Month: January 2017

SQL Saturday #595 – I’m Speaking!

SQL Saturday #595 – I’m Speaking!

While I cannot promise that my session this Saturday will be nearly as exciting as LeBron’s block in last year’s Game 7 of the NBA Finals, I am honored to say that I’ll be speaking at SQL Saturday #595 this Saturday in Cleveland, OH.

While my understanding is that the event is at capacity, given the vagaries of Midwestern weather there may be a few late cancellations. If there are, and you’re on the wait list, you’ll get in to see an awesome day of free, live training from some of the SQL Server community’s foremost experts and speakers…and I have a session as well. šŸ˜‰ Go ahead and register here if you’re interested or just take a look at the sessions here.

I’ll be presenting my Top 5 Tips to Keep AlwaysOn Always Humming and Users HappyĀ session. I’ve presented this as a webinar for Pragmatic Works and as a SQL Saturday session and it’s been well received. The tips are derived from real mistakes that I’ve made or that I’ve seen made so I think the real world information can be a big help, especially if you’re new to designing and maintaining Always On Availability Groups. I hope to see you there this Saturday!

My Racing Season Begins! (kind of)

My Racing Season Begins! (kind of)

Unfortunately, I haven’t had the opportunity to talk racing very much on the blog here, but hopefully that is about to change. My Formula First (in the image) had its engine delivered to Autowerks in New Jersey for rebuilding before the 2017 season.

More excitingly, my 2017 season begins at theĀ Indianapolis Motor Speedway (yes, I bolded it – it’s just that exciting) with the Open Wheel World Challenge. When I get my engine back later this spring I look forward to blogging about its re-installation in the car and our preparations for an event that will be, at minimum, something 9-year-old me would have never believed. I’ll be racing at Indy this summer! To be continued…