In Person Events

I had a great time speaking at the San Diego SQL User Group

I’d like to thank the San Diego SQL Server User Group for having me come and speak to them tonight.  I had a great time presenting both my SQL Server Query Tuning and SQL Server Service Broker presentations.  You can grab the slide deck and sample code from those two links.

 I was happy to fill in on short notice for them when there scheduled speak cancelled on them.  Hopefully the members liked the presentations as much as I liked giving them.  Hopefully the San Diego SQL Server User Group will invite me back in the future.

Denny

Slide Decks and Sample Code for San Diego SQL Users Group Meeting

Below you will find links to download file files with the MS PowerPoint slide decks and sample files which I’ll be using at this weeks presentation at the San Diego SQL Users Group Meeting.

There is a lot of sample code in the Query Tuning file.  We’ll look through as much of it as we can depending on the amount of time that we have.

SQL Server Query Tuning

SQL Server Service Broker

I’ve included the Service Broker slide deck even though I’m not sure that we will get to it.  If there isn’t time to get to the slide deck during the meeting I’ll be happy to answer questions on it after the meeting (or posted here of course).

See you Thursday night.

Denny

I’ll be speaking at the San Diego SQL Server Users Group

The good folks of the San Diego SQL Server User Group has invited me to come speak to them on March 20, 2008.  The meeting starts at 6PM.

 If you are in the area I urge you to come and check it out.  The topic of my talk will be Query Tuning as well as a bit of Query Governor.  If you attended the SoCal Code Camp in January and weren’t able to catch my session then, now is your chance.

The slide deck will be a little different so I’ll be adjusting it a little bit.  I’ll try and get the slide deck posted before the meeting, but no promises.

More information about the San Diego SQL Server User Group can be found on thier web site http://www.sdsqlug.org.  See you there.

Denny

What should I speak on at PASS this year?

Well the call for speakers for the PASS Summit 2008 should be coming up shortly, and I’m trying to decide what to submit to speak about.  And I decided that I’d ask the community here; If you were going to go to the PASS Summit this year what sessions would you like to attend?  Please post your ideas to the comments below.  Nothing is to crazy (as long as it’s got something to do with Microsoft SQL Server).

 I’ve got a few ideas which I plan on submitting already, but I want to make sure that what I submit is what people want to actually here.

 For those who haven’t attended PASS in prior years it is a great place to network and learn a ton about Microsoft SQL Server.  There isn’t a whole lot of info posted yet, but the dates and basic info is posted on the PASS web site.

Denny

SQL 2008 Launch Event was Yesterday

Well I just got back from the Launch event.  The event was excellent.  Microsoft was giving out a lot of really excellent information about all the products.  The turnout was just amazing.  I heard that about 5000 people registered, and that based on prior events about 3500 were expected to actually show up.  Somewhere around 6500 people actually attended so the show was very busy.

Tom Brokaw and Steve Ballmer both gave excellent speeches at the keynote speakers.  Because of the large number of people in attendance the check in process seamed to take quite a while for a lot of people.  The demos which were done were very interesting.  There was only one occasion of the “cooking show magic” where you go from the before to after without showing the changes with SQL Server Reporting Services Report Designer when adding a column.  Everyone seamed to know why we weren’t shown the work of adding a column to a report because it’s not as easy as they wanted it to seam.  We all got the gist of what they were getting at though.  Many of the sessions were packed so full that there were more people then could actually get into the session rooms.

Because of the extra people in attendance the lunch situation wasn’t the greatest, but it seamed that they were able to deal with it.  I didn’t see anyone going without lunch so I guess they were able to deal with it pretty quickly.

The only real complaints that I have are that the Microsoft pavilion was in a separate room from the main pavilion room so it was a little hard to find.  I didn’t even realise that there was a Microsoft pavilion until half way through the day, and by then I didn’t have time to go and check it out.

Because I was one of the first 1000 people to register for the event I was invited to the AMD / Microsoft party after the launch event.  The party was awesome to say the least.  The Barenaked Ladies performed a full set, and it was a great show.  Now I admit, I’m not the biggest fan of the Barenaked Ladies, but they put on a great show.  They appeared to be having a great time, and the music was great.  It was a top notch way to end a great day of learning.

Be sure to check out the event when it comes to a town near you.

I tried to take some photos, but my camera just didn’t cut it.  Some folks that I know took some pictures with me.  As soon as I get them, I’ll post them up on the site for all to see.

Denny

SQL 2008 Launch Event is Tomorrow

Well, tomorrow is the official launch event for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (as well as Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 but really cares much about them).

If you can’t make it to the launch event I’ll be posting to my blog as often as I can through out the day to everyone updated on the information which is released.

I highly recommend that everyone check out the launch event in thier area.

Denny

Don’t forget about the SQL Server 2008 Launch Event

Don’t forget that the Microsoft Launch Event in Los Angeles is next week.  If you are in town, you should try to make it to the event.

 You can register here.

 Denny

Eat more chicken…

Well, this has absolutely nothing to do with SQL Server, but I just had to post this anyway.

 We were having dinner at Chick-fil-A and the Chick-fil-A cow was there.  My wife snapped this photo, that I just had to share with everyone.  How totally awesome is this.  (Comments are very much welcome.)

Denny

Webcast turnout was fantastic

Thanks to all who attended this morning webcast ‘Under The Hood of SQL Server - Checking Out Internals’.  This mornings webcast was a complete success.  The number of people attending was fantastic, and some excellent questions were asked.  If I remember correctly there were about 140 people in attendance.  For those who weren’t able to attend the webcast this morning, it was recorded and as soon as it’s published I’ll post the link to the video.

If you have a question specific to the webcast please email my good friend Andy Grant with your questions and he will route them to myself or Jason Hall.

Don’t forget to check out the tech brief which we were talking about.

Denny

New Paper Published: Picking the Right Instrument for SQL Server Performance Management

The folks at Quest Software asked me to write a paper for them discussing the differences between managing a SQL Server using just the Microsoft provided tools and their Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise product.  That paper has just been released and can be downloaded here.  We’ll also be discussing this paper (among other things) at a web cast Thursday 2/7/2008 at 8am which you can read about here and here.

Denny