Comments on: SQL 2008 Lab at MTC-Waltham http://thomaslarock.com/2009/01/sql-2008-lab-at-mtc-waltham/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wayne Manor Cost Cutting | SQLBatman.com http://thomaslarock.com/2009/01/sql-2008-lab-at-mtc-waltham/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Wayne Manor Cost Cutting | SQLBatman.com Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:52:20 +0000 http://sqlbatman.com/?p=809#comment-287 [...] time to make a switch. While at the MTC in Waltham recently I came across a fact that seemed to be well known to everyone in the Universe. The xbox [...] [...] time to make a switch. While at the MTC in Waltham recently I came across a fact that seemed to be well known to everyone in the Universe. The xbox [...]

]]> By: SQL Server 2008 HOL | SQLBatman.com http://thomaslarock.com/2009/01/sql-2008-lab-at-mtc-waltham/comment-page-1/#comment-286 SQL Server 2008 HOL | SQLBatman.com Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:38:55 +0000 http://sqlbatman.com/?p=809#comment-286 [...] Farmington, CT. I know what you are thinking, “Hey, didn’t that guy already take part in that lab last week? What gives? How many times is he going to skip out on a day in the office for a day in a [...] [...] Farmington, CT. I know what you are thinking, “Hey, didn’t that guy already take part in that lab last week? What gives? How many times is he going to skip out on a day in the office for a day in a [...]

]]> By: SQL Server and Cloud Links for the Week | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA http://thomaslarock.com/2009/01/sql-2008-lab-at-mtc-waltham/comment-page-1/#comment-285 SQL Server and Cloud Links for the Week | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:31:15 +0000 http://sqlbatman.com/?p=809#comment-285 [...] SQLBatman visits a Microsoft Technology Center - MTCs are cool labs scattered around the country where Microsoft staffers conduct cool exercises to help you become a better DBA and to use their products better.  If your company has a Microsoft rep, I’d highly recommend asking them where the nearest MTC is, and ask if you can visit for any upcoming SQL exercises.  If nothing else, the MTC’s seem to have really cool coffeemakers. [...] [...] SQLBatman visits a Microsoft Technology Center – MTCs are cool labs scattered around the country where Microsoft staffers conduct cool exercises to help you become a better DBA and to use their products better.  If your company has a Microsoft rep, I’d highly recommend asking them where the nearest MTC is, and ask if you can visit for any upcoming SQL exercises.  If nothing else, the MTC’s seem to have really cool coffeemakers. [...]

]]> By: Jimmy May, Aspiring Geek http://thomaslarock.com/2009/01/sql-2008-lab-at-mtc-waltham/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Jimmy May, Aspiring Geek Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:31:13 +0000 http://sqlbatman.com/?p=809#comment-284 As the SQL performance-&-scalability liaison for a number of MTC engagements, I can vouch for the value of these labs. Even for organizations with robust testing environments & very smart people--indeed, especially for such orgs--the dedicated hardware & personnel combined with the ability to focus exclusively on the project at hand with minimal distraction provides unparralelled opportunities for optimization. Dittos re: Mr. Batman's recommendation that other organizations avail themselves of the experience. PS Re: Not being able to restore master off the top of your noggin, well, that's why we should always have the latest-&-greatest versions of BOL, eh? As the SQL performance-&-scalability liaison for a number of MTC engagements, I can vouch for the value of these labs. Even for organizations with robust testing environments & very smart people–indeed, especially for such orgs–the dedicated hardware & personnel combined with the ability to focus exclusively on the project at hand with minimal distraction provides unparralelled opportunities for optimization.

Dittos re: Mr. Batman’s recommendation that other organizations avail themselves of the experience.

PS Re: Not being able to restore master off the top of your noggin, well, that’s why we should always have the latest-&-greatest versions of BOL, eh?

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