it assumes you have a basic understanding of it, or have been working with it […]
MVP for Another Year
I am honored and humbled to be awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for the Data Platform category. This is my 6th award, and I am just as amazed and excited as I was for the first award. Thank you to the SQL Server community for giving me the opportunity to speak at your […]
I’m a Friend of Redgate for Another Year!
I am very proud and happy to be a Friend of Redgate for a ninth year! I had to ask Redgate when my first year of acceptance into the program was and they confirmed it was 2011. WOW, what an honor to be part of this program for so many years. If you’re not familiar with the […]
MVP for Another Year
I am a little late in posting this, but I still wanted to share. It is a huge honor to be recognized as a Microsoft MVP for another year. I am humbled to receive this award again for the 2018-2019 cycle. Thank you to all of you who provide constant support and opportunities for me […]
Azure Training in London
I am very excited about my upcoming IEAzure class being held in London, September 10th and 11th at the Marriott in Kensington (London). This is a content rich class covering SQL Server running on Azure Virtual Machines (Azure IaaS) as well as Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance (PaaS). You read that correctly, we’ve expanded the […]
T-SQL Tuesday: Giving back to the community
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday from Riley Major (b|t) asks us to figure out a way to give back to the community and then write about it. I’m going to go with the option to write about how and why I got started since I am already heavily involved with the community and wanting to do […]