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SQLSoldier World Tour Kicks Off in 1 Week

February 10, 2013 3:29 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier
SQL Saturday

The SQLSoldier World Tour kicks off this next Friday when I head up to Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. I will be doing 1 session on Saturday called Implementing Contained Databases. If you haven’t worked with this feature yet, I think I have quite a few things to tell you that you weren’t aware of … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL Saturday, SQLBits

Day 12 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Extreme Disaster Recovery Training

January 12, 2013 3:48 pm / 7 Comments / SQLSoldier
31 Days of Disaster Recovery

Fittingly, today’s focus on disaster recovery as part of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery is to announce a full day of training, Extreme Disaster Recovery, being offered at SQLBits XI. This training will be the only pre-conference session being led by two (2) Microsoft Certified Masters (SQL Server). I will be delivering this session … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: 31 Days of Disaster Recovery, Disaster Recovery, SQLBits

SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote

January 1, 2013 9:10 pm / 4 Comments / SQLSoldier
SQL Bits XI

SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote SQLBits XI is in Nottingham, U.K., May 2 – 4, 2013, and I am attending. Hopefully, I will be presenting a regular session as well. To do that, I need your vote. The sessions are now open for public voting. Please go and vote for the sessions you would like … Read More →

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