Up Coming Speaking Events

Hello Dear Reader!  We are 2 months into 2014 and the New Year is off to a busy start. This year already I've spoken to 3 User Groups and had 1 Workshop on Performance Tuning. This is only the beginning.  Between  now and May I've got 12 more presentations.  While I'm out and about I hope that I will get to see and meet up with a lot of SQL Family.

First Up Tampa!

SQL Saturday #273 is just around the corner.  I am one of a whole host of other great SQL Server Experts that will be on hand for the free training and free learning.  Stop by!  

February 22nd

SQL Saturday Tampa #273

Trimming Indexes Getting Your Database In Shape! (Click the link to go sign up)

Do you have the PASS Summit Blues?  We are 11 months away from the next great gathering of SQL Minds.  During this time of the year you watch your DVD's/Downloads/Streaming content from last.  You look at the presentations at the SQL Saturday's and start to wonder what will be planned for next year.  You miss your friends, you miss the atmosphere, you miss the Summit.

Well Pragmatic Works has the cure for the PASS Summit Blues.  All this month we have been doing our presentations from last year for Free, as part of our Training on the T's.  Next week you will get a chance to see my presentation from the Summit, Plus a little extra content as I take up not ONE, but TWO time slots.

Hope to see you there!

February 25th

Pragmatic Works Training on the T's

SQL Internals Deep Dive Part 1 (Click the link to go sign up)

February 27th

Pragmatic Works Training on the T's

SQL Internals Deep Dive Part 2  (Click the link to go sign up)

This March SQL Server MVP Jorge Segarra (@SQLChicken | Blog) and myself take our two man show on the road.  We did Tampa last month, next up Reston VA.  I'm hoping to catch up with some old friend's while in VA, and I'm sure you want to miss the two of us in action.  We still have seats, but they are going fast!  (Click the link to go sign up)

March 18th - 20th

Pragmatic Works

Performance Tuning Workshop  (Click the link to go sign up)

Reston, VA

Last year one of my favorite all time memories was SQL Saturday Boston.  I'd never been to Boston when I submitted and I'd always wanted to go.  Little did I realize that I would end up back in Boston 5 more times before the end of 2013.  I can't wait to go back and join the amazing speaker line up that Mike Hilwig(@MikeHilwig|Blog) has put together!

March 29th

SQL Saturday Boston #262

Trimming Your Indexes Getting Your Database In Shape  (Click the link to go sign up)

I'm in Portland Oregon for the first time ever.  As if that wasn't enough reason to show up, I'm presenting with none other than my colleague Roger Wolter(@RWolter50 | Blog).  Roger is a former PM for SQL Server for Microsoft.  He has forgotten more about computer science that I've ever known.  He's a nice guy and he's flat out brilliant.  He has worked on some of the largest and most complicated Service Broker installations in the world, he has vast in the field experience with SQL Server.

Roger and I are teaching the Performance Tuning Workshop not once, but twice this year.  I hope to see you there, because this Dear Reader is going to be a lot of fun.

April 8th

Pragmatic Works

Performance Tuning Workshop  (Click the link to go sign up)

Portland, OR

My good friends Jose Rivera(@SQLConqueror|Blog) and Guillero Caicedo(@SQLTitan|Blog) invited SQL MVP Jorge Segarra and myself to present a full day Pre-Con for SQL Saturday Puerto Rico.  I've gotten to know Jose and Guillero quite well from different SQL Saturday's and the PASS Summit.  This is a great honor as it will mark my 1st ever Pre-Con for a SQL Saturday!

Jorge and I will be pulling out all the stops to give you a full day of information and Performance Tuning knowledge that you can use.  I hope to see you there!

April 11th

SQL Saturday Puerto Rico #283  (Click the link to go sign up)

Full Day Performance Tuning Workshop

April 12th

SQL Saturday

Puerto Rico #283

TBD

Roger Wolter and I tackle SQL Server one more time in the Mile High City.  Denver is a beautiful town and I cannot wait to come out and visit will all the #SQLFamily out there.  We will also be presenting at the SQL Server User Group on the 29th.

