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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

• 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

• PASS Board of Directors - Call for Nominations

  Recently, PASS has opened it call for nominations for the seats for the Board of Directors. The deadline to get your nomination in is Sep 3, 2009. I have been a member of PASS and involved since 2001. I started out volunteering for a committee. I then...( Read More... Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:45 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community

• 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

• THRIVE!

  I have volunteered to be a part of the THRIVE campaign for several months now. In June, Chuck Heinzelman and I did a webcast based on SQL Server Express and how it could be used to enhance your skills for SQL Server. I have been on vacation for a couple...( Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:29 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Education

• 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

• Heading to TechEd in about 6 weeks

  I have been attending Teched every year since 2005. Last year, I really did not like the separation that was "forced" between IT Pro and Dev. I like to attend sessions from both areas - SQL covers both areas. I am glad they combined it this year (as it Read More... Posted Saturday, March 28, 2009 1:16 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Education, Events, Conferences, SQL 2008

• Parallel Data Processing

  While working on several other items earlier tonight, I remembered that the PASS Keynotes were on the PASS website from this past Summit. Perhaps one of the best keynotes that I had heard in sometime was by Dr. David DeWitt. This keynote was more like Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:42 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Education, Events, Conferences, Future SQL

• SQL Server 2008 Firestarter Event - Charlotte, NC on Jan 15

  If you are in the Charlotte area, please come by for a FREE half-day event. You need to register first though at the following link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032400468&Culture=en-US Here is what the schedule looks Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:54 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Education, Events, SQL 2008

• Attend a SQL Server User Group Meeting - Today (Nov 12) - From Virtually Anywhere

  I posted earlier that we are holding an organizational meeting in a virtual world called "Second Life". Second Life is a Virtual World where you interact with others by voice or typing or gestures. Here are the details: Where: Microsoft User Group Island Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:27 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, fun, Education, Events, Conferences, User Group Meetings