There has been a lot of conversation this week in Twitterverse related to training and conferences in the SQL Server community.\u00a0 I wanted to share some details and my own thoughts related to a few specific events in which I am involved (and it’s all very exciting!).<\/p>\n
Training<\/strong><\/p>\n First, Paul announced<\/a> a new IE event that will kick off at the end of September: IE0: Immersion Event for the Accidental DBA.\u00a0 I am thrilled to be an instructor for this course, and I\u2019m really<\/em> looking forward to teaching with Jonathan.\u00a0 I worked with so<\/i> many Accidental DBAs in my previous job \u2013 people who were the application administrator and also had to manage the application database.\u00a0 We had a fairly general class that talked about databases, and we ended up tweaking that content to create a class solely focused on teaching those application administrators what they needed to do to support their SQL Server database.\u00a0 In the beginning it was a half day class, but we kept coming up with more content we wanted to cover, and had expanded the training to a full day before I left.\u00a0 How happy am I that Jon and I now have three days to help SQL Server application administrators, Accidental DBAs, and Junior DBAs learn the basics?!<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in attending our class, or know someone who might like attend, please check out the syllabus<\/a> and registration page<\/a>.\u00a0 And if you have any questions about the course, please do not hesitate to contact me or Jon!<\/p>\n Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n Second, I am speaking at the SQLIntersection conference in Las Vegas this fall.\u00a0 Kimberly blogged<\/a> about it on Monday and you can see the entire lineup of sessions here.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be presenting three sessions:<\/p>\n SQLintersection is a unique conference because it is pairs with DEVintersection and SharePointintersection, and attendees have access to sessions across multiple Windows technologies.\u00a0 I have more detail about my Extended Events session below, and the Free Tools session will cover usage scenarios for some of the applications I\u2019ve discussed before in my Baselines sessions (e.g. PAL, RMLUtilities). \u00a0The last session on schema design is geared toward developers \u2013 but is also appropriate for DBAs\u00a0\u2013 and I have a lot of great ideas for the content as I\u2019ve just finished recording my next Pluralsight course<\/a>, Developing and Deploying SQL Server ISV Applications, which should go live next week!<\/p>\n And finally, I will be speaking at the PASS Summit<\/a> this October in Charlotte, NC!\u00a0 I am very honored to had the following session selected:<\/p>\n Making the Leap From Profiler to Extended Events<\/a><\/p>\n You know how you discover something wonderful and you want everyone you meet to try it?\u00a0 That\u2019s this session.\u00a0 I had my light bulb moment with Extended Events and believe that everyone else should use it too.\u00a0 But I get that there\u2019s some hesitation, for a whole host of reasons, so I created this session to help people understand Extended Events better, using what they already know about Profiler and SQL Trace.\u00a0 Change is hard, I get that, and people have used Profiler and Trace for years\u2026over a decade in some cases!\u00a0 But both are deprecated in 2012 and Extended Events is here to stay.\u00a0 You need to learn XEvents not just because it\u2019s what you\u2019ll use for tracing going forward, but also because it can help you troubleshoot issues in ways you\u2019ve never been able to before.<\/p>\n I will also be part of a panel discussion:<\/p>\n How to Avoid Living at Work: Lessons from Working at Home<\/a><\/p>\n When I joined SQLskills last summer and started working from home, I had to make significant adjustments.\u00a0 Some days, working at home was just as challenging as work itself.\u00a0 But 10 months in, I can’t imagine not<\/em> working at home.\u00a0 I\u2019m really looking forward to being able to share my experiences, and also hear what my rock star colleagues have learned.\u00a0 If you\u2019re thinking of working from home, or even if you currently work from home, please join me, Tom LaRock<\/a>,\u00a0 Aaron Bertrand<\/a>,\u00a0 Andy Leonard<\/a>,\u00a0 Steve Jones<\/a>,\u00a0 Grant Fritchey<\/a>,\u00a0 Karen Lopez<\/a>, and\u00a0 Kevin Kline<\/a>\u00a0for what I\u2019m sure will be an invaluable and engaging discussion.<\/p>\n Whew!\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be a busy fall filled with SQL Server events, but I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.\u00a0 I am very much looking forward to all of these events \u2013 and I hope to see you at one of them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There has been a lot of conversation this week in Twitterverse related to training and conferences in the SQL Server community.\u00a0 I wanted to share some details and my own thoughts related to a few specific events in which I am involved (and it’s all very exciting!). 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