April 29th-May 1st

Pragmatic Works 

Performance Tuning Workshop (Click the link to go sign up)

Denver, CO

April 29th 

Denver Colorado SSUG

TBD

Jorge and I will be taking our two man show over to SQL Saturday #298 Jacksonville.  When Devin Knight(@Knight_Devin | Blog) called me up and asked I was stoked!  This will be the 4th time that Jorge and I have presented together this year and I can't wait!  Come out and join us for some learning and fun!

May 9th

SQL Saturday Jacksonville #298

SQL Server Performance Tuning and Internals  (Click the link to go sign up)

May 10th

SQL Saturday Jacksonville #298

TBD

As you can see Dear Reader this year will be busy. There are more plans right now that we are working on that go all the way out to the end of the year.  More on that in the next couple of months!

As Always, Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks,

Brad

SQL Saturday 215 Deck and Demos Live

Hello Dear Reader!  I'm up in Jacksonville for SQL Saturday 215. Today I'm presenting SQL Internals, Backups, and Recovery Models!  OH MY!  

I'm also going to be the MC for the SQL Iron Chef BI presentation today.  Before the festivities being I wanted to upload my deck and Demo, a few tweeks from the last presentation I did up in Boston. One of the big differences, more data for the partitioning & Peicemeal Restore demo.  I got an SSD this week, and it's time to have some fun with it!

Early morning outside the main hall SQL Saturday 215 Jacksonville

I'll be in the DBA Auditorium from 1:15 - 2:15 today.  If you'd like a copy of the deck Click Here, if you'd like a copy of the demos Click Here.

Hope to see you there!

I'm Presenting At MAGICPass Tonight!

I'll be presenting at MAGICPass tonight, starting at 6:30!  The subject is Page and Row Compression How, When, and Why.  I blogged about this topic previously, and have presented this recently for SQL Saturday 62 and internally for my friends at Publix. 

If your interested in a preview of the topic Click Here.  I submitted this presentation to SQL Rally, and blogged about it for the voting process.  I got selected as an Alternate for the Rally, which I'm still really excited about this was the first big conference that I've submitted to, and my Peers did the voting, which doubles the honor.

I'll be posting the slide deck after the presentation as well as some of the T-SQL Demo's behind it.  There will be a couple pieces of code that I explore further. 

If you are in the Orlando Area and would like to stop by we would love to have you. To get information on the MAGICPAss Event Click Here to RSVP.

But Dear Reader, Wait there's more!

If you arrive to the event early around 5:00 pm then you'll get to see Andy Warren (Blog|Twitter).  Here is the abstract for Andy's presentation

Basics of Performance Tuning - Part 1 Speaker: Andy Warren
In part one of our three part class on performance tuning you'll learn how to use Profiler, the tool that ships with SQL Server that is used to monitor SQL statements sent to the server. We'll show you how to start a Profiler session, set up the most common events, columns, and filters, and how to create a template so you can easily use the same settings each time. We'll explain how to assess the cost of a query by looking at reads, writes, cpu time, and duration. We'll finish up by showing you how to set up a server side trace - think of it as Profiler without the UI. Knowing how to use Profiler is critical for a Dba, and incredibly useful for a developer.

If you know Andy, you know he is a great guy.  Andy is one of the Co-Founders of SQL Server Central, he currently sits on the Board of Directors for PASS, he help create, found, and has attended many SQL Saturday's, and has tirelessly devoted his time to the SQL Community.  Andy is a world class presenter and if you can make it in it will be well worth your time!

Well Dear Reader I hope to see you there!

Thanks,

Brad

Working On Presentations

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!   Just wanted to take a second to write a quick update, I'm working on some presentations for an upcoming SQL Saturday in Tampa.  I've submitted a couple sessions and we'll see if any get picked up.  Regardless I'm looking forward to attending the event and catching up with some friends and fellow DBA's.