OK, so I’ve been bad (at best) at blogging this year… but I’ll blame some of that on the fact that I’ve done more travel in these first three months of the year then I’ve ever done. Yes, I’ve been to Charlotte, NC (for a SQL Server 2005 Ascend Workshop) then Dallas, TX (for yet another Ascend Workshop) then Cairo, Egypt (for the MiddleEast Developers Conference) then Brussels, Belgium (for Dev and ITPro Days) then San Francisco, CA (for SQLLive) then London, UK (for another Ascend Workshop) then Zurich/Interlaken, Switzerland (for TechDays) then Orlando, FL (for SQLConnections) and now I’m home for a couple of weeks (well, kind of that’s another story for another day :)). But, yes, I did come back to PASS 2005 European Summit
Critical New SQL Server 2005 Features YOU Need to Learn!
This is a full-day lecture/demo packed session where I’ll also provide demo scripts (posted on my website) and I’ll spend the entire day drilling into the new features of SQL Server 2005 that offer you better data availability. But what does that translate to: Database Mirroring, new Piecemeal Restore/Recovery, fast file initialization, database snapshots, table/index partitioning, snapshot isolation and even some details regarding index-related changes. However, I have two sessions at the event that will cover Best Practices and Changes to Indexing so I’ll save those details for the breakout sessions and pack more details into the availability topics. In fact, THE ABSOLUTELY MOST GEEKY demo you will ever see – will be done during this session! (Wow, I’ve certainly set the bar high for that demo, I hope I can live up to that expectation :).
Check out this link for more details: http://www.sqlpass.org/events/Europe/2005/Pre_Con.cfm.
Microsoft Tech*Ed
Taming the Tools
Effectively Using and Understanding SQL Server 2005 Tools
This is a first! We’ve decided to have a room packed full of PCs – loaded with
Check out this link for more details: http://www.msteched.com/content/precons.aspx#DBA001.
Microsoft Tech*Ed Europe
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – July 4, 2005 – 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
Taming the Tools
Effectively Using and Understanding SQL Server 2005 Tools
OK, so this might be a tad misleading… it appears to be an exact copy of the US Tech*Ed session (at least in title) but in fact, it’s not! First, the format is very different. The
Check out this link for more details: http://www.mseventseurope.com/TechEd/05/Pre/Content/PCTools.aspx.
And, if you’re at any of these events, I look forward to seeing you there! I’m certain we’re going to have some fun. Make sure to say hi and tell me you read my blog. It’s always fun to meet people who read this! Oh speaking of reading this, here’s a strange challenge (and probably very unlikely given the locations). If any of you attend all three… We can continue the discussions of the pre-conference seminars over dinner – in
Finally, if you’re wondering why I no longer allow comments…. ugh, blog spammers from h*ll. I’ll bring back comments again after I do a bit of tweaking so I can get the blog spammers to go away!
Thanks for reading!