Things start early this year! I'm doing three events in March where I'll be speaking on HA/DR, internals and database maintenance, mostly partnering with Kimberly Tripp. Hope to see you at one of these!

Tuesday March 6th

One-day class in Reading, UK organized by Tony Rogerson (MVP) who runs the sqlserverfaq.com site. Kimberly and I will present a full day on Crucial Database Maintenance Techniques for Databases of All Sizes. The agenda is:

Part 1: Database Creation / Space Management Best Practices

Part 2: Table Structures, Fragmentation and Statistics

Part 3: Designing a Backup Strategy for Effective Disaster Recovery

Part 4: Secrets of Fast Detection and Recovery from Database Corruptions

See here for more details.

Friday 9th March

SQL Server Open World 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark. I'm presenting the following sessions:

Database Corruption: Reducing Downtime and Dataloss with SQL Server 2005

Performance Insights: Interactive Session on the SE and RE (joint session with Kimberly)

See here for details.

Monday 26th - Thursday 29th March

SQL Server Magazine Connections, Orlando, FL. Kimberly and I will be jointly presenting these sessions:

Follow the Rabbit: Interactive Q&A on the SE and RE

Follow the Rabbit: Interactive Q&A on Availability

We're also doing our full-day post-conference workshop on Crucial Database Maintenance Techniques for Databases of All Sizes - same agenda as for the 3/6/07 class. I'll be around all week to answer questions as well. See here for all the details.