T-SQL Tuesday #081: Sharpen Something

This month I am asking you to not only write a post but to do a little homework – first. In other words, plan to do something, carry out that plan, and then write about the experience.

You Deserve to be an MVP

When you feel you deserve to be an MVP, are you prepared to do more work? Being an MVP is not just an award – it is a commitment to do more for the community!

The Virginia Tour 2016

Three days of presentations in Richmond Virginia. From Naked SQL to Wheel of Doom – there is a wide breadth of knowledge to be shared.

Freecon – Oct 27 in Seattle

It is well known that there is a wealth of information within Extended Events. One can tap plenty of information about performance issues, errors, or general interest type stuff by setting up an XEvent Session and trapping some (hopefully) useful information.

TSQL Recipes – 2014 Edition

Announcing…the book At long last the wait is over. After much blood, sweat and more blood and sweat, the next edition of the SQL Server Recipes book is finished. This edition brings several changes and […]

PASS Summit 2015 – Guess What?

Quick run the other way! PASS Summit will never be the same! Why? Well, because for the first time in the history of me, I have been selected to speak at such a prestigious event. Isn’t […]

SQL Cruise Mediterranean+

This is a post that is looooong overdue. I have intended to write some of this at least since the first SQL Cruise I attended back in 2013 (in the Caribbean). Now with three Cruises […]

Security as a Fleeting Thought

Today we have another installment in what is known as TSQL Tuesday.  This month we have an invitation and topic given to us by the infamous Kenneth Fisher ( blog | twitter). Today, the invitation […]