As a former mentor Christian is used to me asking him all sorts of random questions, but this time it’s going to be published online. I’d also like to thank you for allowing me to be a technical reviewer in your latest book: Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting. Read more

Thanks for agreeing to do this Annette, with your SQL Saturday event only a few weeks away thing must be really hectic. I really do appreciate your time!

Before we start on the main part of the interview, tell us all a little about yourself.

I’m married to Jonathan Allen… Read more

I’ve been very privileged to be able to work alongside Kevin on a few projects during our time together at Quest. To be honest I was a little unsure on how to structure this interview as Kevin has so many strings to his bow. We could talk about being an… Read more

It’s an exciting time for SQL Server Professionals in the South West of the UK, we’re now just a few weeks away from the second ever SQLSaturday event in the UK which is being held in Exeter on the 8-9th March 2013.

If you haven’t registered yet why not!… Read more

Thanks for agreeing to do this Jonathan, I know you’re busy with arrangements for SQL Saturday #194 in Exeter

Before we start on the main part of the interview on the topic of being a SQL Server Database Administrator, tell us all a little about yourself.

I’m a father… Read more

Thanks for agreeing to do this Gavin. It’s great to be able to interview an MCA as there are so few of you about!

How did you start in SQL Server?

While I was still at school, I worked for a computer company that developed software using SQL Server.… Read more

Before we start with the main part of the interview, tell us all a little about yourself. I for one am intrigued why you have… Read more

Most readers will know you already, but before we start on the main part of the interview, tell us all a little about yourself for those that don’t.

I’m currently a Technical Evangelist for Confio Software. I’ve been in the IT industry for just under 15 years having first started… Read more

I’ve known you for quite a while now through Twitter and later at SQLBits (your mum was right kids, don’t speak to strange people on the internet  ). So thanks for agreeing to do this Mark.

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Before we start on the main part of the interview, tell us all a little about yourself.

I am father to three children: Lucy, Kate and Oliver and a husband to… Read more

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SQLBits holds a special place for me as it was the first technical conference that I had ever been to. I can safely say that it has massively shaped my career and encouraged me to do more in the community, so thank you Chris!

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Some time back at a SQL Server user group in Southampton I was speaking to an MVP called Simon Sabin about creating a user group and asked him for some advice. The advice he gave me was to make sure that I had multiple events organised so that people would… Read more