Two more of my presentations

I recently made available two more presentations that you might find helpful.  Feel free to download them and present them to others (adding a line that you got them...

Why I Believe In In-Person Training

I was recently asked a question from a manager regarding someone on my team when I requested to send them to a training experience: 

Are there CBT based alternatives that...

Certification on Orchestrating Big Data with Azure Data Factory

I took a break from blogging this week to finish the course for and get certified with Orchestrating Big Data...

Checking Open Ports in Azure

Let’s be honest here, data security is really important to me.  Some people probably think that I go to extremes...

File and file group method testing for VLDB very large database

File and file group VLDB very large database....
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Isolation Levels in SQL Server

Do your eyes start to cross whenever you think about isolation levels? Mine did, too. Here's how I keep it all straight.

It’s a UNIX system. I know this.

Jurassic Park was a great film. Steven Spielberg brought technology into the film era in a major way with computer generated dinosaurs and some now-classic film lines, many of...

Speaker at 24 Hours of PASS – 20 Years of PASS

I’m very happy to announce that for the very first time I will be participating as speaker in the 24 hours of PASS event. This specific instance of 24...

SQL in the City Streamed is Today

You can still register, but join me later today for SQL in the City Streamed, along with Grant, Kathi, and Kendra. We’re all in the Redgate Software office today...

Activate Conference 2019: Three Days of Tech Learning

Thursday April 4 I'll be giving a workshops at the super-slick-branded Activate Conference 2019 in Baton Rouge at the Louisiana Technology Park, a conference filled with people and topics...