<P>If you are attending any of these events, please look me up. I will be speaking at all of them.</P><P><STRONG></STRONG></P><P><STRONG>IndyTechFest...
If you live within driving distance of Indianapolis, IN, I suggest you make plans for attending Indytechfest 2008, this upcoming Saturday, October 4,...
It's official now. SQL Server 2008 will be available in August, as announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston. See...
I have been spending a lot of time learning about SQL Server 2008 this past six months. I have attended conferences, on-line training, read articles...
Over the past 13 years that I have been a DBA, I have had the opportunity to meet hundreds of other DBAs through the website I started, at my...
Over this past year, I have noticed how popular online video training has become. Video training on virtually any topic can be found, anywhere from...
If you live in Canada, or nearby Toronto, consider attending SQLTeach and DevTeach this May. I will be presenting three sessions on SQL Server you...
SQL Server guru Kalen Delaney, with help from http://sqlserverdvd.com, is offering a series of two-hour DVDs on SQL Server Internals. The first of...
My first step when performance tuning any stored procedure is to perform a graphical execution plan analysis on it, then go from there based on what...
For SQL Server 2005, download the optional and free Performance Dashboard. It will help you identify blocking issues.
Check out http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc135978.aspx for guidance on this topic.
Read: Pro SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization by Louis Davidson, Kevin Kline, and Kurt Windisch
Microsoft recently released the newest cumulative hotfix package for SQL Server 2005 SP2. If you want a copy of it to install it, you must...
If you want to get started learning SQL Server 2008, you can load the latest CTP at the following link....
I must be crazy, but I recently decided to install Windows 2008 on the same physical server where I already have Vista Ultimate installed. The reason...
I recently visited a large organization, taking a look at how they managed their SQL Servers. I spent most of my time with the production DBAs, but...
I am currently writing a book for Simple-Talk Press on the top 10 new features in SQL Server 2008 that are of the most interest to DBA...
If you would like to learn more about SQL Server or .Net development, and at the same time sample some Canadian culture, consider attending the...
I imagine that my headline above is not very original. But I just can't figure out why so many large software companies provide such bad software and...
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