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• SQL Saturday - March 6 in Charlotte

  I've been working on my presentation for SQL Saturday in Charlotte - http://www.sqlsaturday.com/33/eventhome.aspx . I will be presenting a session on using the basics of Perfmon to monitor your environment. There is a great line-up of speakers. If you...( Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:09 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, SQL Server Performance, Education, Events, performance, User Group Meetings

• SQL Saturday #33 in Charlotte!

  SQL Saturday is coming to Charlotte next month! If you are in the area, come on by. We have a great line-up of speakers. Find out more information at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/33/eventhome.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...( Read More... Posted Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:35 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, fun, Education, Events, User Group Meetings, Social Networking

• Speaking at SQLSaturday #34 in Boston, 2010-01-30

  Just a quick reminder that I will be presenting a Management Studio Tips & Tricks talk at SQLSaturday #34, this Saturday, January 30th at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, Massachusetts. I go on at 9:30 AM. There are plenty of other great speakers,...( Read More... Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 7:56 AM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: Events, Management Studio, SQL Saturday

• 25th Hour of 24 Hours of PASS up...

  Paul and Louis did a "re-take" of their 24 Hours of PASS session last night. It is now posted with the other selected sessions at: https://www323.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000181573/Registration.aspx?pageName=cw4mt2pg632crwfv Enjoy! Share this post: email...( Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:50 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, Education, Events, DB Design

• Last Chance - Part of a LIVE Audience AND to save $$$

  Sep 15 is the last day to be a part of history for 24 Hours of PASS. Louis and Paul will be doing a 2nd take of their session for 24 Hours of PASS. Register at the following link : https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000181573/Registration.aspx?pageName=qh37c3hrckwswsj5...( Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:37 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Education, Events, Conferences

• 23 Hours of PASS ++

  As I reviewed the sessions by our pre/post-con speakers who also participated in the 24 Hours of PASS event, I was disturbed that the single session with the MOST attendees during the event had no audio (no one can hear you scream in cyber-space). Immediately,...( Read More... Posted Friday, September 11, 2009 12:20 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, fun, Education, Events

• Speaking at Richmond

  I am honored to be the guest speaker at the Richmond SQL Server User Group on Monday, Sep 15. They usually have their meetings on the 2nd Thursday of the month, but they made a special exception. I will be speaking about SQL Server 2008 and Consolidation....( Read More... Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:32 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Community, VM, Education, Events, SQL 2008, User Group Meetings

• The fall line-up and event list - we hope to see you there!

  We've finally booked all of our tickets and started planning final details for all our of our classes and conferences this fall. We've got quite a few things planned and tons of great content at each. By continent, here's the plan: Europe Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:35 AM from Kimberly L. Tripp | (Comments Off) Filed under: Events, Conferences

• 24 Hours of PASS

  I have been busy on organizing an event which I hope that many in the community will find useful. The event will consist of 24 1-hour webcasts featuring some of the best community speakers on SQL Server. The event will begin 2-September-2009 at Midnight...( Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:50 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, fun, Education, Events, Social Networking

• Best Thing that I learned at PASS

  I remember my first PASS Summit in Denver in January 2002 (Delayed from Sep 2001 in Orlando due to Sep 11). One of the last sessions that I attended was led by Fabian Pascal. He runs a website called www.dbdebunk.com and is rather entertaining at times....( Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:55 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Community, fun, Education, Events, Conferences

• Webcast on Enhancing your SQL Server Skills with SQL Server Express

  Chuck Heinzelman and I are on the Advisory Board for the THRIVE Campaign by Microsoft. The THRIVE campaign is about getting people to use tools that they already own or are FREE to download in order to learn/enhance new skills. I thought right away about...( Read More... Posted Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:56 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Community, Education, Events, SQL 2008, Express

• May Day! May Day! Early Bird registration for 2009 PASS Community Summit Ends May 1st!

  Just last week, the call fro abstracts ended. At the end of this week, the rates will bump up. See below for more information on some great reasons to come to the 2009 PASS Community Summit.... Of course the number one reason isn't even listed here - Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:19 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Community, Events, Conferences

• SQL Server 2000 Still Strong, but Diminishing

  I presented a webcast on Wednesday on SQL Server Consolidation. As with many of my sessions (both physical and virtual), I like to ask several questions. This is NOT scientific, but it is anecdotal. Poll Question #1: Do you have SQL Server 2000 STILL Read More... Posted Saturday, April 25, 2009 5:48 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: Events, SQL 2008, upgrade, SQL 2005, SQL 2000

• RunAsRadio Interview about Developers and DBAs - whose job is it?

  A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post titled Whose job is it anyway? It's an interesting debate and something I've been hearing more and more - that SQL Server is a "set it and forget it" technology - a black box where you just don't Read More... Posted Saturday, April 11, 2009 3:52 AM from Kimberly L. Tripp | (Comments Off) Filed under: Events, SQL Server 2008, resources, tips, SQL Server 2005, Design, Opinions, Manageability

• TechDays starting up soon!

  MSFT is starting on a virtual event called TechDays and it is about to start. This is not SQL Server focused, but SQL is on the Agenda on many sessions. This should be a very good event with multiple tracks for an entire day (April 1st). Check out the Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:53 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: Events