Two Blog Series You Don’t Want to Miss
Database Administration, Indexing, Performance Tuning | May 28, 2010 | 1:52 pmBlogs are a great way to learn new things about SQL Server, and just in case you have missed them, I want to recommend the following two blog series that I feel every DBA should read.
Are You a Full-Time or Part-Time DBA?
Brad McGehee, Opinion | | 1:14 pmI’m always trying to find out about the DBAs who visit my blog, as it helps me to better understand them, which helps me to better target the blog posts I write. While I use Google Analytics to help me find out more about my audience (such as how often they visit or what countries ...read more
Becoming a Part of the SQL Server Twitter Community
DBA Career | May 26, 2010 | 5:16 pmThere have been tens of thousands of blog posts and articles written about Twitter, and because of this, I have hesitated writing one myself. I have decided to write a short post because of something I overhead at a recent conference I attended. Here is what I overhead, “I’ll start posting on Twitter once I ...read more
IndyTechFest 2010 a Big Hit
Conferences, Speaking Schedule | | 3:32 pmJesse Liberty,a Developer Community Program Manager for Microsoft, starts off IndyTechFest 2010 with the keynote presentation.
On Saturday, May 22, 2010, over 400 SQL Server, .NET, SharePoint, Silverlight, and Windows Phone professionals gathered together and spent a free day of training at IndyTechFest, sharpening their technical and career skills, choosing from 37 different presentations in seven ...read more
North Texas SQL Server User Group Offers Innovative Educational Series
Speaking Schedule, User Groups | | 2:18 pmOn Thursday, May 20, 2010, I had the opportunity to speak at the North Texas SQL Server Users Group, which is held on the third Thursday of every month at the Microsoft offices in Irving, TX (near Dallas).
Career Advice for the Novice SQL Server DBA
DBA Career | May 12, 2010 | 3:00 pmIn April, I ran a Question of the Month that asked, “What advice would you offer a novice DBA in order to help them along in their career.” As usual, the SQL Server community responded and provided a lot of great advice. Below, I have summarized (in no particular order) most of this advice to ...read more
IndyTechFest 2010 Offers Free Training
Conferences, Speaking Schedule | | 11:33 amFor the third year in a row, IndyTechFest will offer free training for SQL Server DBAs and Developers, .NET Developers, SharePoint Administrators and Developers, and much more. The event will be held Saturday, May 22, in Indianapolis, IN at the Marriott Indianapolis East Conference Center. The event offers 40 different sessions in seven different ...read more
New Free eBook: Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server
Books, Free Stuff | May 10, 2010 | 9:33 amSimple-Talk Publishing has released a new, free 291 page eBook called Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server, by Alex Kuznetsov. Here is what the book covers, as described from the book’s introduction.
“Resilient T-SQL code is code that is designed to last, and to be safely reused by others. The goal of defensive database programming, and ...read more
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