I recently attended the first micro training event with Red Gate where Grant Fritchey demonstrated a BETA tool called SQL Index Manager. This tool is aimed at the accidental DBA or for those like me who are just lazy. 🙂 It is basically a nice GUI to return your index fragmentation level and makes a […]
When training is just that good!
I have the privilege of attending SQL Skills Immersion Event week one in Atlanta GA this week. My expectations were high since it is SQL Skills. Paul and Kimberly are two of the most respected SQL Server professionals in the business and have quite a few years under their belt with working with SQL Server. […]
First Blog Since the PASS Summit
The time following the PASS Summit has been absolutely crazy for me. Upon returning home I spent some much needed time with my wife and kids and returned to work on Monday. During my normal lunchtime activity of playing racquetball I sustained a very nasty injury to my eye. This put me out of commission […]
Summit Sessions Day Three
I started out day three after the keynote by attending Adam Machanic session on Query Tuning. I must say that I will need to watch this session again once I can stream it. There was way to much good information being given for me to remember it all and couldn’t take notes for fear of […]
Summit Sessions Day 2
Day two of sessions only had me attending three sessions. One of them was 3 hours. I started out after the keynote attending Klaus’s session on Advanced SQL 2008 troubleshooting. Klaus had a huge crowd and covered some really good information. I picked up a couple of new tips to apply when I get back […]
Final Summit Keynote – NoSQL = Not Only SQL
The keynote started out with Rob Farley and Buck Woody singing an awesome song about a slow running query. What a great way to start out the day. Next Wayne Snider was recognized. He spoke at his first summit in 1999. Both Wayne and Rick Heiges are rolling off the PASS board this year. Wayne gave […]
Day four of Summit – Keynote 2 #sqlpass
The keynote started out with Bill Graziano taking to the stage in a kilt and declaring that the second day of the PASS Summit is now officially SQL Kilt day. Bill asked everyone in a kilt to stand up. It had to be a record number of men in skirts today. Lori Edwards was recognized […]
Summit Sessions Day 1 #sqlpass
Today was our first day to attend regular sessions. With over 189 sessions being offered over 3 days there are lots to choose from. A common theme among the sessions are Azure, Cloud, Denali. I personally would have liked to see more sessions on currently available products and main stream items but I understand the […]