Professional Development

Top Ten Presentation Mistakes

I have been giving presentations of one form or another for many years now. In fact, you could go back to my days in college when I took a public speaking course, and that was half a lifetime ago (but it is still relevant). Over the years I have learned a handful of things when [...]

SQL University – Advanced Troubleshooting Week

Welcome back to another week of SQL University. This week we will cover advanced troubleshooting. When I first started as a DBA “advanced troubleshooting” was something that you performed while someone else was on the other end of a phone line yelling at you for their own mistakes. Yeah, it really was that much fun. [...]

24 Hours of PASS: Celebrating SQL Server 2008 R2

I am happy to write this semi-official announcement regarding the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS event to be held on May 19th and 20th. This is the second event of this type that PASS has put together and the first one that I have had the privilege to help pull together. I know that I [...]