Why Is My Server Running Slow?

It’s Sunday evening. You are sitting down to have dinner with your family. Suddenly your phone rings. You want to ignore it because, let’s face it, your phone rings a lot. But you see the person calling and knowing they don’t call very often you decide to answer. On the other end of the line … Read more

2012 MVP Summit Preview

Next week I will be attending the 2012 Microsoft MVP Summit. This will be my third Summit but it feels like my first because there are going to be a lot of new faces there for the first time. That’s why I wanted to take the time to remind everyone that the MVP Summit is essentially … Read more

Going To TechEd? See You There!

If you are planning on attending TechEd this year then you will have a chance to see myself and Denny Cherry (blog | @mrdenny) deliver a precon seminar. The title is “Microsoft SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization” and we are very excited to have this opportunity. And apparently Microsoft is excited to have us as well, because they are … Read more

Presenting at Tech-Ed(s) This Year

The announcements came out yesterday and I can now tell the world that I will be presenting at TechEd this year. Denny Cherry (blog | @mrdenny) and I will be doing a precon seminar at TechEd in Orlando in June. The title is “Microsoft SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization” and we are very excited to have … Read more

This Just Got Crazy Real

Sitting on the plane, just a few rows back from Mark Souza, and a few rows ahead of James Rowland-Jones as we head to Seattle for the PASS Summit. We met some else on our flight heading to the Summit as well, and I know of a few folks on other planes arriving around the … Read more