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Fundamentals Week 2025 is Coming This Month! Get Your Tickets Now.

Free Fundamentals Classes Are Coming Next Week! Register Now.

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You’re a developer, analyst, database administrator, or anybody else working with SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, or Amazon RDS SQL Server. You want to learn how to make your databases go faster. Good news! Next week, I’m teaching totally free half-day versions of my classes from 9AM-1PM Eastern time, 8AM-Noon Central, 6AM-10AM Pacific: Monday: Fundamentals…
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Announcing Fundamentals Week 2025!

Announcing Free Fundamentals Week 2025!

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You’re a developer, analyst, database administrator, or anybody else working with SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, or Amazon RDS SQL Server. You want to learn how to make your databases go faster. Good news! In October 13-16, I’m teaching totally free half-day versions of my classes from 9AM-1PM Eastern time, 8AM-Noon Central, 6AM-10AM Pacific: Monday:…
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Your Developers Need Cheap SQL Training.

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Your developers haven’t ever been to formal Microsoft database training on SQL Server or Azure SQL DB. They’re struggling with trying to tune queries and indexes. Your apps keep getting slower as the data grows, and your queries keep getting more complex. They’ve exhausted their free resources like YouTube videos and blogs, and they’re just…
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Free Webcasts Tomorrow & Wednesday

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I’m teaching my two most important classes live, online, completely free! These are the two fundamentals classes that I think everybody should start with, regardless of their experience with SQL Server or Azure SQL DB. I’ll teach you the most important parts about how the database engine works, plus how to use free scripts to…
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SQLBits 2026 is Going Back to Newport, Wales.

SQLBits 2026 is Going Back to Newport, Wales.

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SQLBits 2026 will be back at the International Convention Center Wales in Newport on April 22-25, and I’ll be there! Bits was there in 2023, and they’ve got a recap video showing the venue. This location is a little tricky for us Yanks: here’s where it’s at on Google Maps. For international visitors, you’ve got…
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Save $150 on the Summit with Discount Code BRENT25

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The PASS Data Community Summit is the biggest conference in the Microsoft database industry, and over the last few years, they’ve expanded to cover other databases as well. It’s in Seattle on November 17-21 this year. It costs $2195 for the Weds-Fri general sessions, plus $595 for each pre-conference session on Monday or Tuesday. Register…
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SQLBits Added More Capacity to My Workshop! Move Quick.

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I’m coming to London this month for SQLBits, and my Thursday workshop “Faster, Cheaper Cloud Databases” workshop sold out right away when it was announced. There’s been a waitlist for months. The short story: they added more capacity to my room! If you’re already registered, email contactus@sqlbits.com to join my Thursday workshop. If you haven’t…
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It’s Time for Fundamentals Week! Register for Tomorrow’s Classes.

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This is it! You’ve been watching my free live Spring Training classes over the last several weeks, and they’ve whetted your appetite for serious SQL Server learning. You enjoy my laid-back, humorous approach to sharing what I’ve learned over the years. You love live classes. You’ve tried watching recordings or stepping through demos yourself, but…you…
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The Waitlist is Open Now for My SQLBits Workshop!

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I’m excited to return to London for SQLBits again this year! I’ve written about why SQLBits is my favorite conference, and it’s hard to believe it’s been over a decade since I wrote that post. I still feel the same way about Bits – it’s fun, different, and unafraid to run big experiments. This year,…
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Announcing Fundamentals Week 2025!

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You’ve attended some of my free online streams, read my blog posts, and you use the First Responder Kit. You enjoy my laid-back, humorous approach to sharing what I’ve learned over the years. You love live classes. You’ve tried watching recordings or stepping through demos yourself, but…you just can’t block out the time, and you…
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I’m Coming to Croatia!

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A few things lined up perfectly for a European trip this summer. I’m on a European cruise in early June, then Data Saturday Croatia on June 14, and then SQL Bits on June 21. For Croatia, I’m teaching a one-day preconference workshop: Faster, Cheaper Cloud Databases. You’re managing databases that live in AWS, Azure, and…
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SQLBits is Coming Back to London in June 2025!

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I used to feel bad saying that any one conference is “my favorite” because I worried that other database conference organizers might feel slighted. However, I’ve talked to many of ’em, and they feel the same way I do, hahaha, so I don’t feel guilty about it anymore. SQLBits is my favorite database conference. They try…
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Watch Me Stream at the PASS Summit for Free!

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This week at the PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle, 15 sessions are getting streamed online for free! I’m proud to be one of ’em – my session’s on Friday. Here’s the lineup, all times Pacific: Wednesday: 8:15 AM – 9:30 AM – MICROSOFT KEYNOTE: Fuel AI innovation with Azure Databases 9:45 AM – 10:45…
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