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)

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)

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)

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 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)

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)

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)