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Monday, November 16, 2009 7:19 AM

Color Me Corrected – Will the REAL sysobjects please stand up?

A few days ago I posted a way to look at the Dynamic Management Views (DMV’s) using a query, which I then copy and paste into the Help viewer’s Index tab to learn more. Well, my good friend and Colleague, Cliff, pointed out that I was using the older
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Friday, November 06, 2009 6:50 AM

Quote of the Day – The Definition of an Expert

I’ve been at the PASS conference this week, and I’ve been around a lot of really smart Experts – and this definition definitely fits: An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in their subject, and how to avoid them. -
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:58 AM

Learning New Tech on SQL Server Virtualization – From Vendors

I’m at PASS this year, and one of the things I’ve learned this time is that I can learn from – the vendors!  Most of the “big” names are here, like Idera, Redgate, Quest, and more, but I ran into some folks yesterday I hadn’t spoken with before –
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:04 AM

Find and learn DMVs

This morning I showed how I find DMVs, and find out how to use them. First, I just run this query:   USE MASTER; GO SELECT ‘sys.’ + name FROM sys.sysobjects WHERE name LIKE ‘dm%’   Then I copy and paste a result into the “Index” panel of Books
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Friday, October 30, 2009 7:16 AM

Bonus Post: My PASS Schedule

I’ll be speaking again at PASS this year, and I’m heavily involved in the event when I’m not speaking. I would love to meet you – if you’re a reader of this blog, please stop by and say hello! As of right now, here’s where’s I’ll be: Tuesday: 11:00 AM
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:48 PM

Bonus Post – See you in Orlando!

I’ll be traveling all day tomorrow (Thursday), so no time for a post. I didn’t want you to think I’d “gone offline” permanently, so I’ll post this tonight. I’m flying down to the “Holy Land” – Florida – for a weekend of SQL Server. I’ll be part of the
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:58 AM

Channel 9 – The PASS Interviews

I recently interviewed (on Channel 9) a few of the folks that are presenting at PASS this year – I thought I would share the links so you can check them out: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LarryLarsen/Upcoming-SQL-PASS-Summit-1/ http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LarryLarsen/Upcoming-SQL-PASS-Summit-2
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Monday, October 05, 2009 7:05 AM

SQL Saturday Redmond Wrap-Up

Wow – we had a fantastic time at the “Mixer” building in Redmond this past Saturday. We had around 300 folks show up, straining the rooms to capacity. We had some top-notch presenters, and a very receptive audience, and we even made it through breakfast
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:20 AM

SQL Saturday in Redmond – Stop By and Say Hello!

http://www.sqlsaturday.com/ This Saturday I’ll be speaking at the “SQL Saturday” event in my own backyard – Redmond, Washington! I really enjoy these events – enough to give up a Saturday to come out and join you. No, we don’t get paid for these, it’s
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:20 AM

Speaking Schedule for October 2009

I’ll be speaking at two of the “SQL Saturday” Events in the next month. The first is here in my own back-yard, in Redmond, Washington. I’ll be demonstrating the Resource Governor with simple, easy-to-follow examples, and I’ll even show you how to monitor
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:09 AM

Flying today – and a discount for a conference

Well, I’m flying today - down to Arizona to film at the SQL Server Worldwide User Group (SSWUG) online conference I mentioned a while back. And I got special permission to pass this discount code along to my blog readers, so if you want to attend the
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:11 AM

What to do if your Conference Budget is Cut

Money is tight – we all know that. One of the first places that companies cut in the budget is training. So what do you do if your boss won’t let you go anywhere? You do have options. You can train on your own, or ask them to buy you books. But one of
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:31 AM

Who do I talk to in Microsoft about…

Have you ever seen one of us “Softies” (Microsoft Professionals) at a conference, briefing or on Mount Rainier on a motorcycle and said “You work for Microsoft? I need your help on fixing….”? Perhaps you heard back from that person, or perhaps you lost
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:23 AM

Don't PASS on PASS

I’m speaking at quite a few places in the next few months, from here in Seattle to Florida and Berlin, Germany. I did want to point out the PASS event, although I’m sure you’ve been alerted to it already. I’ll be speaking at PASS on everything from Performance
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Monday, June 08, 2009 7:32 AM

Performance Tuning using SQL Server 2008 from SQL Saturday 12

I had a great time in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, where I spoke on using the new features in SQL Server 2008 for Performance Tuning. We covered the new Performance Tracking and Tuning tools in the product, but I focused more on the process for performance
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