WARDY IT Solutions Blog

Free SQL Server Breakfast in August

peter@wardyit.com — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:45:15 GMT

The third WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server breakfast for the year is on Thursday the 7th of August. This breakfast is a Free quarterly event hosted by WARDY IT Solutions. Catering will be served from 7:30am with the one hour presentation starting at 8:00am.

The August Breakfast presentation will focus on SQL Server consolidation and will show you how multiple databases can be consolidated to a single SQL Server 2008 server without sacrificing the goals of performance and availability.

To register your interest in attending this FREE SQL Server Breakfast seminar please email contact@wardyit.com. Feel free to forward this to friends and colleagues who may be interested in attending also.

As usual there will be a bottle of red wine out of Peter's personal collection up for grabs.

When Wednesday 7th August from 7:30am

Where Microsoft Brisbane | Level 9, Waterfront Place | 1 Eagle Street | Brisbane

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May 09 Free SQL Server Breakfast

peter@wardyit.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:15:00 GMT

The second WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server breakfast for the year is on Thursday the 7^th of May. This breakfast is a Free quarterly event hosted by WARDY IT Solutions. Catering will be served from 7:30am with the one hour presentation starting at 8:00am.

The May Breakfast will focus on how to utilise the Business Intelligence features of SQL Server 2008 to provide insights into trends that affect the health of an organisation.

When: Wednesday 7th May from 7:30am

Where: Microsoft Brisbane | Level 9, Waterfront Place | 1 Eagle Street | Brisbane

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February 2009 SQL Server Newsletter

peter@wardyit.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:53:32 GMT

The February WARDY IT SQL Server newsletter has been sent to everyone on the distribution list.

Not on the list and want to see what is happening in the world of Microsoft SQL Server – the newsletter is available at http://www.wardyit.com/newsletters/feb2009.html. To subscribe so you get the newsletter next month simply send an email to contact@wardyit.com.

Kalen Delaney in Australia in June

peter@wardyit.com — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:42:52 GMT

SQL Server expert Kalen Delaney, the author of Inside SQL Server and the new book SQL Server 2008 Internals, is a special guest in Australia this June for WARDY IT Solutions.

Kalen will be presenting a not to be missed one day seminar in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Sydney.

In Melbourne and Sydney Kalen will be presenting on SQL Server Storage Formats.

In Canberra and Brisbane Kalen will be presenting on SQL Server Internals.

The dates for these seminars are:

June 15: Melbourne – SQL Server Storage Formats

June 17: Canberra – SQL Server Internals

June 19: Brisbane – SQL Server Internals

June 22: Sydney – SQL Server Storage Formats

The cost of these seminars is only $695.00 ex. GST, however up until the 27^th of March each registration will receive a free copy of Kalen's new book SQL Server 2008 Internals. Places on these seminars is strictly limited so don't delay registering as Kalen sold out last time she was in Australia. You can register by emailing contact@wardyit.com or calling 1300 WARDY IT (927 394).

Tech-Ed North America

peter@wardyit.com — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:49:18 GMT

Peter Ward will be presenting a Breakout session at Tech-Ed North America in May. Tech-Ed North America is the largest Microsoft conference in the world with over 10,000 attendees. This year there will only be 30 SQL Server sessions and Peter Ward has been accepted to present in one of these sessions. Peter's presentations will be a SQL Server 2008 Security Deep Dive.

Include column headers in the resultset

peter@wardyit.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:53:09 GMT

A question that I am often asked when I do a presentation is how I configure SSMS so that when the query is executed the query is displayed in the header of the messages. I find that when presenting it can be easier to talk to the output rather than flicking back to the Query Editor.

Below is an example of the statement being displayed in the header of the messages:

To configure this is SSMS follow the steps below:

Open SSMS
Select Tools | Options
Expand Query Results
Expand SQL Server
Select Results to Text
Check Include the query in the result set

February 09 SQL Server Breakfast

peter@wardyit.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:28:00 GMT

The first WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server breakfast for the year kicks off on Wednesday the 11th of February. This breakfast is a Free quarterly event hosted by WARDY IT Solutions. This quarter's breakfast will take place on Wednesday the 11th of February. Catering will be served from 7:30am with the one hour presentation starting at 8:00am.

