In just a few short days, it will be time for SQL Saturday #98 in Iowa City. If you’ve got some free time this coming Saturday and are within driving distance– take the time now to register and come get some free training. While you are there, think about stepping into one of the sessions … Continue reading SQL Saturday in Iowa City This Weekend
PASS 2011 Countdown – 2 Weeks To Go
I’m not sure how we got to 2-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. If you haven’t registered yet it’s really getting to be time to do that. It’s really easy to do, click on the banner below and enter your information and your neighbor’s credit card, but I didn’t say to do that. In the … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 2 Weeks To Go
Re-blog – September 16 – September 22
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts of interest that you may want to check out are: Scripting Out Reports (9-13-2007) Is This Cluster Good Enough? (9-14-2007) Deadlock Resources (9-17-2007) Index Black Ops Part 3 – Index Usage (9-21-2010) Enjoy.
PASS 2011 Countdown – 3 Weeks To Go
Another week down and there are now 3-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. Take a moment and register now if you haven’t. It’s really easy to do, click on the banner below and enter your information and your manager’s credit card information. She called me earlier today, go ahead and do it. No, really… This … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 3 Weeks To Go
MVP Deep Dives 2 – Pre-Order
Every couple days, I’ve been checking for it and finally tonight I saw that the upcoming edition of SQL Server MVP Deep Dives has been listed on Amazon.com. No image for the new book yet, so I grabbed the old cover art. UPDATE: Found cover art. This isn’t an update to the previous edition … Continue reading MVP Deep Dives 2 – Pre-Order
SQL Saturday in Kalamazoo This Weekend
If you are going to be in Kalamazoo this weekend and don’t have anything planned. Because, yeah, that happens. Or if you are going the the SQL Saturday this weekend in Kalamazoo, much more likely. Well… don’t get to next Monday morning and realize that you forgot about it. If you will happen to be … Continue reading SQL Saturday in Kalamazoo This Weekend
PASS 2011 Countdown – 4 Weeks To Go
One week down and we are now 4-weeks from this years PASS Summit. Hopefully, you have already registered for the summit. If not, let’s get that out of the way first by clicking on the image below… If you aren’t convinced and haven’t registered yet, take a look at the following: StrateSQL - The PASS … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 4 Weeks To Go
September Monthly SQL Server Checklist
First day of the month and first Tuesday of the month. Yup, the list is late this month because for myself, and probably a fair number of other readers, Monday was a holiday. First day back this month, though, and it's time to check up on everything and make certain that we are earning our … Continue reading September Monthly SQL Server Checklist
PASS 2011 Countdown – 5 Weeks To Go
We are now 5-weeks from this years PASS Summit. It’s time to start getting ready for the event. Hopefully, you have already registered for the summit. If not, let’s get that out of the way first by clicking on the image below… With that done, the hardest part of preparing for PASS is complete. Everything … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 5 Weeks To Go
PASSion Award Nominations
One of the things that makes PASS a successful organization is the volunteers. To show it’s appreciation for these volunteers, each year PASS awards the PASSion Award to a volunteer. Before PASS can do that, though, there is a nominations process to make sure that the people in the community let PASS know who they … Continue reading PASSion Award Nominations
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