24 Hours of PASS

The next “24 Hours of PASS” will take place on September 15th and 16th. Make sure you mark your calendars.

Microsoft Office 2010 is out

Microsoft Office 2010 is now available to the general public.

SSWUG vWorkshops by Kalen Delaney

Over the next few months Kalen Delaney will be doing several online workshops:

- Query Plans and Query Processing on June 30th
- SQL Server 2008 Indexes - Internals and Best Practices on July 23rd
- Query Plan Caching and Recompiling on August 27th

The workshops are very affordable; each of them is only $99.

SQL Server panel discussion @ SoCal Code Camp

The SQL Server panel discussion was just added to the list of sessions at the upcoming SoCal Code Camp on June 26th & 27th in La Jolla, CA.

The panel members are all experts in their field and might include:
- Andrew Karcher
- Ben Aminnia
- Bret Stateham
- Denny Cherry
- Jen Underwood
- Jenny Do
- Jon Saltzman
- Lynn Langit
- Marlon Ribunal
- Mark Rosenberg
- Steve Hendricks
- Thomas Mueller

Make sure you attend this amazing event and stop by the panel discussion.

free DVD: Quest Virtual Training for SQL Server

Today I received my free “Quest Virtual Training for SQL Server” DVD. I you haven’t already done so, go ahead and get yours.

AMG-SIU @ SQL Saturday #44

I convinced another one of my coworkers to register for SQL Saturday #44 on 04/24/2010 in Huntington Beach, CA.
AMG-SIU now has a huge presence at the event:
- Jon Saltzman: presenter (1 session) and attendee
- Padmalatha Hari: attendee
- Prathima Desham: attendee
- Steve Hendricks: presenter (2 sessions) and attendee
- Thomas Mueller: organizer, presenter (1 session) and attendee
- Yi Hu: attendee

To summarize it in one sentence: the entire database team will be at SQL Saturday #44.

“SQL Server resources” @ SQL Saturday #44

I will be leading a roundtable on “SQL Server resources” at SQL Saturday #44 in Huntington Beach.

SQL Saturday #44 Announced

We're pleased to announce that the first Southern California SQL Saturday (SQLSaturday#44) will be held on Saturday, April 24th, 2010 at Golden West College, 15744 Goldenwest St, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-3197. SQL Saturday #44 is a free one day training event for SQL Server professionals and those interested in SQL Server. We do charge a small $10 registration for the purpose of providing lunch (not just pizza) for the event. Registration and the call for speakers is currently open. For more information please visit the site at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/44/eventhome.aspx or email us at sqlsaturday44@sqlsaturday.com.

Thanks!

SoCal SQL Saturday Team

SoCal SQL Saturday - Call for Speakers

SQL Saturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held on April 24th, 2010 at Golden West College, 15744 Goldenwest St, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-3197. Admittance to this event is free, but we do charge a lunch fee of 10.00 so that we can provide a lunch - not pizza! As a speaker though, your lunch is free as a "Thank You" for being a speaker.

The success of SQL Saturday depends on the effort of our volunteer speakers. Do you have a passion for SQL Server? Want to share your knowledge and experience with your fellow members? Sign up as a Speaker for SQL Saturday. You do not have to be a professional speaker, just a topic and passion to share that knowledge with your fellow community members.

So come out and be a speaker at SQL Saturday. Submit your session on the Call for Speakers page here: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/44/callforspeakers.aspx

If you have any questions feel free to contact Andrew Karcher at akarcher@gmail.com. We look forward to having you as a speaker.

SoCal Code Camp fun facts

This weekend I attended the 11th SoCal Rock & Roll Code Camp.
Here are some fun facts:
- It was the 5th Code Camp held in Fullerton. Another 4 took place in La Jolla and 2 more in Los Angeles. Mark Rosenberg and I participated in each of them.
- I gave 6 presentations and attended 76 sessions by 38 different presenters.
- Overall I spent a combined 161 hours across 20 days at Code Camp.
- I won 3 software licenses and 5 books in the raffles. Thanks to all the sponsors I also got countless t-shirts and other swag.

11th SoCal Code Camp

I won an Altova MapForce license for being one of the few people who went to all 11 SoCal Code Camps. Mark Rosenberg was the only other person who went to all of them and was present at the time of the raffle.

SQL Saturday in SoCal

I just found out that “SQL Saturday” will be coming to Southern California. I will post more details as soon as they are available.

Redgate SQL Search

Redgate’s free “SQL Search” allows you to perform a search in SQL Server Management Studio across most database objects, including stored procedures, functions and views.

online "indexing" workshop

On February 12th Kalen Delaney will be doing an online workshop on “SQL Server 2008 Indexes - Internals and Best Practices”. You can register for it here.

SoCal Code Camp #11 is coming up

Remember that the 11th SoCal Code Camp is only 1 week away. It will take place next weekend in Fullerton, CA. On Sunday at 12:30 PM I am going to do a demo on “Your online footprint”. For more details and to register please visit their website. See you there.