Welcome back, to the PASS Summit 2018 Speaker Idol competition

I’m thrilled to report that the folks at the PASS Summit have asked me to put together the speaker idol competition again. If you Picture “borrowed” from Jamie Wick’s website. Click for original. haven’t seen the speaker idol before it’s kind of like the TV show of the similar name. But instead of winning a…

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Respectfully Responding

I don’t usually write editorial opinion type blogs, but given recent events I thought it poignant to follow up on one of my tweets. Last week, I sent a tweet talking about DB Stack Exchange and my thoughts on the lack of respect in the responses to those who take the time ask questions in forums. I had many ask as to what I was referring to specifically, including some representatives of the Microsoft MVP program. My response to them is that I don’t believe in mob reactions or smearing anyone’s name and chose not to reveal the details. My… Continue reading

Azure session taught in Germany in just a couple of weeks

In just a couple of short weeks, I’ll be presenting an all day session on Microsoft Azure.  The session is titled “Designing Azure Infrastructure for Data Platform Projects” and will be held on the 21st of May, 2018.  This session will cover all the componets of the Azure platform including touching on the database platforms….

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India’s Data Platform Summit Will Be My Second Precon This Year

In August of this year I’ll be presenting my second precon of the year. This session at the Data Platform Summit I’ll be presenting a Precon on High Availability and Disaster Recovery.  If you’ll be in Bangalore, India on August 8th, that’ll be the day that I’m presenting my precon. The rest of the conference…

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PASS Summit 2018 Here I Come

I’m thrilled to be able to say that I’ll be presenting a precon at the PASS Summit 2018.  This year I’ll be giving a precon on database security.  In this session we’ll be going over the various security features within Microsoft SQL Server, then putting these techniques into action by trying them out on Virtual…

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Free Training 24HOP

In my sessions, I always talk about how to build your skill set when you don’t have a budget for training. Well next week April 25-26 is one of those free opportunities I take advantage of each year. 24 hours of PASS, affectionately referred to as 24HOP, is an online training event comprised of 24 sessions in a day free training. Register here http://www.pass.org/24hours/2018/april/About.aspx One technical session is given every hour around the clock, so no matter what time zone you are in you can easily catch a session or two. It makes it easy to stream during work, during… Continue reading