I’ll be speaking at the upcoming SQL Saturday event in NYC this coming weekend. The title of my talk is ‘SQL Server 2008 Audit’ and it is as exciting as it sounds, trust me. I am bringing along some giveaways: two copies of my book, one copy of Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management, and … Read more
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 … Read more
Bill Graziano and Andy Warren have both put their thoughts out there on where to hold the PASS Summit in 2011 and beyond. I wanted to share my thoughts on the matter as well. Please take note that these are my thoughts and do not represent the position of the PASS Board of Directors in … Read more
UPDATED: I have not had a lot of time to blog from the Summit. Hopefully I can find some time today to assemble some coherent thoughts. UPDATED: I will cross off the names of the people I have had the chance to meet already. Here is an updated list of people heading (hopefully) to PASS … Read more
My moo cards have arrived. I will be bringing them to the PASS Summit next week and hope to be able to distribute as many as possible during networking events. As you can see I went with three images, each taken by @FemmeFoto (blog | twitter). Clearly she can make anyone look good. She also … Read more
Everyone needs training. It does not matter what your level of experience. Everyone has room for improvement. The improvement could be something dramatic, such as going from being a novice to someone highly skilled. Or it could be that someone who is highly skilled wants to hone those skills even further in order to stay … Read more
