Monthly Archives: January 2010

What’s In Your Bug-Out Bag?

In my free webcast on disaster recovery planning for small businesses, I talked about building a bug-out bag. Every IT professional should have a bug-out bag in the trunk of their car with enough stuff to let them ...

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LiveMeeting Presentation Tutorial

Want to give a presentation over the web with Microsoft LiveMeeting? It's quick and easy, and with my tips in this six-minute video, you can give a high-quality presentation that attendees will enjoy. This internet presentation tool is used by PASS chapters - both local and virtual - and Microsoft MVPs get a free LiveMeeting ...

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SQL Azure Frequently Asked Questions

On Monday 2/1, SQL Azure goes commercially live.  Microsoft's charging for service now, and that means it's officially official. I talk to a lot of enterprise DBAs, project managers, and developers about SQL Server in the cloud.  Here's some of the questions I get asked most often. What is SQL Azure? SQL Azure is Microsoft's solution for SQL ...

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Upcoming Free Training Events

It's a new year and a new budget, but your boss is still cheap, right?  Ain't that somethin'?  Well, good news - got more free SQL Server training events coming at ya. January 28 Pain of the Week Webcast: "But It Worked On My Machine!" Ari Weil and I will show you how to catch bad ...

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Book Week: The Politics of Writing Books

This week, I've talked about the economics of writing books, interviewed Robin Goldstein about The Wine Trials, and interviewed Tom LaRock about his upcoming book.  This week I'm finishing off the series with my thoughts about the mental costs involved in writing a book. First Things First When my book contract with Wiley/WROX was ...

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July 20 - Silicon Valley SQL Server User Group - Top 10 SQL Server Scaling Problems

July 21 - Quest Day-Long Virtual Conference - Perfmon, wait stats, Blitzes, and more.

July 31 SQLSaturday South Florida - frrrreeee training!

Aug 2-6 SQLCruise - learn about SQL Server in Miami, Key West, and Cozumel.

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