The February Breakfast will focus on the SQL Server Manageability features that have been introduced in SQL Server 2008.

When: Wednesday 11th February from 7:30am

Where: Microsoft Brisbane | Level 9, Waterfront Place | 1 Eagle Street | Brisbane

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Jeff Wharton Renewed as an MVP

peter@wardyit.com — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:58:19 GMT

Jeff Wharton has been re-awarded for the second year running as a Microsoft MVP Windows Server System - SQL Server. The award is recognition for Jeff's technical excellence and commitmnet to the Microsoft SQL Server community.

WARDY IT Solutions is the only company in Australia that employs two SQL Server MVP's

December 08 SQL Server Newsletter

peter@wardyit.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:36:39 GMT

The December SQL Server newsletter has beee sent to everyone on the Distribution list. Not on the list and want to see what is happening in the world of Microsoft SQL Server – the newsletter is available at http://www.wardyit.com/newsletters/dec2008.html.

Tech SummerFest

peter@wardyit.com — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:05:00 GMT

This summer AB Training, Portal Synergy, WARDY IT Solutions and Microsoft Partner Readiness will be showcasing the latest Microsoft technologies as part of Tech SummerFest 08. In Hobart, Adelaide and Canberra you will have the opportunity to see how you can leverage your investment in Microsoft technology to solve business problems. You will also have an opportunity to receive cutting edge training in Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Microsoft Office SharePoint from Australia's leading trainers. The first Tech SummerFest event kicks off in Hobart on the 25^th of November.

Schedule

Hobart 25-27 November 2008

Adelaide 2-4 December 2008

Canberra 9-11 December 2008

To Register for Tech SummerFest visit http://www.techsummerfest.com/register.aspx.

October 08 WARDY IT Community Dinner

peter@wardyit.com — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:03:45 GMT

The WARDY IT Community Dinner is typically held on the second Monday of the month and is a great opportunity to share knowledge, information and experiences with other IT professionals in South East Queensland. This month the WARDY IT Community Dinner is being held at the Breakfast Creek Hotel on Monday the 13th of October. To RSVP to be at this event send an email to peter @ wardyit.com.

WHERE Breakfast Creek Hotel |2 Kingsford Smith Drive, Breakfast Creek

WHEN Monday 13th October | 6:30PM

RSVP Friday 10th October

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Free SQL Server 2008 Breakfast’s

peter@wardyit.com — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:58:56 GMT

As SQL Server 2008 has been released for two month's WARDY IT Solutions will be hosting a series of Free breakfasts on SQL Server 2008. The first breakfast will kick off in Brisbane on Tuesday the 14^th of October.

Below is the current Breakfast Schedule:

Brisbane – Tuesday 14^th of October

Microsoft Brisbane, Level 9, Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle Street

Catering from 7:30am for an 8:00am Start

Perth – Friday 17^th of October

Microsoft Perth, Level 14, 250 St Georges Terrace

Catering from 8:00am for an 8:30am Start

To attend either of these events simply email contact@wardyit.com

September 08 SQL Server Newsletter

peter@wardyit.com — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:51:31 GMT

The September 2008 edition of the WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server Newsletter has been e-mailed to everyone on the distribution list. For those not on the distribution list you can view the newsletter using the following URL http://www.wardyit.com/newsletters/sep2008.html.

SQL Server 2008 has been Released

peter@wardyit.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:01:48 GMT

SQL Server 2008 has been released to Manufacture (RTM). It is now available for download from MSDN and TechNet.

July 08 SQL Server Newsletter

peter@wardyit.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:28:55 GMT

The July 2008 edition of the WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server Newsletter has been e-mailed to everyone on the distribution list. For those not on the distribution list you can view the newsletter using the following URL http://www.wardyit.com/newsletters/jul2008.htm.