Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting at the PASS Summit
As Microsoft MVP’s and Partners as well as VMware experts, we are summoned by companies all over the world to fine-tune and problem-solve the most difficult architecture, infrastructure and network challenges. And sometimes we’re asked to share what we did, at events like Microsoft’s PASS Summit 2015.
Join Me At PASS Summit 2018
The PASS Summit 2018 schedule has been published, and I’m on it twice! On Monday, November 5, I am giving a full-day pre-con with Melissa Coates on Designing Modern Data and Analytics Solutions in Azure. We’ll have presentations, hand-on labs, and open discussions about architecture options in Azure when building an analytics solution. If you’ve been wondering… Continue reading Join Me At PASS Summit 2018
PASS Summit 2018 Attendee Orientation Denny Cherry
The PASS Summit 2018 is quickly approaching. Every year the PASS Summit has lots of new attendees, and the PASS Summit is large and can be intimidating for a new attendee that’s never been to the PASS Summit before. Because of this, I’m presenting the annual PASS Summit Attendee Orientation. This webcast will be full […]
SQL Karaoke 2018 at the PASS Summit 2018 is live
Another excellent PASS Summit is almost here. And with the PASS Summit comes the SQL Karaoke party. And once again DCAC is hosting this great event which will let us all ring in the PASS Summit in style. We have two fabulous sponsors for the event this year, with our great friends at SentryOne and […]
Save Money On Your Azure Monthly SQL Database Bill
Microsoft gives you two purchasing models for your Azure SQL Databases (SQL DB), a DTU and a vCore based model (logical CPU’s). Both options allow you to scale up or down based on your compute and storage requirements. Regardless of which model you choose performance tuning can save you money using SQL DB. DTU (s) (Database Transaction Units) measure “a blended measure of CPU, memory, and data I/O and transaction log I/O” that Microsoft uses to help estimate which DTU based Service Tier you should be using. By reducing your I/O, memory or CPU consumption you utilize less DTUs or cores… Continue reading
Dear Conferences, Please Stop Making Inaccessible Presentation Templates
It’s hard to please everyone, especially when everyone means several dozen speakers and thousands of audience members at a tech conference. And especially when it comes to presentations to an international audience. So I get that it can be difficult to make a presentation template that stays on brand and promotes the best presentation of… Continue reading Dear Conferences, Please Stop Making Inaccessible Presentation Templates
