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K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security
Archives: July 2008
Members speaking at User Groups
The Midlands PASS chapter is approaching two years old. We've had some great speakers from the outside like MVPs Brian Knight, John Welch, and Wayne Snyder. We've got another great one coming with Darren Herbold next week. One area we've really struggled is getting users to speak.… Read more
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Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 31 July 2008
Microsoft Has a New Testing Mechanism - Not a Sim
It looks like Microsoft is working with Prometric to put out a different way of testing for certification. Basically, it's an emulation, there are tasks to complete, and the emulation grades based on how well the tasks are completed when all is said and done. This is different than from… Read more
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Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 31 July 2008
Reminder - Midlands PASS August Meeting
Speaker: Darren Herbold
Midlands PASS Chapter - August 7, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 7, 2008, to host Darren Herbold of Pragmatic Works Consulting and contributing author of the forthcoming Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services from Wrox (Darren is… Read more
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Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 31 July 2008
Panel Interview Part III Posted
As a follow-up to yesterday's post, Part III of the SQL Server panel interview has been posted on-line. A name I left off the original post who was on the panel (which I'll go back and edit):
A couple of community comments:
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StatisticsIO.com (Jason Massie): More SQL experts…
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Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 30 July 2008
SQL Server Panel Interview
I was asked by Odin Jobs to participate in an email interview on SQL Server. Joining me on the panel were:
Odin Jobs has done this before with PHP. The first couple of posts are here:
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Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 29 July 2008
Midlands PASS August Meeting
Speaker: Darren Herbold
Midlands PASS Chapter - August 7, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 7, 2008, to host Darren Herbold of Pragmatic Works Consulting and contributing author of the forthcoming Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services from Wrox (Darren is… Read more
0 comments, 441 reads
Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 24 July 2008
Reminder - Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - July 17 - MVP John Welch
The Midlands PASS Chapter hosts:
SQL Server MVP John Welch
July 17, 2008 at Training Concepts
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a special meeting on Thursday, July 17, 2008, to host SQL Server MVP John Welch. John will be giving a presentation on SQL Server Integration Services Read more
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Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 16 July 2008
Community Megaphone Site for User Group Announcements
If you're looking to advertise your user group meetings, code camps, SQL Saturdays, etc., there a site that's trying to be a central source for all of that:
I've just submitted the next Midlands PASS Chapter meeting to see how well the process works.
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Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 10 July 2008
Contact Me Disabled
I've been getting spammed like crazy through the Contact Me link. As a result, I've had to disable it. If you need to contact me, the best way is to either email me at kbriankelley {at} acm {dot} org or to use Private Message through SQL Server Central.
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Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 10 July 2008
Midlands PASS Meeting - July 17 - SQL Server MVP John Welch
The Midlands PASS Chapter hosts:
SQL Server MVP John Welch
July 17, 2008 at Training Concepts
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a special meeting on Thursday, July 17, 2008, to host SQL Server MVP John Welch. John will be giving a presentation on SQL Server Integration Services Read more
0 comments, 140 reads
Posted in K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security on 3 July 2008