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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 Dublin, Ireland: September 21-25. Paul and I will be teaching a ...

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)

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)