PASS has structured its registrations to give the best deals to those who register the earliest.  The current rate of $1395 expires June 30th.  As Greg pointed out in his blog, community speakers have been announced.  Register for the summit at http://summit2008.sqlpass.org/ now to beat the price increase.  Come to the ...

OK, I first posted on some of the limitations to indexes in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 in part one here. Now, I want to dive into index internals for a post (or two). And, I often get the question “who is the best audience for your blog – or, for this post” and well, that’s a bit hard to answer. At SQL Connections in Orlando, I delivered a ...

Memorial Day weekend we were in Chicago to celebrate my Father's life. We did a ''Celebration of Life'' memorial and we had a few drinks (celebratory Meyers, Tonic and lime - which was my Father's favorite drink), we (7 of us) gave a few heartfelt speeches, and a few friends wrote a song (and passed out the words - to which we ...

Over the past few years, Jean-Rene' Roy has hosted a Developers conference in the Spring in Montreal.  This conference focuses on both .NET and SQL topics.  This is DevTeach and SQLTeach.  I have had the privilege of presenting at this conference since 2005.  The content is great and the attendees ask great questions.  ...

OK, we were in Iceland and then Florida for our Accidental DBA workshops and both went really well. People agree that there are quite a few involuntary/accidental DBAs out there and overall, we helped quite a few to see a lot of options for better performance, availability, recovery, and/or just manageability. So, this ...

It seems to be that time of year.  The time of year when conferences and speaking opportunities abound.  I have some events coming up.  If you are in the area, please drop in.  March 20 - 7pm - Triad SQl Server User Group - www.triadsql.com.  I will be delivering a session entitiled BI for the Relational Guy April 3-4 - ...

A couple of weeks ago, Paul and I recorded two interviews with TechNet Radio... both are ready for download and in multiple formats!  Our specific interviews can be downloaded from the following links/formats:   SQL 2008 Part 1 of 2: Security and Availability WMA | MP3 High | MP3 Low   SQL 2008 Part 2 of 2: ...

(Cross-posted on Paul and Kimberly's blogs) With the Spring SQL Server Connections show coming up next month, its time to start planning for the Fall show. Once again Kimberly and I will be Co-Chairs of the Conference and we'd like to invite you to submit abstracts for the Fall 2008 SQL ...

It's Official, today! We have a party for SQL Server 2008 in LA!  The product may not be shipping, but that won't stop us from having our party. Seriously, Today marks the beginning of a more useful Launch than the 2005 launch.  What am I saying?  The Launch Events will probably be more educational for you this time around because ...

In the latest PASS Community Connector, there is a call for Speakers for this year's summit in Seattle in November.  If you have never been to Seattle in November, it really makes you want to learn more about SQL Server in the breakout sessions. ;-)   But seriously, it is a great venue to meet other SQL Server professionals and ...