{"id":709,"date":"2010-04-20T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Three-public-classes-in-Dublin-in-June-and-July-with-testimonials.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:41:17","slug":"three-public-classes-in-dublin-in-june-and-july-with-testimonials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/three-public-classes-in-dublin-in-june-and-july-with-testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Three public classes in Dublin in June and July, with testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We enjoyed Dublin so much in 2008 and 2009 that we&#39;re going back for two weeks this time &#8211; and teaching three classes while we&#39;re there! We&#39;ll be working with our fabulous friends (Carmel, Sandra, and Bob) at <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prodata.ie\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Prodata<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> and the event will be hosted by the nice folks at <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Microsoft Ireland<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">. We&#39;ll also be doing a user group presentation, as usual, and you can register for this on the <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtug.ie\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">MTUG website<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">. Not sure what we&#39;ll talk about at the user group yet (probably SQL Server related :-) &#8211; suggestions?<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">If you register for any of the classes, be sure to use this special discount code &quot;PRB&quot; which gets you 5% off and we&#39;ll know you saw the class on my blog.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We decided to structure the first class as a 4-day version of our popular Immersion Event and the following week do two deeper classes focusing on performance and disaster recovery.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We&#39;ve taught several classes this year already and had rave reviews of the content, our knowledge, and presentation style. Check them out for yourself (with quotes extracted from their blog posts):<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Greg Gonzalez, President and CEO of <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlsentry.com\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL Sentry<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;wrote a <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/greg.blogs.sqlsentry.net\/2010\/04\/getting-immersed-in-sql-server.html\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">long blog post<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> about the Immersion Event he attended in Boston in April:<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<em><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&quot;When it comes to the instructors themselves, Kimberly and Paul simply have no equal.&nbsp; Not only are they both ultimate authorities, but they have endless enthusiasm about the material, and spot on delivery.&nbsp; If either ever got tired they never showed it, even after going all day and all week.&nbsp; We witnessed countless demos over the course of the week, some extremely involved, multi-step processes, and I can&rsquo;t recall a one that didn&rsquo;t go the way it was supposed to.&quot;<\/font><\/em>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<em><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&quot;These are not beginner presenters, and they put an extreme amount of preparation and attention to detail into everything that they do.&nbsp; Completely, utterly professional.&quot;<\/font><\/em>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<em><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&quot;You might think that with this extreme level of skill comes extreme levels of egotism and lack of patience.&nbsp; Nothing could be further from the truth. &#8230; They simply know how to teach, and are approachable, humble, and patient.&quot;<\/font><\/em>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Fellow-MVP Aaron Bertrand <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/sqlblog.com\/blogs\/aaron_bertrand\/archive\/2010\/03\/31\/the-pros-and-cons-of-learning.aspx\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">discussing the same Immersion Event<\/font><\/a>:\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<em><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&quot;The additional insight around what&#39;s printed in the book or in Books Online is invaluable; and the experience Paul and Kimberly have had with real live customers yields a lot more information and things to watch out for than you&#39;d ever get from the documentation alone.&quot;<\/font><\/em>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Newly-minted MCM Robert Davis of Microsoft&nbsp;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlservercentral.com\/blogs\/robert_davis\/2010\/04\/10\/5-Random-Thoughts-on-the-SQL-Server-MCM-Program\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">explaining how the previous training<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> he&#39;d received from us at Microsoft helped him pass his MCM certification (which we also teach):<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<em><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&quot;I try to take the SQLSkills classes when I can. I highly recommend to everyone that they take advantage of any training opportunities that they see from this group.&quot;<\/font><\/em>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Newly-minted MCM Brent Ozar of Quest <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brentozar.com\/archive\/2010\/03\/sql-mcm-one-week-down\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">summing up the first week<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> of the recent MCM class that we taught:<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<em><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&quot;To call them good trainers is an epic understatement.&nbsp; They know how to deliver very, very technical material in ways that illustrate it well.&nbsp; I had to stop Paul at one point and ask him how long it took to build a particular slide because the animations were so good at conveying a hard-to-describe process.&quot;<\/font><\/em>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">We also have a bunch of quotes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/past-clients\/\">past customers<\/a> and finally, here&#39;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/content\/binary\/sqlimmersionirelandeventreport.pdf\">press release<\/a> from last year&#39;s class. Phew!<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><u>4-Day&nbsp;Immersion Event, June 28-July 1 2010, Dublin, Ireland:<\/u> <\/strong>See the <\/font><\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Prodata site<\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> for full details and for registration links and options.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Day 1: SQL Server Internals<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">On-disk structures: how the data is stored<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Records, pages, allocation bitmaps<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Index internals: how the data is organized<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Logging and recovery: how the data is protected<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">What is logging?<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">How recovery works<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">How the transaction log is structured<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Recovery models&nbsp;<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Day 2: Designing for Performance<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Choosing the RIGHT Data Type<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Understanding data types<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Character data, overflow and LOB<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">LOB considerations<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Date and time data types<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Heterogeneous data types<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Sparse columns<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Application inconsistencies in types<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Table &amp; Index Partitioning Strategies<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Concepts\/motivating factors in Partitioning<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL Server 2000+ Partitioned Views<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL Server 2005+ Partitioned Tables<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Partitioning Design Techniques Combined<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Partitioned and non-partitioned Indexes<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Implementing the Sliding Window Scenario<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Day 3: Indexing for Performance<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Data Access<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Data Access Patterns<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Covering<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Using INCLUDE (SQL Server 2005+)<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Using Filters (SQL Server 2008+)<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Indexing Strategies<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Indexing for AND<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Indexing for OR<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Indexing for Joins<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Indexing for Aggregates<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Indexed Views (Overview)<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Day 4: Essential Database Maintenance<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Data and log file provisioning and management<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Database layout considerations<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Growing and shrinking<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Instant initialization<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Tempdb<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Index and statistics maintenance<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Using backup and restore<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Consistency checking<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><u>Performance Optimization Masterclass, July 5-6 2010, Dublin, Ireland:<\/u><\/strong> See the <\/font><\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Prodata site<\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> for full details and for registration links and options.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">(This is not duplicate content to the 4-day class &#8211; it&#39;s deeper knowledge and really requires the equivalent knowledge to the 4-day class to get the best out of it.)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Part 1: Optimizing Procedural Code<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 1: Batches and Plan Cache<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Statement execution and plan caching<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">sp_executesql and dynamic string execution<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 2: Optmizing Procedural Code<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Understanding stored procedures<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Understanding recompilation<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Creating an optimal plan<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Forcing plans &amp; plan guides<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Part 2: Resource Monitoring and Troubleshooting<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 1: Waits &amp; Queues<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">What are waits and queues?<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">What should you be looking for?<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 2: Locking \/ blocking<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Locking overview<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Examples of blocking scenarios<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Troubleshooting blocking<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Blocking avoidance strategies<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 3: Resource governor<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 4: Extended Events<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 5: Performance Data Collection<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Part 3: Are Your Index Strategies Working?<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 1: index cleanup<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Index usage and consolidation<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 2: Index health<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">What is fragmentation<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Detecting fragmentation<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Removing fragmentation<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Module 3: Missing indexes<\/font>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">DTA<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><u>Disaster Recovery Masterclass, July 7-8 2010, Dublin, Ireland:<\/u><\/strong> See the <\/font><\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Prodata site<\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> for full details and for registration links and options.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">(This is not duplicate content to the 4-day class &#8211; 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