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T-SQL Tuesday #41 – Presenting Comes Full Circle and I Love It!

April 9, 2013 12:35 pm / 2 Comments / SQLSoldier
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It’s time for that monthly geek party again we like to call T-SQL Tuesday. T-SQL Tuesday is one of the greatest assemblage of geeks since the Tri-Lambda and Alpha-Mu mixer … this week. T-SQL Tuesday #41, hosted this month by Bob Pusateri (Blog|@SQLBob). You are invited to visit his blog to join the blog party. … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, SQL Saturday, T-SQL Tuesday

Recent Presentation Session Files

November 14, 2012 10:49 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

Recent Presentation Session Files I’ve been a little tardy about getting my session files posted, and I’m a little behind. So I’m going to try to catch up in one blog post. So here are my session files for SQL PASS Summit 2012, various recent SQL Saturdays, and 24 Hours of PASSe. Please let me … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: Disaster Recovery, Performance & Optimization, Security, SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, SQL Saturday, tempDB, Tips & Tricks

T-SQL Tuesday #36 – SQL Community

November 13, 2012 10:09 am / 1 Comment / SQLSoldier

T-SQL Tuesday #36 – SQL Community This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #36, hosted this month by Chris Yates(Blog|@YatesSQL). You are invited to visit his blog to join the blog party. You are welcome to write your own participating blog post for the party or just to read more blogs participating in this … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, T-SQL, T-SQL Tuesday

Don’t Be That PASS Summit Guy

October 22, 2012 11:17 am / 3 Comments / SQLSoldier

Don’t Be That PASS Summit Guy The SQL PASS Summit 2012 is just around the corner. Every year there are lots of first-timers attending. So many that PASS started a first-timers program linking new attendees with veterans who can mentor them in the PASS Summit experience. For may people, the networking aspect is just as … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit

Man Vs Machine

August 23, 2012 1:00 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

Man Vs Machine Are you a fan of the television show Man Vs Food starring foodie Adam Richman? In this show, host and title subject “Man” Adam Richman travels the United States taking on food challenges where he finds them. Sometimes these challenges entail eating more food than is generally humanly possible. Other times it … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, T-SQL

Why Attending a Monday Pre-con Will Be Awesome

July 16, 2012 6:20 am / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

Why Attending a Monday Pre-con Will Be Awesome The SQL PASS Summit 2012 is coming up in a few months. It’s time to make your plans to attend. One of the things that many of you may be considering is attending a pre-con. There are two days of pre-cons, and it would undoubtedly be truly … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit

SQL PASS Summit 2011: Session Files

October 17, 2011 7:06 am / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

SQL PASS Summit 2011: Session Files This past week was the SQL PASS Summit 2011 in Seattle, WA. I presented three sessions (regular session, lightning talk, panel discussion) plus ran a focus group on advanced certification and hosted a Birds of a Feather lunch table on disaster recovery. It was a busy, busy week. Below … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: Disaster Recovery, Dynamic Management Views, Replication, SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, SSAS & BI, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Undocumented Stuff

Why Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei Should Attend The SQL PASS Summit

July 1, 2011 2:01 pm / 2 Comments / SQLSoldier

Why Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei Should Attend The SQL PASS Summit It is commonplace for major events like the Oscars to start off with a funny skit. I think SQL PASS should open the SQL PASS Summit 2011 with Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei re-enacting one of their famous scenes from the movie My … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: Humor, SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit

My Submissions for SQL PASS Summit 2011

May 10, 2011 9:26 am / 2 Comments / SQLSoldier

My Submissions for SQL PASS Summit 2011 SQL PASS Summit 2011 is not too far away, and it is time once again for selection of which sessions will be presented. PASS is including member preference in the decision process and are asking people to vote on which sessions interest them. I hope my submissions would … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit

My Plans for SQL PASS Summit 2010

November 8, 2010 11:58 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

My Plans for SQL PASS Summit 2010 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Thursday, November 11, 2010 Room(s) Room 4C1-2 Room(s) Rooms 606-7 Room(s) Room 608 10:15am  – 11:45am Spotlight 10:15am – 11:45am 90 Mins 10:15am – 11:30am/11:45am   Virtualization and SAN Basics for DBAs CSS Update Queries – Under the Hood (90 … Read More →

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