SQL Saturday #162 - Cambridge, UK

Come to Cambridge in the UK for a free day of training on SQL Server. Steve won't be there, but plenty of other Red Gate'ers will be.

SQL Saturday #170 - Munich, Germany

Free SQL Server training comes to Germany. Join fellow SQL Server pros in Munich on Sept 15, 2012.

SQL Saturday #154 | St.Louis, MO

Sept 15th, 2012 at the CAIT Campus of Washington University in St.Louis - 5 Jackson Avenue, Clayton, MO 63105

SQL Saturday #154 is the very first SQL Saturday event in the St.Louis area. It is a free one day event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. We are planning on a 4 track event with 200 attendees. We currently have several sessions aligned towards Database Administration, Application Development, Business Intelligence and professional Development Tracks. We also have several sessions focused on SQL Server 2012! Please visit our event website for more details and free registration.

SQL Saturday #156 - Providence, RI

Come visit Rhode Island and meet fellow SQL Server professionals from all over New England as SQL Saturday comes on Sept 15, 2012.

SQL Saturday #167 - Columbus, GA

A free day of training in Columbus, GA. Come meet the local SQL professionals and spend a day talking SQL Server.

The 2012 SQLServerCentral/Exceptional DBA Awards Party at the PASS Summit

The 2012 SQLServerCentral party at the PASS Summit is on and will once again include the awards ceremony for the Exceptional DBA of 2012. Get your tickets now.

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Red Gate’s new custom metrics site - with a little help from our friends

With contributions from MVPs and the SQL Server community, the SQL Monitor team at Red Gate has put together a custom metrics site, SQL Monitor Metrics, to accompany the release of SQL Monitor 3.2. The site hosts T-SQL scripts which can be imported directly to SQL Monitor for custom metric monitoring.

PASS Data Architecture VC presents Louis Davidson on Designing for Common Problems in SQL Server

On Thursday August 16th 12PM noon Central, Louis Davidson will do a design and code review of several common patterns of solving problems that a typical programmer will come up against in SQL Server.

Utilize SQL Server Storage Effectively

With the increased use of databases and the need to have more and more data online, database storage is an area DBAs need to manage effectively. If you plan your database and data management correctly you can build and manage a cost effective, high performing SQL Server solution. If not, you risk potential storage issues as well as performance degradation. This session will cover best practices and options focused on helping you manage your SQL Server storage. We will dive into the tools you can use to manage database storage, some of the latest trends, database design implications, data archiving and alternatives such as compression, BLOB data storage, filtered indexes and more. We’ll also introduce a tool that allows you to reduce the storage footprint of your live SQL Server databases.

Join us for this free event and learn how to utilize your SQL Server storage effectively.