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24 Hours of PASS – Get your free downloads!

Thank you to everyone who attended my #24HOP session on Performance Tuning for Pirates! You can now download my slide deck, t-sql queries, and view my reference links.  If you have any questions about the tools presented feel free to … Continue reading

Share your local drives with a Remote Desktop Connection

Have you ever wished there was a way to share your local drive with an Remote Desktop Connection? I have, especially when a client doesn’t have a test box.  For example, lets say I need to do a perfmon trace for performance … Continue reading

What I am reading in 2011- week two

This year I am going to try to keep better tabs on what I am reading on the intertubes and why I found the posts interesting.  Here is my first list of the year.  I hope you enjoy these links.  … Continue reading

I don’t get the Data and Log File Location Policy.

Recently I have been spending some time to evaluate Policy Based Management.  Its a nice tool to monitor SQL Server and to prevent bad things from occurring.  At work we have a nice sized SQL Server farm so I am … Continue reading

Consulting

I am available for consulting engagements for projects related to Database Administration and Software Development.  I like to experience new challenges while leveraging skills learned through previous experiences.  I also love to share knowledge.   My goal is train people so … Continue reading

Recap: #24hop (24hrs of PASS) – Day One

I am very happy that the committee behind #24HOP made two decisions.  One they decided to split the 24 hours into two days.  This is huge for people in the USA as we don’t have to pull all nighters.  Second, … Continue reading

Presentations

Welcome to my presentations page.  This is where I will post links to all slide decks and sample code.  I am also always looking to give presentations.  If you would like me to speak to your user group contact me. … Continue reading

24 Hours of FREE SQL Server Training

On May 19th there will be 24 live back-to-back presentations including ones highlighting new features provided in SQL Server 2008 R2 and more.  I attended parts of the 24 hours of PASS last year and was blown away by the … Continue reading

PGH.NET Code Camp Review

This past weekend I had the pleasure of helping out David Hoerster (bio, twitter) with the setup of PGH.NET Code Camp.  Why, would I want to get up before the crack of dawn to help?  Well for starters David is … Continue reading

Contact Us

I am always curious to hear about pain-points, and difficulties people are having with SQL Server so I can help guide them to a good solution.  If this is you, I would be interested in talking with you. My areas … Continue reading