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.