Well, Paul's already announced it here: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/2008/01/17/SeeWeCanAllGetAlong.aspx and now, I just can't skip mentioning this either - especially if you're into performance tuning from the QP side of things (rather than just the SE side of things) - and, that's that there's a new blogger on SQLskills...

Conor Cunningham introduces himself here: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/conor/2008/01/17/HowdyComeOnIn.aspx and suffice it to say it's a blog that I'll be watching for sure!

Welcome Conor!
kt

OK, if you've been reading at all... you know that Paul's leaving Microsoft (ok, he's left... yippie!) and joining SQLskills (ok, he's joined). And, well, that's the reason for this blog entry. He's going to work on some updates to his prior posts (in the very near term) on the SQL Server Storage Engine blog as well as many new ones. And, he's threatening me to blog more as well.

So, be sure to subscribe to Paul S. Randal "In Recovery" (very well named :): http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/Paul/ and here's his rss: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/SyndicationService.asmx/GetRss.

We have a TON of exciting things planned, including some upcoming events that we're delivering together:

• SQLConnections in Vegas - November 4-9
• Microsoft TechEd for ITProfessionals (formerly ITForum) in Barcelona, Spain - November 12-16
• SQL Server Database Maintenance Best Practices (and more!) for Microsoft Zurich - November 19

And, that's it for now...........but stay tuned - there's a lot more coming from us as SQLskills expands!

THANKS for reading,
kt