It's been a little hectic since I came back from the China/Hong Kong trip. I've been spending a lot of time getting decks ready for more TechEds and an internal training program. I've also been doing a course to get my PADI Open Water Diver certification in preparation for a two-week dive trip to Wakatobi in Indonesia I'm doing at Christmas with a friend. Phew - still need to find time for blog posts though...
The final two TechEds of the year are Tech·Ed:Developers (Nov 7-10) and Tech·Ed:IT Forum (Nov 13-17) in Barcelona. Both Don Vilen and I will be going to both and we'll be doing the following sessions:
Don
- Upgrade Benefits of SQL Server 2005 for Developers
- Security in SQL Server 2005
- Be More Productive with SQL Server 2005 tools
- SQL Querying Tips and Techniques
- Performance Tuning
Paul
- DBCC CHECKDB: Magic, Monsters and Myths
- Database Maintenance in SQL Server 2005
- End-to-End: How a query executes (once each week)
As usual, we'll be around all through the conferences and would love to spend time talking to you - stop by and say hi.
See you there!
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About Paul Randal - MSFT
Paul started in the industry in 1994 working for DEC on the VMS file system and check/repair tools.
In 1999 he moved to Microsoft to work on SQL Server, specifically on DBCC. For SQL Server 2000, he concentrated on index fragmentation (writing DBCC INDEXDEFRAG and DBCC SHOWCONTIG) plus various algorithms in DBCC CHECKDB. During SQL Server 2005 development Paul was the lead developer/manager of one the core dev teams in the Storage Engine, responsible for data access and storage (DBCC, allocation, indexes & heaps, pages/records, text/LOB storage, snapshot isolation, etc). He also spent several years rewriting DBCC CHECKDB and repair. For SQL Server 2008, Paul managed the Program Management team for the core Storage Engine to become more focused on customer/partner engagement and feature set definition.
In 2007, after 8.5 years on the SQL Server team, Paul left Microsoft to join his wife, Kimberly Tripp, running SQLskills.com and pursuing his passion for presenting and consulting.
Paul regularly presents at conferences and user groups around the world on high-availability, disaster recovery and Storage Engine internals. His popular blog is at http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/.
